For Youth, the record producer and musician in the band Killing Joke, see Martin Glover. For the album by Collective Soul, see Youth (album). For the album by Matisyahu, see Youth (Matisyahu album). For the science fiction story by Isaac Asimov, see Youth (Asimov). For the novels by Leo Tolstoy , J. M. Coetzee and Joseph Conrad, see Youth (novel)

Popular use of the word youth refers to a person who is neither an adult nor a child, but somewhere in between, scientifically referred to as an adolescent and, in most English speaking countries, commonly referred to as a teen or teenager. It is used to identify a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youthful".

The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law and throughout society varies around the world. Commonly, a youth is defined as being somewhere between age 12 and age 26, with different countries and administrative regions choosing more narrow definitions within that frame. This treatment is increasingly negligible or negative, particularly in the United States where youth are routinely sentenced to longer sentences for similar crimes as adults.

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Theater Review | 'Eh Joe': Words Fail Him, but Memories Can’t Be Silenced
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:49:26 -0000
Although it lasts just half an hour, this staging of a Samuel Beckett piece is one of the most wholly satisfying nights I’ve spent at the theater this year.
Theater Review | 'Scenes From an Execution,' 'Crave' and 'Somewhere in the Pacific': Hearts and Minds at War in a Triple Bill of Plays
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:10:22 -0000
The Potomac Theater Project puts on three plays during its summer residency at Atlantic Stage 2.
Theater Review | '[title of show]': Puttin’ on the Put-On, With Tunes
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:26:46 -0000
“[title of show]” is genial, unpretentious and far funnier than many of the more expensively manufactured musicals that make it to Broadway these days.
In the Berkshires, Some Heavy Hitters, Some Smaller Sluggers
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:46:53 -0000
Marquee-name playwrights, directors and actors lend an air of glamour, fill the houses and help keep the bills paid at the main stages at these Massachusetts festivals.
Theater Listings
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:41:23 -0000
Selective listings from theater critics of The New York Times.
Jets? Yes! Sharks? ¡Sí! in Bilingual ‘West Side’
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:06:10 -0000
More than 50 years after the musical “West Side Story” had its original Broadway premiere, it is set to return in February in a darker, grittier, bilingual revival.

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