Scheck on the Arts

John Douglas Thompson delivers a superb performance as Louis Armstrong in Satchmo at the Waldorf, Terry Teachout's new one-person play about the jazz legend. To read my New York Post review of this Off-Broadway production, click here.

Del Shores has filmed a production of his acclaimed stage play Southern Baptist Sissies, about four young Southern men grappling with their sexuality. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Kathryn Erbe and Arliss Howard star in Ode to Joy, Craig Lucas' new play receiving its world premiere by the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Alexander Chapan's debut feature The Will concerns a dysfunctional family confined on a private island until the reading of their patriarch's will. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale star in the new Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County. To read my review of the show by Marsha Norman (book) and Jason Robert Brown (score), click here.

Kevin Costner plays a dying CIA agent desperate to reconnect with his estranged family in the comic thriller 3 Days to Kill. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Every film shown during Turner Classic Movies "31 Days of Oscar" festival is an Oscar winner or nominee. To read my New York Post story spotlighting the Best Actress category, click here.

Kings of Leon delivered a solid evening of no-frills rock 'n roll at Madison Square Garden on Valentine's Day. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Charles Busch plays a female impersonator who engages in a desperate real estate ploy in his new Off-Broadway comedy The Tribute Artist. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Jessalyn Gilsig, formerly of Glee, plays an unhappy woman who impulsively decides to leave her life behind in the indie film drama Somewhere Slow. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck