Scheck on the Arts

Still More of Our Parts is an evening of short plays about disability presented by Theater Through Breaking Barriers, a theater company composed of a mixture of able-bodied and disabled performers. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Irish Repertory Theatre's Gibraltar is a two-person adaptation of a section of James Joyce's famously difficult novel Ulysses. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Jessica Dickey's new play Charles Ives Take Me Home is a whimsical drama in which the famed modernistic composer becomes involved in the conflict between a father and daughter. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

The Ensemble Studio Theatre's 34th Marathon of One-Act Plays: Series C features the usual mixture of gems and disappointments. To read my New York Post review, click here.

200 Cartas is a charming new romantic comedy film starring Lin-Manuel Miranda of Broadway's In the Heights fame. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Manna-Hata is a new immersive, site-specific play about the history of NYC that's being performed in the James A. Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue. To read my New York Post feature story about this unique production, click here.

J.B. Priestley's Cornelius is a gem of a play, only now receiving its New York City premiere nearly 80 years after it was first seen in London. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

Performing at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, the ageless Paul McCartney delivered a memorable, career-spanning show covering his Beatles, Wings and solo careers. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

The Boat Factory is a stirring theatrical import from Ireland about workers at the famed Belfast shipyard where the Titanic was built. To read my New York Post review, click here.

I Send You This Place is a new documentary interweaving scenic views of Iceland with poetic meditations on mental illness. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Cut to Black is a modern-day film noir that recently served as the closing night attraction of the Brooklyn Film Festival. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck