Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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‘Keely and Du’ takes on Christian nationalism, reproductive rights and kidnapping
August 8, 2024Jane Martin’s 1993 play Keely and Du was a finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize, and years later, in 2018, was turned into a feature film.
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‘Bauhaus Project’ premieres: Can the unity of function and beauty survive fascism?
August 7, 2024This city’s Open Fist Theatre Company enjoys the distinction of presenting the world premiere production of playwright Tom Jacobson’s two-part The Bauhaus Project—Part 1: Bauhaus Weimar and Part 2: Bauhaus Dessau and Bauhaus Berlin.
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‘Crevasse’ recalls 1938 encounter between Walt Disney and fascist filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl
August 6, 2024
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‘Radical Connecticut’ surveys people’s history of a small New England state
August 5, 2024This is a quirky book, but saturated with rich content.
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‘I Saw It: Francisco de Goya, Printmaker’ at Pasadena’s Norton Simon
July 8, 2024Art lovers, and lovers of humanity and justice, are heading to the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena through August 5, for an immersive experience.
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W.E.B. Du Bois’s story ‘The Comet’ reaches the operatic stage, with ‘Poppea’
June 27, 2024Audiences will have further opportunities to see this amazing piece of “double consciousness” music theater in forthcoming productions in New York City, at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and at Yale University in New...
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Socialist Sudoku – June 2024
June 24, 2024A new sudoku puzzle for our readers. Complete the puzzle and read our message.
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Wildly funny political satire ‘The Outsider’ exposes sorry secrets of electoral appeal
June 20, 2024Politics these days is hardly a laughing matter, but there’s always a privileged spot for satire irrespective of how grim the forecast.
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