Scheck on the Arts

Romantic sparks fly between two Vietnamese refugees in Qui Nguyen's outlandish comic play Vietgone, inspired by his own parents' experiences. to read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Cristin Milioti plays a 30-year-old woman who rejects her boyfriend's marriage proposal in the romantic comedy It Had to Be You. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

David Hyde Pierce plays a lonely man who seeks answers via astrology in A Life, Adam Bock's new play, directed by Anne Kaufman. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Several young Catholic missionaries prepare for their upcoming Middle East assignment in The Harvest, a new drama by Samuel D. Hunter. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the play being presented at Lincoln Center, click here.

Journalist Jorge Ramos investigates the growing pervasiveness of hateful rhetoric and violence in America in the documentary Hate Rising. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Mikhail Baryshnikov plays the legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in Letters to a Man, an experimental dance-theater piece directed by Robert Wilson. To read my Hollywod Reporter review, click here.

A young drifter finds his larcenous tendencies quelled by a new friendship with a young woman and her grandfather in The River Thief, marking N.D. Wilson's directorial debut. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The Keen Company is staging an off-Broadway revival of Tick, Tick...BOOM!, the autobiographical chamber musical by Rent composer Jonathan Larson. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Tyler Perry brings back his trademark drag character in Boo! A Madea Halloween, set on the titular holiday. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A Ouija board serves as a portal to the spirit world in Ouija: Origin of Evil, a prequel to the 2014 horror film hit. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton squared off for their third and final debate, with Trump making the shocking statement, "I will keep you in suspense" regarding whether he'll accept the election results. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook about the event, click here.

Amy Ryan and Richard Armitage star in Mike Bartlett's Love, Love, Love, chronicling the lives of a couple and their two children over several decades. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck