Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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‘Ameryka’: a thrilling play about 250 years of American and Polish history
April 26, 2018Ameryka is a moving, educational piece of theatre that is highly watchable both for its freshly nonlinear content and its ingenious stagecraft.
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Particular or universal? ‘Bad Jews’ dramatizes an old cultural and religious dilemma
April 25, 2018In the brutally, savagely dark comedy Bad Jews, now playing at the Odyssey Theatre, playwright Joshua Harmon puts a contemporary spin on a very old question that haunts any community that seeks to preserve its culture...
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Richard Wright’s ‘Native Son’ becomes more powerful with each passing year
April 20, 2018In a word, theatre doesn’t get any better than this. It’s a requiem for an America that’s still very much alive.
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‘Occupation of the American Mind’: Documentary on Israel’s effective propaganda war
April 19, 2018This is a film best seen in a group that can take the time after a viewing to discuss what role Americans can play going forward.
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‘Significant Other’: Is singledom a chronic condition in America?
April 18, 2018Playwright Joshua Harmon’s Significant Other, billed as “a smash hit comedy” is now at the Geffen Playhouse in West L.A.
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Gay rights in the Communist press: Recollections of a seminal article
April 18, 2018People's World writer Eric Gordon remembers when "the winds of perestroika" finally blew in 1990 and he was invited to write the first article on gay rights to appear in the U.S. Communist press.
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South African version of classic ballet ‘Giselle’ gives men the willies
April 17, 2018“In this Giselle,” reads a program note, “I aimed to create a work that is not about forgiveness, but rather is about love, deceit, betrayal, anger, and heartbreak."
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‘Considering Matthew Shepard’: Remembrance, honor, and gratitude in a new choral masterpiece
April 16, 2018One of the most shocking acts of anti-gay violence ever recorded in American history moved the nation to action.
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