Scheck on the Arts

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge play young men coping with personal loss in Sea Wall / A Life, a pair of one-acts by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A young woman finds her life turned upside down when she inherits a pugnacious pug in Mandi Fletcher's comedy Patrick. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Isabelle Dupuis and Tim Geraghty's documentary The Unicorn provides an intimate portrait of outsider musician Peter Grudzien, creator of what many consider to be the first openly gay country album. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational hip-hop troupe created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail and Anthony Veneziale, returns for a limited Off-Broadway engagement. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Sam Rockwell narrates One Million American Dreams, Brendan J. Byrne's documentary about Hart Island, New York City's potter's field. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Carmen Cusack, Tony-nominated for Bright Star, leads the cast of the Encores! revival of Irving Berlin's musical Call Me Madam. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Mickey Rourke and Luke Wilson are among the stars of Berlin, I Love You, the latest installment in the cinematic anthology franchise set in international cities. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck