los angeles My mom liked this play about Michael Jackson's Alien Glove. Will yours? Natalie Dressed

stranger things Stranger Things stage show coming to London's West End later this year Thom Dunn

plays Photos from the Spirited Away stage play Devin Nealy

plays George Pendle's 24 hour play, "Less is More" Gareth Branwyn

Japanese culture Watch one of the most incredible fight scenes ever staged Devin Nealy

videos This fun and thoughtful show asks where latinos sat on the bus with Rosa Parks Thom Dunn

books Two perspectives on Asian-American life that riff on fantasy and stereotype: "Interior Chinatown" & "Tiger Style!" Thom Dunn

american history "What the Constitution Means To Me" is a good alternative to doomscrolling that still engages with important issues Thom Dunn

prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

coronavirus Stream this powerful theatre production about class and motherhood right now Thom Dunn

censorship A new play lets formerly incarcerated people tell their stories. Meanwhile, prisons are still banning books. Thom Dunn

books The word "robot" originated in this 1921 Czech play David Pescovitz

movies Kevin Smith to do a theatrical reading of his Clerks III script David Pescovitz

high school High school stages "Alien: The Play" David Pescovitz

books Starlings: razor-sharp stories and poems from Jo Walton Cory Doctorow

privacy To do in Austin: Plurality of Privacy Project in Five-Minute Plays Cory Doctorow

music Gangnam Style finally dethroned as most-played YouTube video Rob Beschizza

happy mutants How a "lost" Marx Brothers musical found its way back to the stage Cory Doctorow

Science Shakespeare probably smoked weed, scientists say David Pescovitz

offworld Why are the stories in video games so bad? Leigh Alexander