Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Long Beach Opera offers a different (and shorter) Tristan and Isolde story
May 17, 2018What Richard Wagner does in five hours, Swiss composer Frank Martin does in under two.
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Charles Busch’s ‘Die, Mommie, Die!’ is apotheosis of campy gay melodrama
May 16, 2018If you just might be starting to think that some of the characters and plots that come out of Hollywood are kind of absurd, a ticket to Die, Mommie, Die! is just your ticket.
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I was curious, so I saw ‘The Death of Stalin’
May 11, 2018Perhaps Marx was right when he wrote that history repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce.
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‘Blues in the Night’ goes low down to lift you high
May 11, 2018Blues are the cry of a people in pain, and new verses are written every day.
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Labor’s Maria Elena Durazo on the ballot for California State Senate
May 10, 2018She is running for the California State Senate in District 24, comprising a huge swath of L.A. in the areas west, north and east of downtown.
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‘Cardboard Piano’ melds themes of intolerance, war, homophobia, and bad religion
May 10, 2018Does forgiveness mean the same thing for the forgiver and the forgiven? Perhaps not.
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Two coming-of-age films: New York in the 1970s and Paris today
May 9, 2018If you love the subtle nuance of French film and splendid cinematography, don’t miss it when it comes to a theatre near you.
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A literary visit with the Misses Zona Gale and Lulu Bett
May 8, 2018Ever hear of Zona Gale? No? Well, let me tell you something about her.
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