'Dinner With the Boys': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Dan Lauria of 'The Wonder Years' fame stars in his playwriting debut, a black comedy about a pair of hitmen facing retribution from their mob bosses.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 7:00pm on May 4, 2015[SHARE]

'Early Shaker Spirituals': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Oscar winner Frances McDormand reunites with the Wooster Group to replicate a 1976 recording of 19th-century hymns sung by Shaker women.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:06pm on April 26, 2015[SHARE]

'Doctor Zhivago': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Des McAnuff directs this lavish musical based on the 1957 Boris Pasternak novel that also inspired David Lean's classic 1965 screen epic.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on April 21, 2015[SHARE]

'It Shoulda Been You': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

David Hyde Pierce directs a talented ensemble of comedy pros including Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris and Edward Hibbert in this new musical about the troubled impending nuptials of a Jewish brid…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on April 14, 2015[SHARE]

'Ghosts': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lesley Manville heads the cast of Richard Eyre's Olivier Award-winning Almeida Theatre revival of the Ibsen classic, imported to New York for a month-long run.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00pm on April 12, 2015[SHARE]

'Ghosts': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Lesley Manville heads the cast of Richard Eyre's Olivier Award-winning Almeida Theatre revival of the Ibsen classic, imported to New York for a monthlong run.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00pm on April 12, 2015[SHARE]

Author Hilary Mantel on the Page-to-Stage Transition of 'Wolf Hall' by Frank Scheck

The Booker Prize-winning historical novels can be seen simultaneously on Broadway in the RSC stage adaptation and on PBS in the six-part BBC series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis.rea…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:31am on April 3, 2015[SHARE]

Author Hilary Mantel on the Page-to-Stage Transition of 'Wolf Hall' by Frank Scheck

The Man Booker Prize-winning historical novels can be seen simultaneously on Broadway, in the RSC stage adaptation and on PBS in the six-part BBC series starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewi…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:31am on April 3, 2015[SHARE]

Tony Winner Laura Benanti Stars in Radio City Music Hall's 'New York Spring Spectacular' by Frank Scheck

The actress, currently appearing in a recurring role on ABC's "Nashville," talks about dancing with the Rockettes in this lavish new production.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:55am on March 24, 2015[SHARE]

'Placebo,' a play about a female arousal drug, could use a little theatrical Viagra by Frank Scheck

A placebo is medical-speak for a harmless substance that has no real curative effects whatsoever. The same could be said of Obie winner Melissa James Gibson's new drama: "Placebo" which...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01pm on March 16, 2015[SHARE]

'The Hunchback of Notre Dame': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Composer Alan Menken, lyricist Stephen Schwartz and playwright Peter Parnell collaborate on this theatrical adaptation of Disney's 1996 animated musical.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 3:14pm on March 16, 2015[SHARE]

'Posterity': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Pulitzer- and Tony-winning 'I Am My Own Wife' author Doug Wright imagines the encounters between Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland and famed playwright Henrik Ibsen.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00pm on March 15, 2015[SHARE]

Kristin Chenoweth leads 'On the Twentieth Century' to theatrical bliss by Frank Scheck

“They don't write dialogue like this anymore," a producer says, leafing through the Bible in "On the Twentieth Century." And they don't write musical comedies like this anymore, either…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 5:00pm on March 15, 2015[SHARE]

'Brooklynite': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

A ragtag group of superheroes protects Brooklyn in this campy new musical co-written and directed by Michael Mayer of 'Spring Awakening' and 'American Idiot' fame.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 25, 2015[SHARE]

'Lives of the Saints': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This evening of comic one-acts arrives courtesy of 'All in the Timing' and 'Venus in Fur' playwright David Ives, directed by Tony winner John Rando.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 24, 2015[SHARE]

'The Nether': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Emmy winner Merritt Wever stars in Jennifer Haley's drama depicting a dystopian society where people can act out their darkest fantasies online.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 24, 2015[SHARE]

'The Nether': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Emmy-winner Merritt Wever stars in Jennifer Haley's drama depicting a dystopian society where people can act out their darkest fantasies online.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 24, 2015[SHARE]

'Verité': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Anna Camp stars in this comedy from 'Orange is the New Black' writer Nick Jones, about a struggling writer looking to drum up memoir fodder.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 18, 2015[SHARE]

'Hamilton': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

This new hip hop-infused musical by 'In the Heights' composer-star Lin-Manuel Miranda depicts the sprawling life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 17, 2015[SHARE]

'The Iceman Cometh': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy headline Robert Falls' acclaimed production for the Goodman Theatre of Eugene O'Neill's classic drama. read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00pm on February 12, 2015[SHARE]

'The Events': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

David Greig's play with music, featuring a local community choir at every performance, is inspired by the 2011 massacre of 77 people in Norway.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 12, 2015[SHARE]

'Rasheeda Speaking': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Dianne Wiest and Tonya Pinkins play warring office mates in Joel Drake Johnson's play marking Cynthia Nixon's directorial debut read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 11, 2015[SHARE]

'Between Riverside and Crazy': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Stephen McKinley Henderson excels as the central character in Stephen Adly Guirgis' acclaimed drama being given an encore production by the Second Stage Theatre.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 11, 2015[SHARE]

'Pretty Filthy': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

The investigative theater troupe The Civilians explore Los Angeles' adult film industry in their new musical read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on February 8, 2015[SHARE]

'A Month in the Country': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Taylor Schilling, Peter Dinklage and Anthony Edwards star in this Off-Broadway revival of Ivan Turgenev's classic 19th century playread more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 9:00pm on January 29, 2015[SHARE]