Scheck on the Arts

John Douglas Thompson delivers a superb performance as Louis Armstrong in Satchmo at the Waldorf, Terry Teachout's new one-person play about the jazz legend. To read my New York Post review of this Off-Broadway production, click here.

Del Shores has filmed a production of his acclaimed stage play Southern Baptist Sissies, about four young Southern men grappling with their sexuality. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

The documentary As the Palaces Burn recounts the harrowing legal battle faced by the lead singer of the heavy metal band Lamb of God who was charged with causing the death of one of their fans. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter recently perfomed a concert of orchestral versions of her songs acccompanied by the New York Philharmonic. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Rodrigo Reyes' haunting documentary Purgatorio: A Journey Into the Heart of the Border explores the hellish conditions along the U.S./Mexcio border. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Kathryn Erbe and Arliss Howard star in Ode to Joy, Craig Lucas' new play receiving its world premiere by the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Alexander Chapan's debut feature The Will concerns a dysfunctional family confined on a private island until the reading of their patriarch's will. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Vincent D'Onofrio and Kyra Sedgwick play a long-married couple dealing with relationship and financial issues in the satirical comedy/drama Chlorine. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck