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L.A.’s Pacific Opera Project offers broad social criticism in The Mikado

August 28, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

Now Pacific Opera Project (POP) has done it again, offering local audiences another shot at “the most fun one can have in a Los Angeles theater right now."

Christina Schlesinger’s ‘Tomboys’ honors a milestone in modern lesbian art

June 12, 2019 By Eric A. Gordon

There are probably but a handful of galleries in the world where such art could be shown even today.

Ellen Perlo, 102; advocate for equality, peace, justice and socialism

January 14, 2019 By John Wojcik

As young activists all those years ago we benefitted from her leadership. As seasoned veterans, we cherish her memory and try to live her legacy. As a human race, we are all better for having had...

Dylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’ receives an inspired stage production

August 1, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Open Fist Theatre Company just unveiled its interpretation of Under Milk Wood, originally written as a 1954 radio play but revived from time to time as a stage work and in film.

Hear Beethoven roar in Hershey Felder’s new biographical treatment

July 30, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

There can be little disagreement that Hershey Felder is the greatest one-man “theatrical impressionist” interpreting the lives of the great composers.