Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’: Human connection a shield against fascism
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The Met stages Terence Blanchard’s opera ‘Champion’ about boxer Emile Griffith
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‘Myrlande Constant: The Work of Radiance,’ a Haitian woman’s first U.S. exhibition
March 30, 2023Run! Do not walk, run! To UCLA’s Fowler Museum for a show that will shock you with brilliance and reward you with joy.
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‘Shanghai Sonatas’ receives world premiere: Displaced Jews and Chinese under Japanese occupation
March 28, 2023The originality of the concept and the generally high quality of both book and score combine to make the musical’s popular success likely.
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Israeli dramatist Hanoch Levin’s ‘Yaacobi & Leidental’ in U.S. premiere
March 22, 2023Even as we laugh at the antics of the brash Yaacobi, the timid shlemiel Leidental, and the not-as-sweet-as-she-looks Ruth Shahash, we are reminded of our own shared human frailty in the face of desire and suffering.
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Dalí, Brathwaite, Soin: Dialogues about change at the Art Institute of Chicago
March 20, 2023A high-powered draw at the Art Institute.
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Private detective Harry Palmer returns in ‘The Precinct with the Golden Arm’
March 15, 2023In Precinct, Broe’s attention turns to the seamy world of the LAPD, a major prop for a racist political and economic system.
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People’s World—the home for people’s culture
March 9, 2023People’s World makes a critical contribution to the American mediascape—and we do it without a dime of corporate cash.
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