Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Culture
‘Mayakovsky and Stalin’ stride the stage in an L.A. world premiere
July 24, 2018Mednick devotes some attention to the pre-revolutionary era, when Stalin and Mayakovsky were both unscrupulous brigands for the cause; we see that theoretically, at least, they are on the same side.
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Culture
World premiere love story ‘Arrival & Departure’ features Deaf and hearing actors
July 17, 2018In Stephen Sachs reinterpretation, Sam, a Deaf man (Troy Kotsur), and Emily, a hard-of-hearing woman (Deanne Bray), two married strangers, meet by chance in a New York City subway station. Their casual friendship evolves over the...
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Arts
Injecting life into socialism: Post-1956 Hungarian art and Soviet flower power
July 12, 2018If you have received opinions, best leave them at the door when you visit the Wende Museum of the Cold War.
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Hopefully ‘Cabaret’ will seem dated some day, but we’re nowhere there yet
July 10, 2018Cabaret entertains mightily, with remarkably good singing-actor voices, as its chilling messages creep into your bones.
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Culture
Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles takes a knee
July 3, 2018A ten-year landmark has just passed in this city. Only a few thousand people took notice of it, but wow, did they stand up and cheer!
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Books
‘Immigrants Against the State: Yiddish and Italian Anarchism in America’
July 2, 2018Clearly not meant to be “read like a novel,” as a work of scholarship in a field of profound interest to radicals, it merits a worthy place on your shelf.
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Interracial unity ends discriminatory ‘Mexican Day’ at L.A.’s Bimini Baths
June 27, 2018It was a gift to experience this trilogy in all its historical, cultural and artful depth.
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‘The Humans’: 2016 Tony Award-winning Best Play dissects American social decline
June 26, 2018Maybe just zeroing in on the problems of an inhumane society is enough to stir the conscience.
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