Editor Pick: Culture and Society

Roger Guenveur-Smith's 'In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat' at NYTW is a memorable and intimate portrait of his friendship with the artist.

The life of the poet-scholar A.E. Housman illuminates the social and mental compromises that must be made when society outlaws an essential part of one's very nature.

It's a thing of beauty when a heartrending script meets the perfect actor. That's just what happens in this memoir of mental illness.

Derived entirely from transcripts of the Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford hearings, the play zigzags fluidly between the two, emphasizing how little has fundamentally changed since 1991.

This gripping experience is likely to leave you thankful for whatever healthy family relationships you might have.

The play reveals how the Inwood Benevolent Home's soothing name masked harsh conditions for "fallen" women under the Magdalene Society.

Shadow puppets, song, dance, and narrative form a captivating visual-musical memoir of a Cuban family's experiences before and during the Communist revolution.

In 'The Saviors' Michael and Paul are loyal altar boys until a homeless stranger comes and upends the certainty of their faith and friendship.

'Birthright' brilliantly reveals the psychic and spiritual growth of a group of friends as they negotiate the ever-changing dynamics of Israel.

Five Black women tell their stories with humor and pathos, embodying the timeless theme that human rights must be ascendant.