Scheck on the Arts

Playwright Gian Gionfriddo tackles feminist issues in her wonderfully entertaining and thoughtful new play Rapture, Blister, Burn. To read my review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Escape is a new Off-Broadway play about three troubled couples, with the action taking place on a stage divided into different sections. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Also, some new film reviews from the Hollywood Reporter:

Patagonia Rising is a new documentary about the heated debate over the building of hydroelectric dams in Chile. To read my review, click here.

Jackie Chan's son Jaycee picks up the action hero mantle in the Chinese thriller Double Trouble. To read my review, click here.

The Pigeoneers looks at the military role of pigeons in World War I and II. To read my review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Quasimodo and Ludwing van Beethoven conduct a panel discussion in the cheeky satirical chamber opera The Hunchback Variations. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Such gangster movie veterans as James Caan, Paul Sorvino and Steven Bauer appear in the new thriller For the Love of Money. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The Skinny deals with the tangled love lives of several African-American gay men during Gay Pride Weekend. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The events that took place in the early days of the Egyptian revolution are depicted in the new documentary Tahrir: Liberation Square. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Two fascinating exhibitions are currently on display at Discovery Times Square. To read my reviews of Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor and Spy: The Secret World of Espionage, click here.

Murder in the First is a gripping, true-life courtroom drama about an Alcatraz prisoner on trial for killing a fellow inmate. To read my New York Post review, click here. 

-----Frank Scheck