Culture and Society

Curse of the Starving Class Sam Shepard’s popular Curse of the Starving Class in a New Group revival thematically resonates with hunger, spiritually, psychically, emotionally. First appearing at the Public Theater, the play won an Obie for Best New American Play during the 1976-1977 season. Since then, Shepard’s sardonic comedy …

We move with Freda from fascination to terror as she eventually confronts that abyss of ego-death so well-known to those who've tried psychedelic drugs.

The touch of this production feels just right – deep enough, with just enough shiny surface atop undercurrents of evil and insanity.

At the heart of the musical 'Redwood' starring Idina Menzel is a mother's inconsolable grief at the loss of her son.

Playwright Sanaz Toossi covers a great deal of ground in her touching play, 'English.'

This luminous production is a a distinctive experience designed to take advantage of the unique setting of the Met Cloisters.

"Degas & Cassatt' peers into the complex personality of Edgar Degas, whose paintings of ballerinas mask a life of arrogance.

If Musk were just an ordinary individual, his actions might be dismissed as a lapse in judgment or a poorly thought-out gesture. But Elon Musk is far from ordinary. Here's why his actions demand scrutiny.

'The Incredible Story of Cooking' follows the fascinating journey of food in human history from hunting and gathering to modern gastronomy.

David Lynch has passed away, and his words "Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole" may sum up his career and skewered world view better than I could here.