Scheck on the Arts

Jamie Brewer of American Horror Story and Josh McDermitt of The Walking Dead appear in Amy and the Orphans, Lindsey Ferrentino's play about two siblings reconnecting with their younger sister who has Down syndrome. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A fatal accident on a deserted road leads to all sorts of violent complications in Julius Ramsay's thriller Midnighters. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck

An itinerant troup of actors attempts to outrun the Black Plague in The Amateurs, a 14th century-set play by Jordan Harrison, author of Marjorie Prime. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Heather Graham wrote, directed and stars in Half Magic, a ribald comedy about a trio of women desperate to improve their romantic and professional lives. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Lyndsy Fonseca plays a woman who receives a mysterious phone call from herself in the future in Diego Hallivis' sci-fi thriller Curvature. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Jane Houdyshell, a Tony Award winner for The Humans, and Pascale Armand, Tony-nominated for Eclipsed, star in Relevance, JC Lee's new drama about the intellectual battle between two feminist authors. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

A four-person crew is trapped at the bottom of the ocean in a submersible in The Chamber, Ben Parker's thriller starrring Johannes Bah Kuhnke of Force Majeure. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck

Bernadette Peters and Victor Garber have taken over the roles originally played by Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce in the hit Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Veteran Broadway performers Terrence Mann and Will Swenson head the ensemble of Jerry Springer -- The Opera, Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee's controversial musical in its first fully staged production in New York. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

---------Frank Scheck