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  Welcome to this destination for reviews, news
  and musings on Theater, Film and Culture (Music,
  Cabaret, Books and more) by veteran arts writer
  and New York Post/Hollywood Reporter
  critic Frank Scheck.

April 26, 2024

Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons star in the world premiere of Mother Play, Paula Vogel's comedy-drama depicting the lives of a mother and her two children over the course of decades.To read my New York Stage Review review of the show currently playing on Broadway at the Hayes Theater, click here.

------Frank Scheck

April 25, 2024

Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson play former lovers whose reunion after many years soon turns fraught in Lia Romeo's intimate comedy-drama Still, at the DR2 Theatre. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

April 24, 2024

Rachel McAdams makes her Broadway debut in Mary Jane, Amy Herzog's award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here

------Frank Scheck

April 23, 2024

Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in Patriots, Peter Morgan's drama about the war of wills between a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play currently playing on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

April 22, 2024

Eddie Redmayne plays the Emcee in Cabaret, the Broadway transfer of the heralded, immersive London production. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

------Frank Scheck