1,122 stories by "Frank Scheck"
Imagine owning a home plate that once graced the old Yankee Stadium. Or the glove worn by the player who ended Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak with a catch. Or the letter Babe Ruth wro…
Now playing in Toronto by way of Glasgow and London’s West End—and prior to a hoped-for Broadway run—Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles is far from the cheery juke-box musi…
By Beverly Hills standards, Deana Martin had a perfectly normal childhood. She sang Christmas carols with Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland attended her school play and "Uncle Frank" Sinatra ga…
It's bad enough that politicians screw over their constituents. Do they have to screw over the English language, too?
Thanks to sleazy politicos involved in career-breaking sex scandals such…
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy tale-inspired musical starring Amy Adams is appropriately presented in the woods in this free Central Park revival. read more
Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman's shaggy dog farce was inspired by their youthful days working together at a Houston construction site. read more
Broadway dimmed its lights Friday night in Gore Vidal's honor. Happily, a slew of cast changes at his scathing 1960 comedy, "The Best Man," has scarcely diminished this fine revival's luster…
'shalom, my brothers," Rain Pryor greets her audience " and if that sounds incongruous coming from a woman in a large Afro, well, that's the point.
As "Fried Chicken and Latkes" shows us, gr…
Charity Hope Valentine is reborn as Caridad Esperanza Valentin in the new Latin-accented revival of "Sweet Charity." But while the ethnic flavoring adds some spice to the 1966 musical about …
There are plenty of places in this town where you can see Tony-winning actors perform.
A roof isn't usually one of them.
That changes this weekend, when the Red Shirt Rooftop Reading Series …
The controversial former champ tells his side of the story while settling scores along the way. read more
A Siamese cat imagines himself to be a Chihuahua in the delightful new kids' musical "Skippyjon Jones." This summer's free offering from Theaterworks USA deserves a hearty olé!
The title c…
'it smells like armpits in here," one of the characters says about the dilapidated train station in "Black Milk," but the odor is the least of it. Vassily Sigarev's play, now receiving its N…
The powerhouse performer shines in her first NYC cabaret gig in 20 years.
Leave it to the Aussies to deliver a rollicking Chekhov.
The Sydney Theatre Company’s new Uncle Vanya being presented by the Lincoln Center Festival is a triumphant rendition that tha…
Jake LaMotta may be 90, but he can still beat Mike Tyson to the punch.
The legendary pugilist has opened his autobiographical show, "Lady and the Champ," just before Tyson hits Broadway nex…
The most infuriating thing about "Serious Money," Caryl Churchill's 1987 satire of financial manipulations, is how damnably relevant it remains.
The play was a flop in its 1988 Broadway prod…
Much like the 1991 film that inspired it, the new musical Dogfight is a sweet, unassuming and quietly touching tale that has the feel of a tightly constructed short story. While its storylin…
Wearing a dress and bonnet while flouncing around and speaking in a high-pitched whine, Peter Dinklage makes a far different impression in the new production of Molière's "The Imaginary Inv…
Like the teeming slums that are its setting, the new musical "Rio" is seriously overcrowded. This re-imagining of "Oliver Twist," set in modern-day Brazil, is so stuffed with incidents, char…
Just when you thought it was safe to head into the water, here comes the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
What used to be one of the best bets of the fall is now playing the hot days of s…
You don't mess with Jackie Hoffman. At least, not if you're going to ask her to perform at your new nightspot.
Kicking off her show at 54 Below, the comedienne milked her chagrin at being th…
The real Josephine Baker " shown dancing wildly in a brief film clip " easily trumps the stage version in Cheryl Howard's solo show. Though filled with details about the star's life, from he…
They loved "Bitches of the Kingdom!" in Orlando, and no wonder. For grown-ups with theme-park burnout, this show about peeved Disney princesses must have been a welcome tonic. Based on a new…
Brian d'Arcy James must have one hell of a record collection, and it's probably all on vinyl. In "Under the Influence," at the gorgeous new cabaret space 54 Below, the affable star of "Shrek…
