Scheck on the Arts

Working on a Special Day is an affecting if overly gimmicky stage adaptation of a 1977 film starring Sophia Loren and Marceloo Mastroianni. To read my New York Post review, click here.

UnsungMusicalCo. has unwisely revived, and heavily revised, the ill-fated 1969 Albert Hague/Allan Sherman musical The Fig Leaves are Falling. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

British writer/performer Tim Crouch explores Shakespeare's Twelfth Night from the point of view of one of its minor characters in his solo theater piece I, Malvolio. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Charlotte Jones' Airswimming is inspired by the true story of two British women locked up in a mental institution for decades for having borne illegitimate children. To read my New York Post review of this Irish Rep production, click here.

The hit film comedy A Haunted House spoofs such "found footage" horror movies as the Paranormal Activity series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Laurie Metcalf delivers a tour-de-force performance in the new Broadway drama The Other Place. To read my review, click here.

Actress Molly Ringwald makes her NYC cabaret debut next week at 54 Below. To read my New York Post story about it, click here.

The documentary FrackNation concerns the controversial method of drilling for natural gas, known as fracking. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Storage 24 is an Alien-style horror film set in a massive London storage facility. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Tar Baby is the provocative title of Desiree Burch's comedic off-Broadway show about race. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The fascinating new documentary AKA Doc Pomus deals with the life and career of the famed songwriter behind such classics as "Save the Last Dance for Me" and "This Magic Moment" among countless others. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Diet Show is a new cabaret piece featuring former winners and contestants on the hit televison reality series The Biggest Loser. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck