Scheck on the Arts

Director/choreographer Susan Stroman, composer John Kander and writer David Thompson, who previously collaborated on The Scottsboro Boys, reunite for The Beast in the Jungle, a "dance play" inspired by the Henry James novella. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Lois Smith plays the dying matriarch of a dysfunctional family in Peace for Mary Frances, Lily Thorne's drama receiving its world premiere. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

One of the surest bets in this year's Tony Award race is Glenda Jackson winning Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with the two-time Oscar winning actress to discuss her careers in show business and politics. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Phylicia Rashad directs Our Lady of 121st Street, the Off-Broadway revival of the 2002 dark comedy by Stephen Adly Guirgis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Between Riverside and Crazy. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Millions of people around the world were glued to television coverage of the royal wedding Saturday morning. To read my Hollywoold Reporter Critic's Notebook about the way various networks reported the nuptials, click here.

Benedict Cumberbatch headed an all-star cast in the NYC debut of the British show Letters Live, in which acting luminaries recite notable missives both moving and hilarious. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

A former arm-wresting champion returns to his native Korea in the sports-themed dramedy Champion. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----------Frank Scheck