Editor Pick: Culture and Society

Spiky and overflowing, 'Dimension Zero' whips its traditions and influences into a cheeky gumbo, its earnest anti-capitalist message wrapped in cosmic-psychedelic paraphernalia and unstoppable hijinks.

In ''Punch' Jacob learns that violence isn't an answer to his feelings of inferiority. Self-acceptance and forgiveness come from accountability and truth.

A newly unemployed husband and father finds himself discarded by his family as a no-longer-needed "commodity." Now he's a perfect candidate for a government-sponsored virtual-reality coma. But is the Bliss Option as blissful as advertised?

The legend of John Brown's 1859 abolitionist raid is ripe for re-examining, but a new play set in a home for the mentally ill doesn't measure up.

Viscerally a horror yarn, dramatically a study of character among teenage girls, this harrowing play has at its core a story of friendship.

'Hotel' is a tale of a hotel room that is witness to Singapore's history from 1915 to 2015. There are 11 stories that span 100 years, from colonial atrocities to the psychedelic 1960s and eventually the poignant 2000s.

As the federal government is rapidly being hollowed out and restructured under his second term, the pot is on full boil.

This rollicking new pirate musical boasts a fine cast, sharp, clever lyrics, and catchy songs that circle styles from sea shanty and folk to pop and acoustic punk.

Elizabeth McGovern stars as Hollywood's fading beauty Ava Gardner, interviewed by a journalist for an autobiography that never happened.

Twisted, madcap versions of tales from the likes of the Brothers Grimm feature drinking and drugs, copious use of the f-word, and even some sex, along with borrowings from popular culture.