Scheck on the Arts

Peter and the Starcatcher has just opened on Broadway after a previous acclaimed run at the New York Theatre Workshop. To read my original review of this Peter Pan story click here.

The new film Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day is a turgid kidnapping drama with religious overtones. To read my Hollywood Reporter review click here.

You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce is the latest provocative piece by the documentary theater troupe The Civilians. To read my New York Post review, click here. 

------Frank Scheck

Simon Callow offers an entertaining  mixture of dramatics and biography in his one-man show Being Shakespeare. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A fine new play about an esteemed elderly violinist and the violin restorer who fixes her priceless Stradivarius has just opened off-Broadway. To read my New York Post review of The Morini Strad, click here.

Lea DeLaria as a troll who sings "Bali Hai" in Icelandic. That's just one of the bizarre elements of the new play Out of Iceland. To read my New York Post review, click here.

Sting, Elton John, Meryl Streep and James Taylor are just a few of the superstars who participated in the Rainforest Fund Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall Tuesday night. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this fabulous show, click here.

------Frank Scheck

A terrific, star-studded revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man has opened on Broadway. To read my review, click here.

Cirque du Soleil is touring with a spectacular arena show inspired by Michael Jackson. To read my New York Post review of Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour, click here.

------Frank Scheck