Scheck on the Arts

The Fault Line Theatre has scored a coup with its world premiere production of Breathing Time, a new play by House of Cards creator Beau Willimon. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Seth Fisher's debut feature film Blumenthal concerns the personal travails of the surviving family members of a deceased playwright. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Famed burlesque stars and real-life married couple Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz are co-starring in a new, erotic adaptation of Beauty and the Beast that has garnered raves upon  its Off-Broadway debut. To read my New York Post feature story about the fascinating duo, click here.

Joshua Overbay's debut feature As It Is in Heaven concerns a religious sect preparing for the end of days. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of the film which recently received its world premiere at the Cinequest film festival, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A masked serial killer targets career criminals in the Australian thriller John Doe: Vigilante. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

The documentary From Both Sides of the Aegean examines the post-World War I Greco-Turkish "exchange of populations" that resulted in the displacement of large ethnic societies. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Tyne Daly stars in Terrence McNally's new play Mothers and Sons, a sequel to his decades-old one-act Andre's Mother. To read my review of this Broadway production, click here.

The documentary American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs examines the life and career of the notable social activist who's still going strong in her late nineties. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The new Broadway musical Aladdin represents Disney's latest attempt to bring one of their classic animated hits to the Great White Way. To read my review and see if they've come up with a winner like The Lion King or a loser like The Little Mermaid, click here.

------Frank Scheck