The first opening of the Broadway season has arrived in the form of Chaplin, a bio-musical about the legendary screen star. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.

Hugh Laurie, better known the misanthropic title character in the long-running television series House, is moonlighting as the leader of a band performing classic American jazz and blues. To read my Hollywood Reporter review of his NYC concert, click here.

The Why Overhead is a new absurdist comedy set in an office where the employees have run amuk. To read my New York Post review of this Off-Broadway offering, click here.

------Frank Scheck