Thursday TV: ‘Monumental Mysteries,’ Four Finales, ‘Wipeout’ Returns
The new "Monumental Mysteries" (Travel, 9 p.m.) throws together a bunch of crime stories that are loosely connected to monuments. They make it sound as if it will be Alamo and the…
Four Current Plays: ‘Optimism’ to ‘The Golem’
By the time Voltaire got around to writing Candide, he had been kicked out of Paris a couple of times for his outspoken work. The 1759 book, whose subtitle was “or…