Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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‘Outer Appearances’ features influential queer personalities in charming portraits
February 14, 2024It’s only 64 pages long, but it’s fully loaded with portraits of famous queer, mostly American, performers, playwrights, writers, artists and activists who have made a difference in the world.
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Donate to People’s World—or else!
February 9, 2024Or else? Yes, or else!
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Matthew Bourne’s ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ a ballet that will leap into your heart
February 2, 2024The Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre, in association with Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, offers up the North American premiere of Romeo and Juliet that simply cannot be missed.
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‘De Organizer’ and ‘The Dreamy Kid’: Premiere recordings of James P. Johnson operas
February 1, 2024Naxos has just dropped on the world a revelation of what authentic Black opera could look and sound like, with one complete short opera, De Organizer.
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‘Canto’ by pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn pays homage to Chilean Resistance
January 26, 2024Susan Alcorn has carved out a multi-sided musical career for herself focusing on her main instrument, the pedal steel guitar.
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‘La Cocina’: A slice of life inside a frenetic New York restaurant kitchen
January 25, 2024As sometimes happens when you dine out at a much-touted eating venue, the results are not always 100% satisfying. And I’m afraid that was my take-out from La Cocina.
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‘This Chain’ album by George Mann celebrates the radical minstrel tradition
January 24, 2024George is one Mann on a mission—to remind his listeners of the rich vein of human solidarity that runs through our musical songbook, and to which he belongs.
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‘Hippie Faggot Freak’: Memoir of a pathetic youth and emerging gay liberation
January 22, 2024Dale Mitchell’s lengthy account of his first 21 years is intermittently rewarding, but it is a slog demanding much patience.
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