Scheck on the Arts

Oren Jacoby's documentary On Broadway chronicles the changes in Broadway theater over the last fifty years. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Uzo Aduba plays the title character in Miss Virginia, a truel-life drama about a single mother whose efforts helped lead to the creation of a scholarship program for low-income youth. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical,  the new musical by Be More Chill author Joe Tracz and composer Rob Rokicki, adapts the first book in Rick Riordan's best-selling YA fantasy series. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone's documentary The Elephant Queen chronicles the experiences of an elephant matriarch and her herd as they journey across the savannah in search of water. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

For the first time, newly annointed front-runner Elizabeth Warren took the hot seat at the latest Democratic presidential debate. To read my Hollywood Reporter Critic's Notebook, click here.

Tony Award winners David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori collaborate on Soft Power, a new "musical-within-a-play" satirizing Chinese-American relations and featuring a post-election Hillary Clinton as a major character. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A suicide victim mysteriously comes back to life in The Dead Center, Billy Senese's horror thriller starring acclaimed indie filmmaker Shane Carruth. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----------Frank Scheck

Robin McKenna's documentary Gift, based on Lewis Hyde's classic book The Gift: Creativity and the Modern World, explores the parallels between creativity and gift-giving. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Gary Oldman and Emily Mortimer star in Mary, Michael Goi's horror film about a family terrorized by a haunted ship. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

--------Frank Scheck