Chad Kimball (Memphis) stars in the quirky new musical Julian Po, being given its NYC premiere at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Simon McBurney's Complicite theater production of Shun-Kin, an erotic tale set in 19th century Japan, is one of the highlights of the Lincoln Center Festival. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The Austrian film The Shine of Day concerns the relationship between a theater actor and his long-lost uncle. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah and Virginia Madsen, among others, star in the new comedy The Hot Flashes, about a group of middle-aged women who form a basketball team for charity. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck