Scheck on the Arts

Who would have thought that a play about a demonically possessed hand puppet would turn out to be a laugh riot? But that's the case with the terrific new Hand to God. To read my New York Post review, click here.

------Frank Scheck

As the headline writer for the New York Post so aptly puts it, the new play Flight never quite takes off. To read my review, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

A gala celebration of blues legend Robert Johnson's 100th birthday was held at the Apollo Theater. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of this amazing concert, click here.

Eternal Equinox is an interesting if not wholly successful drama about the romantic triangle between Bloomsbury Group painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant and famed mountaineer George Mallory. To read my New York Post review, click here.

-----Frank Scheck

An all-star line-up of comedians and musicians participated in The Secret Policeman's Ball at Radio City Music Hall in commemoration of Amnesty Intenational's 50th anniversary. To read my review in The Hollywood Reporter, click here.

I Heart Alice Heart I is a touching Irish play about the decades-long love affair between two women. To read my New York Post review, click here.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a wonderful adaptation of Mark Twain's classic tale. To read my New York Post review of this production now playing at the New Victory Theater, click here.

-------Frank Scheck

If it's February, there must be a new Tyler Perry movie. The latest, typically modestly titled effort from the multi-hyphenate filmmaker is Tyler Perry's Good Deeds. To read my review in the Hollywood Reporter, click here.

The Irish Rep is presenting a sterling revival of Eugene O'Neill's rarely seen Beyond the Horizon, the play that won him the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes. To read my review in the New York Post click here.

I Killed My Mother is an emotionally charged Rumanian drama about a young girl's struggle to survive growing up in an orphanage. To read my New York Post review, click here.

------Frank Scheck