By Thom deMartino She’s the one you go to, when you’ve got marriage on the mind. “Hello, Dolly” has just begun its run at the Gem Theater in Garden Grove: it’s the […]
“Dolly” shows its “meddle” at the Gem
No crying over this excellent “Evita”
By Thom deMartino Progressive feminist, or master manipulator? Saint to the downtrodden, or conwoman with a taste for the finer things? Love for the common man and woman, or lust for […]
It’s curtains for Shakespeare for 2018
By Thom de Martino Lovers of the arts will have to hold their collective breath and hope that they’ve not lost yet another theater in Orange County. Patrons of Shakespeare Orange County, […]
Musical magic at Gem with “Patsy”
By Thom deMartino It’s a story of friendship, respect, ambition, and above all — the music. By popular demand, “Always, Patsy Cline” is back for a limited time at the Gem Theater […]
“Other Desert Cities” are worth the trip
By Thom deMartino “…I AM California!…” hisses the glowering Trip to his sister Brooke. “And California — Is — Not — Happy.” The Westminster Community Playhouse has just opened it’s newest production, “Other […]
Some shining stars on “42nd Street”
By Thom deMartino The streets of New York may be strewn with shards of the shattered dreams of aspiring stars and starlets — but for the scores that don’t make the cut, […]
“My Stage” for the younger ages
By Thom deMartino The chance to attend live theater often doesn’t seem within reach, with the expenses of day-to-day life: but Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa is giving the […]
A reflective “Glass Menagerie” at GWC
By Thom deMartino The past may be shrouded in the haze of memory, but our own failings are often in the eye of the beholder. In the family melodrama “The Glass Menagerie”, directed […]
“Fiddler” is a familial masterpiece
By Thom deMartino “…On the other hand…” A troubled village milkman muses, as he weighs the value of love against tradition. But when you’re living on the razor’s edge, balancing as precariously […]
They staged a lot of wonderful works
By Thom deMartino How do you determine the “best,” when what you have to choose from is already masterful? Having reached the end of 2017, we here at the Orange County Tribune […]
