Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Donate to People’s World—or else!
February 9, 2024Or else? Yes, or else!
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Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ a ballet that will leap into your heart
February 2, 2024The Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, offers up the North American premiere of Romeo and Juliet that simply cannot be missed.
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‘De Organizer’ and ‘The Dreamy Kid’: Premiere recordings of James P. Johnson operas
February 1, 2024Naxos has just dropped on the world a revelation of what authentic Black opera could look and sound like, with one complete short opera, De Organizer.
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‘Canto’ by pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn pays homage to Chilean Resistance
January 26, 2024Susan Alcorn has carved out a multi-sided musical career for herself focusing on her main instrument, the pedal steel guitar.
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‘La Cocina’: A slice of life inside a frenetic New York restaurant kitchen
January 25, 2024As sometimes happens when you dine out at a much-touted eating venue, the results are not always 100% satisfying. And I’m afraid that was my take-out from La Cocina.
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‘This Chain’ album by George Mann celebrates the radical minstrel tradition
January 24, 2024George is one Mann on a mission—to remind his listeners of the rich vein of human solidarity that runs through our musical songbook, and to which he belongs.
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‘Hippie Faggot Freak’: Memoir of a pathetic youth and emerging gay liberation
January 22, 2024Dale Mitchell’s lengthy account of his first 21 years is intermittently rewarding, but it is a slog demanding much patience.
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Remembering and reviewing pioneering gay literary editor Michael Denneny
January 18, 2024Sadly, this book review is also an obituary and a memoir.
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