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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Satchmo trumpets his way ‘At The Waldorf’ by Frank Scheck

As depicted in “Satchmo at the Waldorf,” Louis Armstrong seems to suffer from multiple-personality disorder: Not only does John Douglas Thompson play the legendary jazz great, but he als…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:46AM
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Craig Lucas’ ‘Ode to Joy’ is more 12-step program than play by Frank Scheck

Watching Craig Lucas’ new drama is like listening to the confessionals at a 12-step meeting: What’s deeply meaningful to the speakers may be tedious for everyone else. Lucas (“Prelude …

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:16PM
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Review: Kung Fu by Frank Scheck

Frances Jue and Cole Horibe in Kung Fu (©Joan Marcus) The title of David Henry Hwang’s bio-play about Bruce Lee is ironic in a way that the screen icon would surely have appreci…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 07:06AM
Friday, February 21, 2014

Review: The Bridges of Madison County by Frank Scheck

Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale in The Bridges of MadisonCounty (©Joan Marcus) Is it too much to ask of a show called The Bridges of Madison County that we actually see one of the co…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:46AM
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Review: Love and Information by Frank Scheck

A scene from Love and Information (©Joan Marcus) Caryl Churchill’s new play Love and Information features more than a hundred characters in some fifty short scenes ranging in le…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:56AM
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Dinner With Friends: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning play explores the complexities of marriage and friendship.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:50PM
Monday, February 10, 2014

Charles Busch back in drag in desperate real estate ploy by Frank Scheck

He was a femme fatale in “Die Mommie, Die!” and a schizoid teenager in “Psycho Beach Party.” But Charles Busch’s new character is more demure: This time he plays Jimmy,...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:38AM
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Bronx Bombers: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Yankee legends past and present are the main characters of Eric Simonson's baseball-themed drama read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM

‘Little Me’ revival sees knockout performance by Christian Borle by Frank Scheck

Christian Borle did a lot of scenery chewing as the villainous Black Stache in “Peter and the Starcatcher,” but that doesn’t compare to the fun he’s having in “Little Me.”...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:29PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

John Lloyd Young Showcases Powerful Vocals at Cafe Carlyle: Concert Review by Frank Scheck

The star of Broadway's "Jersey Boys" and its upcoming film delivered a 75-minute set filled with classics during a new cabaret show.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:40AM
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Queen of the Night: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The legendary nightspot Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe has been gloriously resurrected for this lavish and immersive theater experience.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:00PM
Thursday, January 30, 2014

A Man's a Man: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Bertolt Brecht's rarely performed 1926 play is revived in a new version featuring original music by Duncan Sheik ("Spring Awakening").read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:51PM

Review: Intimacy by Frank Scheck

Laura Esterman and Keith Randolph Smith in Intimacy (©Monique Carboni) For a play that features, among other things, masturbation, ejaculations, fellatio, anal sex, suggestions of inc…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:03AM
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Former smuggler tells all in ‘Midnight Express’ adventure by Frank Scheck

Billy Hayes is as charming a (former) drug smuggler as you’d ever hope to meet. And if his name isn’t familiar, his story is, thanks to the movie “Midnight Express.”...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:14AM
Friday, January 24, 2014

Review: Outside Mullingar by Frank Scheck

Brian F. O'Byrne and Debra Messing in Outside Mulllingar (©Joan Marcus) Playwright John Patrick Shanley pours on the Irish blarney in Outside Mullingar, which strains mightily for Moo…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:09AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Review: King Lear by Frank Scheck

Frank Langella in King Lear (©Richard Termine) Following in Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi’s recent footsteps in playing King Lear at BAM’s Harvey Theater, Frank Langella p…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:10AM
Friday, January 17, 2014

Review: Machinal by Frank Scheck

Rebecca Hall (foreground) with Jason Loughlin and Ryan Dinning (background) in Machinal (©Joan Marcus) The Roundabout Theatre Company’s current revival of Sophie Treadwell’…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:28AM
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Review: Beautiful - The Carole King Musical by Frank Scheck

Jessie Mueller and Jake Epstein in Beautiful - The Carole King Musical (©Joan Marcus)    Baby boomer musical nostalgists have a lot to choose from on Broadway these days. Th…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 11:19PM
Monday, December 30, 2013

Rising stars hit the boards for downtown theater festivals by Frank Scheck

Don’t even think of hibernating: What used to be the deadest month of the year is now a cultural cornucopia, thanks to two downtown theater festivals. What’s surprising is how...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:02PM
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Sandra Bernhard’s takes on the year in pop culture by Frank Scheck

The year 2013 had its high notes and its twerks — and Sandra Bernhard dishes about them all in “Sandyland,” her year-in-review revue at Joe’s Pub. Backed by her band,...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:53AM
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Big Pussy’s ‘Wild’ days by Frank Scheck

You know him best as Big Pussy, who got wired and whacked in “The Sopranos.” But long before Vincent Pastore played wiseguys, he owned the Crazy Horse Cafe in New...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:38AM
Friday, December 6, 2013

Review: What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined by Frank Scheck

Kyle Riabko and Laura Dreyfuss in What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined (©Eric Ray Davidson)    Don’t expect brassy horns or Dionne Warwick-style belting in …

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 04:58AM
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

TV stars who’ve returned to the stage by Frank Scheck

Experienced theatergoers know that nearly every performer’s credits in the program inevitably list appearances on “Law and Order” and its myriad offshoots. But there are plenty of othe…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:31PM
Monday, November 25, 2013

Review: Waiting for Godot & No Man's Land by Frank Scheck

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in Waiting for Godot (Photo by Joan Marcus)    Be sure not to rush out during the curtain calls of the new revival of Waiting for Godot starring …

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:07AM
Saturday, November 16, 2013

Rockettes’ Christmas show still has legs by Frank Scheck

We’re still hunting for Halloween candy between the couch cushions and have yet to order a turkey — but “The Radio City Christmas Spectacular” just propelled us into the holidays…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:02AM
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Harry Potter’s Michael Gambon takes to the stage in ‘All That Fall’ by Frank Scheck

“How can I go on? I cannot.” And with those fateful words, we know we’re watching a Beckett play — in this case, “All That Fall.” That we’re seeing it...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:44PM
Monday, November 11, 2013

Review: Twelfth Night & Richard III by Frank Scheck

Mark Rylance in Twelfth Night" (Photo by Joan Marcus)   Unlike ordinary theatergoers, critics don’t have the luxury of picking and choosing their Shakespeare productions, havin…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 03:45PM
Friday, November 8, 2013

‘Il Divo’ showcase is sublime … for its target audience by Frank Scheck

No wonder Il Divo’s Broadway debut is subtitled “A Musical Affair”: That refers less to their concert of show-stoppers than to the steamy relationship between the hunky quartet and the…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:04PM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Card tricks amaze in ‘Nothing to Hide’ by Frank Scheck

A friendly piece of advice: If you’re ever invited to play poker with Helder Guimarães and Derek DelGaudio . . . pass. In the hands of these sleight-of-hand magicians, a simple deck...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:05AM
Monday, November 4, 2013

Review: After Midnight by Frank Scheck

Virgil "Lil' O" Gadson, Karine Plantadit and Company in After Midnight (Photo by Matthew Murphy)   It may be called After Midnight, but the new musical revue that’s just opened…

SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:07AM
Monday, October 28, 2013

Grasses of a Thousand Colors: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Wallace Shawn's sexually charged, dystopian drama concerns a doctor who solves the world's hunger problem by inventing a substance enabling animals to eat their own kind.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:00PM

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