Scheck on the Arts

Debra Messing makes her Broadway debut in the world premiere of John Patrick Shanley's romantic comedy Outside Mullingar, also starring Brian F. O'Byrne. To read my review, click here. ------Frank Scheck more »

A young woman becomes pregnant with the Antichrist in the found-footage horror film Devil's Due. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. A pair of supposedly supernaturally gifted teens find romance in the film Indigo Children. To read my Ho… more »

Frank Langella is starring in King Lear at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in a production imported from England's Chichester Festival Theatre. To read my review, click here. Michael Rosenbaum's debut film Back in the Day, about a high-school reunion,… more »

Isabella Rossellini's one-person show Green Porno, about the mating rituals of the animal kingdom, is based on her popular Sundance Channel series. To read my Hollywood Reporter theater review, click here. Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon), a scree… more »

Bruce Ramsay's streamlined cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet reduces the action to a brisk 87 minutes. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. A gay relationship goes violently awry in Rob Moretti's graphic psychological thriller… more »