'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 on July 12, 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 on June 30, 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 9:00pm on June 29, 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 on June 18, 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 on June 17, 2015☆⚑

'Ghost Stories: The Shawl & Prairie du Chien': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

David Mamet's pair of creepily atmospheric one-acts is given a 30th anniversary revival by off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company, featuring Arliss Howard and Jason Ritter.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on June 16, 2015☆⚑

'The Qualms': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A swingers' party goes disastrously awry in this new black comedy from Bruce Norris, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Clybourne Park.'read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on June 14, 2015☆⚑

'Joan of Arc at the Stake': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Oscar winner Marion Cotillard plays the title role in the New York Philharmonic's staged production of Arhtur Honegger's classic French oratorio.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:24am on June 12, 2015☆⚑

'Surviving Twin': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Loudon Wainwright III's one-man show combines his own songs with spoken word excerpts from his famed magazine columnist father's writingsread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:02pm on June 11, 2015☆⚑

'Heisenberg': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Mary-Louise Parker and Dennis Arndt star in this new play by the author of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,' about the unlikely romance between a free-spirited woman and a…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00pm on June 3, 2015☆⚑

'The Spoils': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Jesse Eisenberg stars in his new play about a would-be filmmaker scheming to destroy the relationship between his grade-school crush and her new fiance. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on June 2, 2015☆⚑

'Ever After': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This musical adaptation of the 1998 Drew Barrymore movie receives its world premiere at New Jersey's largest regional theater, featuring a first-rate cast of Broadway veterans.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:05am on June 2, 2015☆⚑

'An Act of God': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Jim Parsons plays the Almighty, delivering a revised version of the Ten Commandments in former 'Daily Show' head writer David Javerbaum's comedy.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 8:00pm on May 28, 2015☆⚑

Less than compelling by Frank Scheck

No one plays intense, irascible char acters better than Mandy Patinkin. The former "Criminal Minds" actor is perfectly cast in Rinne Groff's "Compulsion," inspired by writer Meyer Levin's o…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Frankly, original trio does Ol' Blue Eyes justice by Frank Scheck

A mere 2,000 or so perform ances later, "Our Sinatra" has returned to the swanky nightspot -- the Oak Room -- where it began 10 years ago. This well-traveled musical salute to Ol' Blue Eyes…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

You'll want to catch 'Mistakes' by Frank Scheck

Michael Shannon fans often have to settle for seeing him in small doses: his brief, Oscar-nominated turn in "Revolutionary Road," his supporting role in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire." But the br…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

It nails politics to a Tea by Frank Scheck

A country racked by in tense division be tween the right and left; character assassination by a biased press -- and ruthless political figures willing to do whatever it takes to achieve the…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Powerful Pinter plays make dynamic duo by Frank Scheck

A canny pairing of early and late one-acts by Harold Pinter, "The Collection & A Kind of Alaska," makes it clear that the Nobel Prize-winning playwright's talents only deepened over the yea…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Only token resistance to MTA-set musical by Frank Scheck

The slight new musical "In Transit" is best appreciated on an autumn week end, when the MTA is so plagued by disruptions that any trip can turn into a voyage of "Odyssey"-like proportions.C…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

A not-so-great 'Beyond' by Frank Scheck

Combining men in drag with a spoof of cheesy '50s-era sci-fi movies, "Devil Boys From Beyond" is like time-capsule camp. A hit at last year's Fringe Festival, its familiar brand of kitsch s…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Witch' casts a spell by Frank Scheck

Jacobean drama is so rarely performed on these shores that any halfway decent production is bound to attract serious theatergoers. So it's doubly satisfying that the enterprising Red Bull T…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

La Bete -- Review by Frank Scheck

The brilliant Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce bring whatever comic life there is to this spoof of 17th century theatrical conventions.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Death takes a holiday by Frank Scheck

The character at the heart of "Carnival Round the Central Figure" doesn't look at all well. Lying in a hospital bed, his mouth slack, he has a ghastly pallor and dark eyes that make him loo…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Sings a merry Carol by Frank Scheck

Anyone who's seen Carol Channing in one of her recent appearances -- say, at the Kennedy Center Honors -- knows that she's remarkably spry for an almost-90-year-old. But she's even more dyn…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

No EMTs Required by Frank Scheck

�Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark� may never get around to officially opening on Broadway. But no fewer than three new Spider-Man musicals opening this week are willing to go where th…

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑