Scheck on the Arts

Harriet Walter plays the title role in the Donmar Warehouse's all-female production of Henry IV, set in a women's prison. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Robert De Niro and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in Heist, a thriller about a casino… more »

Shear Madness, the interactive comic whodunnit set in a hair salon, finally arrives in NYC after running for decades in such cities as Boston and Washington, D.C. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Vacationing American hikers get into t… more »

The Republicans squared off last night for the fourth of their televised debates, with fireworks predictably resulting. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook on the event, click here. -----Frank Scheck more »

A teenage girl goes missing in Lost Girls, John Pollono's New England-set drama starring Piper Perabo. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Adam Bhala Lough's documentary Hot Sugar's Cold World provides a fly-on-the-wall look into the lif… more »

Kristine Nielsen stars in Hir, playwright and performance artist Taylor Mac's dark, dysfunctional family comedy written in a style that he describes as "absurd realism." To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here. Pretty Little Liars star Ian Ha… more »