Scheck on the Arts

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Supheroines is a breezily entertaining history of the iconic female comic book character and her impact on feminism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film recently showcased at the Savannah Film Festival, click here.

The Pearl Theatre Company's Figaro is a new adaptation of the French play by Beaumarchais that inspired Mozart's classic opera The Marriage of Figaro. To read my New York Post review of this off-Broadway production, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Now where was I before getting interrupted by Hurricane Sandy? Ah yes, about to post a couple of recent theater reviews from the New York Post.

Mojo is a charming children's theater piece from England depicting a girl's growing up from infancy into adolescence. To read my review, click here.

Lonette McKee returns to the stage playing a witch in Sowa's Red Gravy, an ill-conceived play inspired by Southern folklore and the writers of the Harlem Renaissance. To read my review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Veteran rocker Melissa Etheridge is still going strong after twenty-five years. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of her NYC concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom, click here.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is the sequel to the horror videogame movie adaptation. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

House for Sale is the Transport Group's ill-conceived, experimental theater adapation of an essay by famed novelist Jonathan Franzen. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes is a new faux found-footage horror film about the search for Sasquatch. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Twentysomething French women talk endlessly about life in the new film La Vie au Ranch. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The new documentary Yogawoman explores the female dominance of the popular practice. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Unmasked Judeophobia explores the growing rise of anti-Semitism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Sexy Baby deals with the effects of our sex-saturated culture on women's psyches. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Louis C.K. is currently the hottest stand-up comedian in America. To read my New York Post review of his opening show of a weeklong stint at City Center, click here.

--------Frank Scheck