Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Bertolt Brecht’s Marxist masterpiece ‘Caucasian Chalk Circle’ in stunning production
July 17, 2019German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) changed 20th-century drama with his notion of “epic theater."
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‘The Ruling Clawss’: Redfield provides proletarian humor to the ‘Daily Worker’
July 17, 2019"What he is doing is reflecting the honest disdain of the workers for the pathetic upper classes."
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Lights for Liberty give heart to detainees in downtown Los Angeles
July 15, 2019Second to slavery, this may be the ugliest stain on America’s moral character.
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Voting matters: How are your Congressmembers doing? Ask the NAACP
July 15, 2019Is there really no difference between the two capitalist parties, as some on the left like to claim? The NAACP might argue otherwise.
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‘Scraps’: A forceful play about slavery’s legacy in West Coast premiere
July 10, 2019The New York Times review called Inoa “a playwright to watch.” Time Out New York called her “a passionate new voice screaming to be heard.”
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Radical art in Chicago right now: Queer, anti-apartheid, and Manet
July 8, 2019Three exhibitions you should see.
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Dialectical theater: Terry Burnsed’s classes at Beijing’s Agricultural University
July 2, 2019He assigns them Mao and hopes his budding corporate PR directors to ask, Whom does art serve?
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‘The Central Park Five,’ now an astounding world premiere opera
June 21, 2019I have seen a lot of opera in my lifetime, and I can honestly say I have never been so emotionally overwhelmed as I was Saturday night.
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