Welcome to Scheck on the Arts
Welcome to this destination for reviews, news
and musings on Theater, Film and Culture (Music,
Cabaret, Books and more) by veteran arts writer
and New York Post/Hollywood Reporter
critic Frank Scheck.
February 28, 2024
Feb 28th
Josh Radnor plays a university professor caught up in a maelstrom of conflicting ideologies in The Ally, a talky new drama by Itamar Moses.To read my New York Stage Review review of the play receiving its world premiere at the Public Theater, click here.
------Frank Scheck
February 23, 2024
Feb 23rd
Chilina Kennedy and Crystal Lucas-Perry star in A Sign of the Times, a 1965-set Off-Broadway musical featuring dozens of pop hits by the likes of Petula Clark, Lesley Gore, The Monkees, and Dusty Springfield.To read my New York Stage Review review, click here.
-----------Frank Scheck
February 22, 2024
Feb 22nd
Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank and Alan Ritchson (Reacher) star in Ordinary Angels, a fact-based film about a hairdresser who makes it her mission to help a family in desperate need. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
------Frank Scheck
February 20, 2024
Feb 20th
Orlando Bloom and Andie MacDowell star in Red Right Hand, Eshom and Ian Helms' Southern-fried crime thriller about a reformed criminal desperately trying to protect his family from a local mob kingpin. To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
-----Frank Scheck
February 16, 2024
Feb 16th
Dan Partland's documentary God & Country, produced by Rob Reiner, examines the rise of Christian Nationalism as a political movement in America.To read my Hollywood Reporter review, click here.
------Frank Scheck