Ricky Ian Gordon

Two Good Books: "SEEING THROUGH" & "THEATER KID" This is not a book review.

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“This House is the closest thing to a Great American Opera that I’ve been privileged to see—a work that should take a canonical position in American drama and music.” - Opera Magazine

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Haunting House in the Gateway City With its stylish festival level performance of the fiercely original piece, This House, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis continues its almost unrivaled record for commissioning and staging World Premieres...

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Opera Theatre Marks 50 Years With Premier Of “This House” Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, based in Webster Groves, is celebrating its 50th festival season with the world premiere of “This House,” a multi-generational tale of hidden truths, family legacy

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Seeing Through Paperback PR For Immediate Release RICKY IAN GORDON'S “SEEING THROUGH: A CHRONICLE OF SEX, DRUGS, AND OPERA” ARRIVES IN PAPERBACK JULY 22, 2025 An unflinchingly honest and exhilarating memoir from one of Americ...

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'This House' is an intergenerational opera rooted in Lynn Nottage’s family history Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage teamed with her poet daughter Runy Aiyo Gerber and veteran composer Ricky Ian Gordon to create “This House,” which makes its world premiere at Opera Theatre...

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‘This House’ shows why OTSL has glowing international, national reputation Rich in storytelling and music from several genres, “This House” marks the 45th world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in its illustrious 50-year history.

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If these walls could sing As the drama unfolded, “This House” felt divinely ordered to be on the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis stage at this very moment. With a libretto by mother-daughter writing team Ruby Aiyo Gerber and two-...

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Review of <em>This House</em> at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis This House is a triumph at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The company’s 45th world premiere is a masterpiece. It has a dazzling score by Ricky Ian Gordon and a spellbinding libretto by Lynn Nottage and...

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Opera Review: THIS HOUSE World Premiere at OSTL - ReviewSTL This House, Opera Theatre of St. Louis’ 44th world premiere, proves that sometimes you shouldn’t go home again. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage

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`This House' makes world premiere, exploring Black history through a family's legacy in Harlem “This House,” a rumination on love, aspiration, coping and the unyielding weight of history, made its world premiere Saturday night at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

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Amazing reporting here on how things have backfired on the capitulating law firms and their enabler.
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U.K. to Build Up to 12 Submarines as Part of Shift to ‘War-Fighting Readiness’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Monday promised to bring his country to "war-fighting readiness" as he announced plans to build up to 12 new attack submarines and invest in nuclear and other weaponry as part of a new military strategy aimed at deterring an increasingly hostile Russia.

$105 Million Reparations Package for Tulsa Race Massacre Unveiled by Mayor

More than a century after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the most horrific episodes of racial violence in U.S. history, the city’s mayor announced a $105 million reparations package on Sunday. It is the first large-scale plan committing funds to address the impact of the atrocity.

Analysis | Mike Johnson’s bogus attack on CBO’s score of the 2017 tax bill The House Speaker says the CBO missed by $1 trillion, but even the CBO couldn’t predict a pandemic.

Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) says the Congressional Budget Office undercounted revenue projections by $1 trillion over five years, but even the CBO couldn’t predict a pandemic.

“This House” is a triumph at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The company’s 45th world premiere is a masterpiece. It has a dazzling score by Ricky Ian Gordon and a spellbinding libretto by Lynn Nottage and Ruby Aiyo Gerber, Nottage’s daughter.

Travel Poem - Oh, America - WONDERLUST Oh, America a new poem by one of our favorite poets Ricky Ian Gordon, it is heart felt and beautiful, I like you will agree

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Theater Streaming Now on Great Performances | News | Great Performances | PBS Check out this catalogue of theater shows that Great Performances has streaming now.

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I’m hearing that an estimated 60k people are at the AOC and Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles.🙌

there is simply no amount of child death that will move RFK to change his mind because he is a predatory narcissist who cares less about health than the gratification of his own ego

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon Met His Hero, Stephen Sondheim. It Didn't Go Well. In the new memoir Seeing Through, Gordon chronicles the gritty, glamorous ups and downs of a life in the opera.

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