Scheck on the Arts

Chelsea's Metropolitan Room nightspot is aiming to beat the Guiness World Record for the Longest Variety Show Ever. To read my New York Post story, click here.

The documentary Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation details the creation and continuing construction of Antoni Gaudi's massive Barcelona cathedral. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Actor Tom Dugan brings the legendary Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal to life in his one-man Off-Broadway drama Wiesenthal. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The documentary Magical Universe profiles the late outsider artist Al Carbee, who created elaborately staged dioramas featuring Barbie dolls. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A Mormon proselytizer turns homocidal stalker in the B-movie thriller Missionary. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Big Apple Circus returns to Lincoln Center for its 37th season with their new show, Metamorphosis. To read my New York Post review, click here.

A teenage girl struggles for survival on an Indian reservation in the 1970s-set Canadian film Rhymes for Young Ghouls. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Buster Poindexter, the lounge lizard alter-ego of famed rocker David Johansen, is currently tearing things up at the elegant Cafe Carlyle. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The Fortress of Solitude, the new Off-Broadway musical by playwright Itamar Moses and composer Michael Friedman is based on the acclaimed Jonathan Lethem novel. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The quirky documentary Why I'm Not on Facebook recently received its world premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

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