Scheck on the Arts

The Studio 54 and Mudd Club era of New York City is depicted in This Ain't No Disco, the new Off-Broadway musical co-written by Stephen Trask of Hedwig and the Angry Inch fame and Peter Yanowitz of The Wallflowers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The animated characters make their first feature film appearance in Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, a big screen adaptation of the popular Cartoon Network TV show. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Armie Hammer, making his New York stage debut, and Josh Charles appear in the Broadway premiere of Straight White Men, the 2014 comedy-drama by acclaimed experimental playwright Young Jean Lee. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Tiffany Bartok's documentary Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story recounts the life and career of the famed makeup artist. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Smokey Joe's Cafe, the infectious musical revue celebrating the songs of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, has returned in a roof-raising Off-Broadway revival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Rachel Dretzin's documentary Far from the Tree, inspired by Andrew Solomon's best-selling book, profiles several families in which parents and their children have substantial differences. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Acclaimed theater director Ivo van Hove stages The Damned, an ambitious multi-media adaptation of the screenplay for Luchino Visconti's 1969 film classic. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Two priests investigate mysterious goings-on at an Irish home for "fallen women" in Aislinn Clarke's horror film The Devil's Doorway. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck