Scheck on the Arts

Peter Friedman and Tony Award winner Deanna Dunagan star in The Treasurer, Max Posner's play about a son assuming control of his elderly mother's finances. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the drama directed by David Cromer, click here.

Terrifying events occur when a young couple moves into a guesthouse in Rick Bieber's horror film Don't Sleep. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The documentary Steve McQueen: American Icon, narrated by Gary Sinise, shines a spotlight on the actor's late-in-life religiosity. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

The acclaimed British stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess' 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange, the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's classic film, has made its off-Broadway debut. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Former White House Communications Director (for ten days, anyway) Anthony Scaramucci extended his 15 minutes of fame last week with appearances on TMZ and The View. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Oprah Winfrey made her debut as a contributor to 60 Minutes with a segment in which she conducted a meeting between Trump supporters and opponents. It wasn't pretty. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

The immerseive stage production KPOP gives audiences a behind-the-scenes tour of a fictional Korean pop music factory. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Social media becomes a nightmare for a young woman and her friends in Simon Verhoeven's horror film Friend Request. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Noah Wyle plays a man who suffers a life-threatening injury after being hit by a stray bullet in Jeremy Kagan's drama Shot. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Hillary Clinton has been all over the media promoting What Happened, her new book about the presidential campaign. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Anna Shafer plays a young woman suffering from schizophrenia in Vincent Sabella's debut feature Elizabeth Blue. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck