Scheck on the Arts

Keenan Scott II’s poetic drama Thoughts of a Colored Man resonates with urgency and heart, and mark the debut of an important new dramatic voice. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play that recently opened on Broadway, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Douglas Lyons' Broadway comedy Chicken & Biscuits, about family dysfunction rearing its ugly head at a funeral, offers theatrical comfort food but empty calories. To read my review in New York Stage Review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Previously adapted into an HBO film, Ruben Santiago-Hudson's solo play Lackawanna Blues makes its Broadway debut returns to the form that suits it best, with its original writer/star. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

An emotionally repressed man assumes the job of informing family members when unfortunate accidents occur in Bent Hamer's darkly satirical comedy The Middle Man. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film recently shown at the Toronto Film Festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Stephen Karam has directed and written the screen adaptation of his award-winning play The Humans, featuring an ensemble including Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun and June Squibb. To read my Hollywood Reporter of the film that recently received its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, click here.

Gerard Butler stars in Joe Carnahan's action thriller Copshop, also featuring Frank Grillo and Alexis Louder and concerning a ruthless hitman and his would-be prey who get locked up in the same jail. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck