Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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‘Call Me Dancer’ film review: A passionate study of the arts under capitalism
February 6, 2025Call Me Dancer is the story of mentorship, passing down tradition and technique.
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A peek into ‘The Cheech,’ Chicano history, and the Riverside arts scene
January 31, 2025For anyone seriously interested in the artistic contributions of Chicanos in the United States, The Cheech is simply a must.
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‘Evanston Salt Costs Climbing’: Is humanity doomed to self-destruction?
January 28, 2025“The people in this play want very much to connect with each other,” writes director Guillermo Cienfuegos in a program note. “They need it—but that fear and anxiety [get] in the way,” “[e]specially right now; political...
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World premiere play ‘Listing’ takes on historic preservation and race in real estate
January 22, 2025Angelenos in particular will enjoy this work for all the local history, knowing that a portion of their ticket will go to those in dire need.
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‘Cold War: A Love Story’: Novel takes us to 1960s-’70s revolutionary hotspots
December 19, 2024The author is especially effective in communicating the nature of his growing political commitment.
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‘Sabbath Queen’: From radical drag artist to rabbi of a God-optional synagogue
December 3, 2024Another way of looking at the survival of the Jewish people, in all climes, and throughout all the empires, wars, monarchs and pogroms of the millennia, is precisely the adaptability to changing circumstances and the incorporation...
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Set in apartheid years, ‘Life & Times of Michael K’ intrigues, stuns, moves
December 3, 2024Michael K is born to a mother whose entire life has been one of service to wealthier white families. He had the misfortune to be born with a harelip, serious enough that it was hard for...
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Jeanine Tesori’s new opera ‘Grounded’ is a call to moral accountability
November 27, 2024While the opera does not tackle head-on the wars Jess is fighting, it will surely provoke such questioning in the audience—about moral ambiguity at the very least.
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