Editor Pick: Culture and Society

Denizens of an underground civilization and a famous mutant hero are the stars of two musicals making their Fringe debuts this year.

Is there a metaphysical realm that our five senses cannot apprehend? If so, do spirits visit us to help us when we are in turmoil?

Sendups of two Shakespeare classics make their world premiere at this year's Hollywood Fringe.

When those with power and privilege enforce their way, the true heroes in life often remain unsung.

The victim has been re-victimized by the court and a system that has let her (and all rape victims) down.

The playwright/director cleverly creates situations which elucidate the minefields of human personalities, dangerous terrain that cannot be negotiated through a linear pathway of understanding.

W.H. Auden called Oscar Wilde's great farcical comedy "the only pure verbal opera in English." Composer Gerald Barry and The Royal Opera have taken that idea and run with it.

Whether you realize it or not, you generally take opportunity cost into consideration whenever you decide how to manage your time, money, or debt. Because most of us have limited resources of time and money, we generally want to use our time wisely and get the “biggest bang for the buck”.

Calling Muhammad Ali a fighter is like calling the Pope a priest – it does nothing to recognize the man's true significance.

Sometimes we make choices that destroy us, though we think they are keeping us alive.