Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Two new Black-themed plays in L.A.: A history and a comedy
November 15, 2019What are the odds, at any given moment of theatre history in this city, of having two plays running simultaneously, both set during World War II with young Black men trying to enlist in the armed...
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World-renowned singer Julia Migenes bids adieu with nostalgic French popular songs
November 14, 2019Grammy-winning opera singer Julia Migenes travels back to the Paris of Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway in this evening of nostalgic French chansons.
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We are CA: A community celebration of 25 years beyond Prop 187
October 29, 2019On Saturday, November 9, the immigrant rights community will come together in a festival to celebrate the powerful immigrant rights movement that arose out of Prop 187.
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Reproductive rights in the 116th Congress: A clear partisan divide
October 28, 2019Keeping women in submission by disallowing them control over their own bodies and their own families is keeping the whole working class down.
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Race and grace in Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
October 25, 2019The 2015 Pulitzer Prize committee called Between Riverside and Crazy “a nuanced, beautifully written play about a retired police officer faced with eviction that uses dark comedy to confront questions of life and death.”
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Los Angeles Master Chorale features ‘Oceana’ with lyrics by Pablo Neruda
October 24, 2019A quarter of a century ago there were surely voices crying out against the despoliation of our waters, but few were listening.
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Netanyahu fails to form a government after Israeli election—What happens now?
October 22, 2019The Joint List vote is a sign that the left, however it is reconstituted, is not dead, but focused on pragmatic rather than ideological goals.
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‘By the Grace of God’: Film skewers pedophile priests in France
October 17, 2019Despite some small criticisms, it’s a riveting “spiritual” thriller that takes no “liberties with the facts,” according to the director.
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