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Monday, February 22, 2016

'Smokefall': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Zachary Quinto and Robin Tunney star in the off-Broadway premiere of Noah Haidle's absurdist dark comedy, directed by Anne Kauffman. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Sunday, February 21, 2016

'Nice Fish': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Three-time Tony Award winner Mark Rylance, an Oscar nominee this year for 'Bridge of Spies,' stars in this whimsical theater piece inspired by Louis Jenkins' prose poems. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 18, 2016

'Old Hats': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Bill Irwin and David Shiner reprise their New Vaudeville comedy show, with singer-songwriter Shaina Taub providing musical support. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

'Buried Child': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Nat Wolff and Taissa Farmiga star in this off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 15, 2016

'A Bronx Tale: The Musical': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Robert De Niro co-directs this musical adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's one-man play about growing up on the mean streets of the Bronx. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:42PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 11, 2016

'Mike Birbiglia: Thank God for Jokes': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Delivering an extended riff on the perils of joke-telling, the deadpan comic recounts offending David O. Russell and getting parenting tips from Obama.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PM[SHARE]
Monday, February 8, 2016

'The Woodsman': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The backstory of the Tin Man from 'The Wizard of Oz' is told via movement, mime and puppetry in this off-Broadway show. read more

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Critic's Notebook: Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne Celebrate Playwright Arthur Miller's Centennial by Frank Scheck

Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin and even Governor Andrew Cuomo took part in this benefit for the Arthur Miller Foundation for Theater and Film Education.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:05AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 11, 2016

'Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The veteran song and dance man recounts the story of his life and career, including his lengthy performing collaboration with his late brother Gregory. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Friday, January 8, 2016

'Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand': Concert Review by Frank Scheck

The veteran comedian makes New York City's Beacon Theatre his home base for a series of monthly shows throughout the year. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:22AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

'These Paper Bullets!': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Rolin Jones' farce spoofs the Beatles, resets 'Much Ado About Nothing' in 1964 London, and features original songs by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM[SHARE]
Monday, December 14, 2015

'Marjorie Prime': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lois Smith plays an elderly woman coping with failing health with the help of an avatar of her late husband in Jordan Harrison's futuristic drama. read more

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

'Once Upon a Mattress': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Jackie Hoffman and John Epperson, better known as "Lypsinka," star in this off-Broadway revival of Mary Rodgers' venerable musical based on 'The Princess and the Pea.' read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:30PM[SHARE]
Monday, November 30, 2015

'New York Animals': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Legendary composer Burt Bacharach contributes new songs to this world-premiere play by Steven Sater of 'Spring Awakening' fame. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:36AM[SHARE]
Friday, November 27, 2015

A Playwright Hits the Big Time: Stephen Karam on His White-Hot Career by Frank Scheck

The author of 'The Humans' discusses the acclaimed play's upcoming Broadway transfer and his two film projects premiering next year: "I'm not exaggerating when I say this feels like a bit of…

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Monday, November 23, 2015

'Important Hats of the Twentieth Century': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A dastardly '30s-era fashion designer uses a stolen time machine to get his ideas from the future in 'Orange Is the New Black' writer Nick Jones' wacky farce. read more

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

'The Illusionists " Live on Broadway': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The Vegas-style touring revue featuring an assemblage of seven flamboyant magicians is back for another New York holiday engagement. read more

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Friday, November 20, 2015

'ROCK' DOESN'T ROLL by Frank Scheck

ONE of the fortunate if trivial side effects of the end of the “troubles” in Northern Ireland was that, once it subsided, so would the flood of imported plays about it. “Ro…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:26AM[SHARE]

Brit accent on cabaret by Frank Scheck

We get more than our share of British theater imported to these shores, but British cabaret is in woefully short supply. That situation has been temporarily rectified with the arrival of Fas…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:26AM[SHARE]
Thursday, November 19, 2015

'ROAD' WORK IS UNDER 'WAY by Frank Scheck

Plenty of activity afoot this season on off-Broadway – and there’s no doubt about its most eagerly anticipated production: “Road Show,” the first new musical by Steph…

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'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…

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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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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[SHARE]
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

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