Eric A. Gordon

PASADENA, Calif. – How does the indelible stain of slavery reverberate down into the 20th century? Specifically into a modest, haunted African-American home in Pittsburgh's Hill District—where August Wilson grew up—in the 1930s, in The Piano Lesson , the fourth of August Wilson's extraordinary 10-play “American Century Cycle,” each devoted to exploring themes of 10 sequential decades.

LOS ANGELES — Theater is an ancient art, but let no one tell you there’s nothing new to it. On Oct. 24, opening night of the Latino Theater Company’s festival of 19 Latiné theater companies from around the U.S.

IRVINE, Calif. — I'll get to my review of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Medium and The Old Maid and the Thief in a few moments. First, though, I'd like to explain how this Italian-American composer helped to set the course for my whole life. Maybe some other readers my age will also recall his impact.

November 7, 2024 9:49 AM CST LOS ANGELES — Renowned, revered writer and activist Jesús Colón (1901-74), remembered as “Father of

LOS ANGELES — Theatergoers are in for a very special occasion—a revelation, it’s not too excessive to say—if they will expand their horizons a bit and embrace a Native American perspective on view now.

LOS ANGELES — A decade has passed since 43 young students from the all-male Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College, in Tixtla in the state of Guerrero, were hijacked, attacked, shot at and otherwise forcibly “disappeared” at the hands of Mexican police, politicians, military and cartel members in d...

November 27, 2024 9:55 AM CST Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave is one of the few openly anti-war operas.

BEVERLY HILLS — Alas, it was only a short, five-performance run (Nov. 21-24) in the Bram Goldsmith Theater in this city's Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, but those who had the good fortune of experiencing

In Jewish tradition, the Sabbath is often likened to a queen, or the Sabbath bride, conferring on the mandated day of rest a special feminized status imbued with reverence and joy as if welcoming a royal figure to your home.

Author John Catalinotto and I have a lot in common: For one thing, we’re both big fans of the fictional writing of Álvaro Cunhal, the late Portuguese Communist Party leader who wrote under the pen name Manuel Tiago.