Scheck on the Arts

Daniel Fish has staged a drastically stripped-down, darker version of Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! in a production first seen at Bard SummerScape. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Billy Crystal has co-written a new play, Have a Nice Day, that will be receiving an all-star reading at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter interview with the star, click here.

A fake psychic becomes embroiled with a murderer in Trevor White's thriller A Crooked Somebody, starring Rich Sommer of Mad Men. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Joseph Dorman and Toby Perl Freilich's documentary Moynihan recounts the life and varied political career of the man who served four terms as U.S. senator. To read  my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

The Frontline documentary Trump's Showdown, about the president's ongoing battles with his own Justice Department, plays like a Hollywood political thriller. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

Lea Thompson plays Marmee in the latest screen version of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women, updated to modern times. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck