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Thursday, November 19, 2015

‘TIS THE MOST SNAPPY ‘FELA!’ by Frank Scheck

DON’T expect to sit on your butt or your hands at “Fela!” This rousing new bio-musical – full of the pulsating, rhythmic Afrobeat music for which its subject was famo…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:45PM
Monday, November 16, 2015

'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Veteran Hollywood director Joel Schumacher stages this darkly comic chiller about suburban teenagers obsessed with a zombie-hunting, virtual-reality videogame. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, November 15, 2015

'Incident at Vichy': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre presents a revival of Arthur Miller's rarely performed 1964 one-act play, set in a Nazi detention center. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, November 12, 2015

'Henry IV': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Harriet Walter plays the title role in the Donmar Warehouse's all-female production of Shakespeare's classic, set in a women's prison. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:26PM
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

'Shear Madness': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The interactive comic whodunnit set in a hair salon finally arrives in NYC after running for decades in such cities as Boston and Washington, D.C.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, November 9, 2015

'Lost Girls': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A teenage girl goes missing during a fierce blizzard in John Pollono's New England-set drama starring Piper Perabo.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PM
Sunday, November 8, 2015

'Hir': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Kristine Nielsen stars in this dark dysfunctional family comedy by playwright and performance artist Taylor Mac, written in a style he describes as "absurd realism."read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM
Friday, October 30, 2015

'Dear Elizabeth': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A rotating cast of stars appears in Sarah Ruhl's theatrical adaptation of the correspondence between famed poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PM
Friday, October 23, 2015

'Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The 'Daily Show' correspondent performs a one-man show in which he recounts his experiences as a first-generation Indian-American. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

'First Daughter Suite': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This filial sequel to Michael John LaChuiusa's 1993 chamber musical, 'First Lady Suite,' concentrates on presidential offspring. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, October 19, 2015

'Kill Floor': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Marin Ireland stars in Abe Koogler's new play about a woman struggling to remake her life after being released from prison. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, October 18, 2015

'Trip of Love': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Creator-director-choreographer James Walski's dance-heavy musical revue features over 25 classic pop songs of the 1960s. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:00PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

'Ugly Lies the Bone': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Mamie Gummer stars in the world premiere of Lindsey Ferrentino's play about a war veteran who comes bearing physical and emotional scars. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, September 27, 2015

'Antigone': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche plays the title role in Ivo van Hove's production of the classic Greek tragedy. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, September 17, 2015

'The Christians': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lucas Hnath's play about the internal conflicts within an evangelical megachurch opens off-Broadway prior to its December run at the Mark Taper Forum. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:15PM

'Hamlet in Bed': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Annette O'Toole stars opposite playwright Michael Laurence in this new work about an actor who casts the woman he thinks is his birth mother as Gertrude to his Hamlet.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

'The Legend of Georgia McBride': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A Florida straight man becomes a local drag star in this comedy by emerging playwright Matthew Lopez, author of 'The Whipping Man.'read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PM
Thursday, August 27, 2015

'Whorl Inside a Loop': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Broadway actress Sherie Rene Scott stars in her play co-written with Dick Scanlan, based on her experience working with prison inmates on a theatrical project.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

'On the Town': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Misty Copeland makes her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated revival of the classic Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:47PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

'Mercury Fur': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Philip Ridley's controversial dystopian drama about a party in which a young boy is offered as a sacrifice is given its off-Broadway premiere by The New Group.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Monday, August 10, 2015

'Cymbeline': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Raul Esparza and Kate Burton star in this free Central Park production of Shakespeare's dizzyingly convoluted late romance play.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Thursday, August 6, 2015

'Hamilton': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lin-Manuel Miranda's landmark musical about the Founding Father transfers to Broadway with all its virtues intact and major hit status already assured. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Sunday, July 26, 2015

'The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This solo play written and performed by the co-founder of The Trevor Project relates the tale of a flamboyant teenager who goes missing.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:02AM
Friday, July 24, 2015

'Kafka on the Shore': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The Lincoln Center Festival presents the Ninagawa Company's lavish theatrical adaptation of Haruki Murakami's acclaimed novel.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:28PM
Thursday, July 23, 2015

'Colin Quinn: The New York Story': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Colin Quinn delivers comedic riffs on the history of the Big Apple in his new solo show directed by Jerry Seinfeldread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM

Spooky Irish play ‘The Weir’ will put a chill down your spine by Frank Scheck

Conor McPherson’s “The Weir” provides a welcome respite from the summer heat: There’s nothing like tales of the supernatural to send chills down your spine. Much like the ghosts in...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:51PM
Sunday, July 12, 2015

'Penn & Teller On Broadway': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The veteran illusionist duo returns to Broadway for their first NYC stage appearance in fifteen years.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

'Of Good Stock': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Alicia Silverstone appears in Melissa Ross' play about a family reunion during which three sisters deal with myriad personal crises. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM
Monday, June 29, 2015

Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams bring renewed joy to ‘Happy Days’ by Frank Scheck

Would that we could all face life with the sunny optimism of Winnie in “Happy Days.” Buried up to her chest in a mound of earth under a blazing sun...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:00PM
Thursday, June 18, 2015

'Doctor Faustus': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Chris Noth plays the title role in this off-Broadway revival of Christopher Marlowe's classic Elizabethan play, which also features Zach Grenier of 'The Good Wife.'read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:30PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

'Gloria': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The latest effort from the Obie Award-winning author of such acclaimed works as 'Appropriate' and 'An Octoroon' depicts the traumatic repercussions of a life-changing event on the employees …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM

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