Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Culture
Dazzling opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera premieres in San Diego
November 3, 2022Fifteen years in the making, the new opera is a stunner, gorgeously produced, lovingly performed.
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Culture
‘Omar’: Opera about an enslaved Muslim may become a runaway hit
November 1, 2022It’s a story of brutal enslavement in America, told in an accessible manner both in narrative and song. It’s a paean to survival despite hell, the will to live another day.
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Culture
‘Radio Golf’: August Wilson’s final statement on race and class in America
October 28, 2022“No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has aimed so high and achieved so much in the American theater,” wrote John Lahr in The New Yorker.
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Culture
‘According to the Chorus’: A slice of working life on Broadway’s backstage
October 27, 2022There were a few glitches in it—stockings with tears, a black eye on one of the dancers, a badly sprained foot, a romantic breakup or two…. But these were all part of the show.
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Politics
A progressive voting guide for California’s cascade of measures and propositions
October 27, 2022There are a ton of them, and People’s World’s California correspondent Eric Gordon gives a preview of how he’ll be voting.
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Politics
California could determine control of Congress, but local elections are also grabbing attention
October 26, 2022The first in a two-part series on the midterms in California.
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Culture
‘(Un)Documents’: Queer actor Jesús I. Valles’s lyrical journey through immigration papers
October 21, 2022“Citizenship?” Really? “A collection of arbitrary accidents,” Valles says.
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Politics
The Czech Communist Party continues its struggle against capitalism
October 21, 2022Party dating back to 1921 continues today to raise issues important to the country’s working class.
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