Scheck on the Arts

A terrific ensemble performs Stephen Sondheim's final work Here We Are, directed by Joe Mantello and featuring a book by David Ives adapted from two classic Luis Bunuel films. To read my New York Stage Review review of the musical receiving its world premiere at the Shed, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells reunite for the first Broadway production of Gutenberg! The Musical!, the musical spoof by Scott Brown and Anthony King, creators of Beetlejuice. To read my New York Stage Review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Leslie Odom Jr. plays the title role in Kenny Leon's Broadway revival of Ossie Davis' 1961 racial satire Purlie Victorious, also featuring Kara Young and Jay O. Sanders. To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Aliens break into a young woman's house in No One Will Save You, a sci-fi horror movie from Brian Duffield, director of Spontaneous. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the Hulu original film starring Kaitlyn Dever, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Rebecca Gilman's new play Swing State, imported from Chicago's Goodman Theatre, concerns the troubling chain of events that occur after a toolbox and gun are stolen from a woman's barn. To read my New York Stage Review review of the play being performed at the Minetta Lane Theatre, click here.

-----Frank Scheck