Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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“Turn Me Loose”: Dick Gregory brought to life on NYC stage
June 9, 2016Provocative and at times hilarious, the new one-man show captures Gregory's way of afflicting the comfortable.
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Gay PW writer wins the wine at Yale reunion storyfest
June 9, 2016"This story," I said, "goes a little beyond quirky. Maybe kinky is the more appropriate word." I set the scene in the dark shadows of AIDS in mid-80s NYC.
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“The Fits”: An adolescent girl at the edge of transformation
June 3, 2016A girls' dance competition in Cincinnati sets the stage for this art-house film.
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“Gruesome Playground Injuries”: Wounds, blood, and scars on theatrical display
June 2, 2016This two-person tour de force is playing through June 26 at the Hudson Backstage in Los Angeles.
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UCLA Labor Center graduates 50 new activists for workers
May 24, 2016Los Angeles' leading scholarly research institution on labor issues provides brainpower to the fight for 15 and against wage theft.
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United flight attendants demonstrate worldwide for a contract
May 20, 2016The principal demands were for better pay that at least matches that in other airline companies, quality healthcare, and retiree benefits.
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Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape”: A shocking protest against capitalist barbarism
May 19, 2016It's a product of the post-World War I Expressionist school, with exaggerated characters, writ in bold strokes, often with harsh, mordant commentary.
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Opium of the masses? Religion and 21st century socialism
May 18, 2016There cannot be many socialist movements in the world today that are avowedly, militantly atheist. Those days are over.
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