1,122 stories by "Frank Scheck"
The past literally comes back to haunt the characters in "The Piano Lesson," August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Now, 22 years after its Broadway debut, this deeply moving work abo…
There's a lot of failed communication among the troubled characters in "The Good Mother," about a single mother with a disabled daughter. But the biggest failure is playwright Francine Volpe…
There's a lot of heat if not much substance in "Murder Ballad," the new rock opera now steaming up the intimate confines of the Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage II.
Starring Karen Olivo, Will …
Eve Ensler, who told us everything we ever wanted to know about vaginas ("The Vagina Monologues"), shifts her attention to the female teenage psyche in "Emotional Creature," a theatrical col…
East meets West with a bang in "Golden Child," David Henry Hwang's 1996 play at the Signature Theatre, which has dedicated a season to the "M. Butterfly" playwright. Set in early 20th-centur…
A true fondness for the British music hall is probably a prerequisite to fully enjoy the charms of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Rupert Holmes’ 1985 musical based on an unfinished novel …
Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike manages the neat trick of being both a sometimes uproarious send-up of Chekhov and an affectionately heartwarming modern-day va…
Yes, the sun will come up tomorrow, but it sure doesn’t shine as brightly in the new Broadway revival of Annie. James Lapine’s staging of this clockwork-perfect musical somehow m…
Even if your Yiddish is limited to the occasional oy gevalt, this won't stop you from enjoying "The Golden Land." This spirited musical revue about the Jewish immigration experience is sprin…
'a Twist of Water" offers two dramas for the price of one. The first is a tale of a single father's struggle to raise a rebellious, adopted teenager. The second is a virtual history lesson a…
If the plot of the Pearl Theatre Company's "Figaro" seems familiar, that's because you've seen it before, only set to Mozart's gorgeous music. For this world premiere production, playwright …
'Let me say right off I'm a witch," the title character declares at the start of "Sowa's Red Gravy," and thank goodness she does, because it's the only clear moment of Diane Richards' play.
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It's such a pleasure watching the central character of "Mojo" blossom from precocious tyke to rebellious teen that you'll barely notice she's a puppet.
But a puppet she is, and she comes to …
Here's the bad thing about experimental theater: It's experimental, which means there's a big possibility it will fail. Case in point: The Transport Group's production of "House for Sale" th…
Angelica Page waited a long time to do "Turning Page," her solo show about her actress mother. Twenty-five years, in fact.
"There's not been one book written about her, no documentary," she …
As the title suggests, there's more than one Josh Cohen in "The Other Josh Cohen." The good news is that both are very funny.
Longtime collaborators and friends David Rossmer and Steve Rose…
'A Celebration of Harold Pinter" is richly deserved, and not for the reasons you might expect. This one-man show by British actor Julian Sands, in his New York stage debut, deals only with t…
Never mind that tinkly piano score you'll hear at the start of "Falling." Far from receiving a mawkish, "Hallmark Hall of Fame" treatment, Deanna Jent's play is harrowing stuff.
Inspired by…
For a play about sexually confused, 19th-century German teens " one involving masturbation, homosexuality, masochism, rape, abortion and suicide " Frank Wedekind's "Spring's Awakening" is aw…
The young audiences gasping at "Urban" probably have no idea they're watching a depiction of life on the mean streets of Cali, Colombia. No matter: As Circolombia's show at the New Victory p…
Did Broadway really need another revival of Edmond Rostand’s 1987 romantic classic Cyrano de Bergerac a mere five years after the highly successful production starring Kevin Kline and …
The years haven't exactly mellowed Lewis Black. But why would they? If they had, he wouldn't have an act. He gets angry so we don't have to.
In "Running on Empty," which kicked off its short…
You'll discover what it feels like to disappear down a rabbit hole at "Then She Fell," the fiendishly clever immersive theater piece inspired by the life and writings of "Alice in Wonderland…
'the Old Man and the Old Moon" is a hauntingly beautiful production, filled with ingenious lighting effects, lovely shadow puppetry and an accomplished and original folk music score.So why d…
As the title suggests, there's a gimmick behind "AdA (Author Directing Author)," an evening of one-acts by rising Italian playwright Marco Calvani and the ubiquitous Neil LaBute: Each writer…
