Scheck on the Arts

John Adams' controversial opera The Death of Klinghoffer received its Metropolitan Opera premiere in an evening marked by outside protests and disruptions during the performance. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary The Hacker Wars profiles several of the Internet "trolls" who break into government and big business computer networks. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Joely Richardson plays the poet Emily Dickinson in the solo play The Belle of Amherst, now being given an Off-Broadway revival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Unfair: Exposing the IRS attacks the government agency for its alleged corruption and immorality. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The musical spoof Eternity: The Movie depicts the rise and fall of an '80s-era pop duo bearing so small resemblance to Hall & Oates. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Jessica Oreck's experimental doc The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga combines an ancient Slavic fairy tale with scenes of modern-day Eastern Europe. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Aussie performer John R. Waters channels the spirit of the late Beatle in his Off-Broadway tribute show Lennon: Through a Glass Onion. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary Botso profiles Wangang "Botso" Korisheli, a beloved 92-year-old music teacher who survived oppression at the hands of both the Nazis and Soviets during World War II. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The new animated film The Book of Life, produced by Guillermo del Toro, is inspired by the Mexican holiday the Day of the Dead. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A couple finds themselves awkwardly trapped in a traffic jam after a one-night stand in the new film comedy #Stuck. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck