By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Hard times come, hard times go: but it is those dreams we desperately cling to that sustain us. The Rose Center Theater in Westminster harkens back to […]
“42nd St.” back at Rose Center
Undersea fun with “SpongeBob”
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune Who would have thought so many rock icons loved SpongeBob SquarePants? Garden Grove’s own lauded Gem Theater and the One More Production Company are at it again […]
“Artifice” really fun, revealing
By Thom deMartino/Orange County Tribune It’s not about the art, it’s about moving on. And money. Definitely about the money, In the Westminster Community Playhouse’s hysterical new offering “Artifice,”directed by Jim Katapodis, […]
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 […]
Epic journey “Into the Woods”
By Thom DeMartino Is there really such a thing as “happily ever after”? What comes after the happy ending? In its first full production in some time, the Rose Center Theater in […]
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 […]
It’s “Three Bags Full” of fun
By Thom deMartino Baa baa black sheep, have you any… jewels? Or maybe some stacks of $100 bills? In “Three Bags Full”, directed by Chris Coleman and now playing at the Westminster […]
A joyful “Chorus” at the Gem
By Thom deMartino In a culture that elevates uniqueness, to suppress one’s individuality for the sake of the greater good can take courage and vision: especially when surrounded by the thundering cacophony […]
A very lively “Nice Family Gathering”
By Thom deMartino Carl (Eduardo Mora) is stressed out. He’s back home for the family Thanksgiving, but totally unprepared for it: dreading his brother mocking him about his truck driving to make […]
