'Red Speedo': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A competitive swimmer does whatever it takes to get into the Olympics in Lucas Hnath's drama at New York Theatre Workshop.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:30pm on March 3, 2016☆⚑

'Pericles': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Trevor Nunn directs Christian Camargo in the title role in this Theatre for a New Audience production of Shakespeare's rarely performed late romance.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 25, 2016☆⚑

'Dot': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A family copes with its matriarch's worsening dementia in this comedy-drama written by 'Fear the Walking Dead' actor Colman Domingo. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 23, 2016☆⚑

'Her Requiem': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Mare Winningham and Peter Friedman play the parents of a teenage girl composing a full-length requiem in Greg Pierce's play, world-premiering at Lincoln Center. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:15pm on 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 9:00pm on February 22, 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 8:00pm on February 21, 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 9:00pm on February 18, 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 9:00pm on February 17, 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 1:42pm on February 15, 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 8:30pm on February 11, 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

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 8, 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 on January 26, 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 9:00pm on January 11, 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 on January 8, 2016☆⚑

'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 9:00pm on December 15, 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

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on December 14, 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 9:30pm on December 13, 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 on November 30, 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…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00am on November 27, 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

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on November 23, 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

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:19pm on November 22, 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 7:26am on November 20, 2015☆⚑

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 7:26am on November 20, 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…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 8:45pm on 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 8:45pm on November 19, 2015☆⚑