Scheck on the Arts

The 300-year-old Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company is presenting their acclaimed production of Sleeping Beauty at the New Victory Theater. To read my New York Post Hot Picks story on the venerable troupe, click here.

The documentary Jihad in America: The Grand Deception makes the claim that Islamic groups are masking their true goal, which is to bring down America. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Two parents discover unsettling facts about their adopted African son in the new Off-Broadway Luce, being presented by LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The indie film drama Torn concerns the unlikely friendship that develops between two mothers after their sons are killed in a shopping mall explosion. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

A veteran schoolteacher rails against the closing of her high school in the provocative off-Broadway drama And Miles to Go. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Trudie Tyler, aka Mrs. Sting, leads the cast in the new revival of Chekhov's The Seagull set in 19th century Ireland. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Tony Danza stars in the new musical Honeymoon in Vegas, based on the 1992 screen comedy and now recieving its world premiere at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Australia's Belvoir theater company has arrived with their delightful new adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic Peter Pan. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Viking warriors battle Thor--the god, not the Marvel character--in the swords-and-sandals epic Vikingdom. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

----Frank Scheck

A restless 27-year-old woman searches for her identity on a cross-country road trip in the new off-Broadway comedy Bike America. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Vishal Hiraskar's documentary The Time is...Now presents the stories of survivors of horrific events. To read my Hollywood Reporter film review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck