By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Imagine sitting in a darkened venue: you’ve been looking forward to this play or musical, when a voice from the darkness erupts – “I hate theater!… well, […]
“Chaperone” a clever musical
“Pillowman” is raw, jarring
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune These days, the question “what’s in the box?” tends not to end well. Bold and challenging productions are frequently a hallmark of Golden West College: a tradition […]
GWC opens vs. Chapman U.
The 2022 football schedule for Golden West College of Huntington Beach has been announced. On Friday, Aug. 26, the Rustlers will open the season by visiting Chapman University in Orange for a […]
Here is a “Spamalot” of fun
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune And now, for something completely different. The madcap, irreverent comedy of the groundbreaking — slightly infamous — British comedy troupe Monty Python comes to life at Golden West College […]
“Oedipus Rex” on the screen
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune In the fall of 2021, while most of Orange County’s theater community were reeling from on-again, off-again safety regulations, Golden West College Theater director Tom Amen came […]
A lean and modern “Hamlet”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune From the once implacable darkness, the creeping melancholy tones of an indigo sky stir — casting down upon the uneasy scene below, unfolding beneath the spectral visage […]
A charming show of “Horrors”
By Thom deMartino In a season of ghosts and ghouls, tricks and treats, sometimes the scariest monsters are growing right in our very backyards… The day is long and unforgiving, in the […]
Schools, colleges reopen soon
“Back-to-school” is something that used to happen in September, but these days, things move faster and all but three of the school systems and colleges in the West Orange County area will […]
Regal plans Aug. 21 re-opening
Maybe we haven’t seen the Last Picture Show yet. Regal Cinemas, which operates a 16-screen cinema in Garden Grove, announced this week it was planning to reopen its theaters nationwide on Aug. […]
A head start in Early College
Garden Grove Unified School District is seeing success with its Early College Academy which gives students the opportunity to earn college credit for free and meet high school graduation requirements at the […]
