Scheck on the Arts

Composer Alan Menken, lyricist Stephen Schwartz and playwright Peter Parnell collaborate on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a theatrical adaptation of Disney's 1996 animated musical. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Andreas Horvath's documentary Earth's Golden Playground chronicles the efforts of modern-day gold prospectors in Canada's Yukon territory. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher star in the Roundabout Theatre Company's glorious revival of the 1978 musical On the Twentieth Century, featuring a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman. To read my New York Post rave, click here.

Pulitzer and Tony-winning I Am My Own Wife playwright Doug Wright imagines the encounters between Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland and famed playwright Henrik Ibsen in his new off-Broadway drama Posterity. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The whimsical screen comedy Treading Water concerns a teenage boy who suffers from a rare medical condition that makes him smell like a fish. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

Daniel Bruhl plays a scientist assigned with the task of creating a robot girl in the Spanish sci-fi drama Eva. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Here are reviews of two films recently showcased at the First Time Fest:

Jeremy Carr's debut feature Other Madnesses concerns an emotionally disturbed NYC tour guide who may or may not be a murderous vigilante. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Actress Jenica Bergere makes her feature directorial debut with Come Simi, about a pregnant woman determined to reunite her family members before giving birth. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck