Scheck on the Arts

Ever wonder what happened to the Von Trapp family after they fled into the Alps to avoid the Nazis at the end of The Sound of Music? That's the subject of the new musical satire The Hills Are Alive! at the Fringe Festival. To read my New York Post review… more »

Soul Doctor is an exuberant new musical about Shlomo Carlebach, the "Rock Star Rabbi" who achieved popular success in the 1960s. Tol read my New York Post review, click here. Al Tapper, the composer of the new off-Broadway musical National Pastime, al… more »

Currently playing in Toronto prior to a hoped-for Broadway run, Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles is a new musical depicting the early years of the most influential band in history. To read my review, click here. ------Frank Scheck more »

The embarrassing real-life utterings of sex scandal-plagued politicians are hilariously recited in Tail! Spin!, part of this year's Fringe Festival. To read my New York Post review, click here. Dean Martin's daughter Deana pays tribute to her father's… more »