Scheck on the Arts

The instrumental group Black Violin brings an invigorating fusion of hip-hop, jazz and classical music to young audiences. To read my New York Post review of their show at the New Victory Theatre, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

Presented by the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene, The Golden Land is an entertaining musical depicton of the Jewish immigrant experience. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Lunch is an entertaining documentary about the bi-weekly lunches shared by a group of elderly film and television comedy veterans. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A Twist of Water is a new off-Broadway drama imported from Chicago about a single father struggling to raise his troubled, adopted teenage daughter. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Missed Connections is a romantic comedy that uses the Internet as a springboard for its tale of a mismatched couple fumbling their way towards love. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this fim recently showcased at the Savannah Film Festival, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Supheroines is a breezily entertaining history of the iconic female comic book character and her impact on feminism. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this film recently showcased at the Savannah Film Festival, click here.

The Pearl Theatre Company's Figaro is a new adaptation of the French play by Beaumarchais that inspired Mozart's classic opera The Marriage of Figaro. To read my New York Post review of this off-Broadway production, click here.

------Frank Scheck

Now where was I before getting interrupted by Hurricane Sandy? Ah yes, about to post a couple of recent theater reviews from the New York Post.

Mojo is a charming children's theater piece from England depicting a girl's growing up from infancy into adolescence. To read my review, click here.

Lonette McKee returns to the stage playing a witch in Sowa's Red Gravy, an ill-conceived play inspired by Southern folklore and the writers of the Harlem Renaissance. To read my review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck