Scheck on the Arts

Featuring old and new songs by Alicia Keys, the new musical Hell's Kitchen is loosely based on the performer's early life. To read my New York Stage Review review of the show receiving its world premiere at the Public Theater, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks deliver lived-in chemistry in the new sturdy revival of Samuel Beckett's absurdist masterpiece Waiting for Godot. To read my New York Stage Review review of the production at Theatre for a New Audience, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Danny DeVito stars in Theresa Rebeck's play I Need That, about a compulsive hoarder, also featuring his daughter Lucy DeVito and Ray Anthony Thomas. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play receiving its world premiere by the Roundabout Theatre Company, click here.

John Turturro plays the licentious former puppeteer in this stage adaptation of Philip Roth's Sabbath Theater, which he co-wrote, also featuring Elizabeth Marvel and Jason Kravits. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play being presented by The New Group, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The Classic Stage Company's revival of the 1962 Harold Rome/Jerome Weidman musical I Can Get It For You Wholesale features a terrific ensemble headed by Santino Fontana. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

An up-and-coming rock band struggles to record their new album in Stereophonic, David Adjmi's drama featuring music by former Arcade Fire member Will Butler. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play receiving its world premiere at Playwrights Horizons, click here.

-------Frank Scheck