Monday TV: ‘Returned,’ as a U.S. Series
It’s a little tiresome how many perfectly fine foreign series have been slavishly remade into American versions. The first reaction to “The Returned” (A&E, 10 p.m.) is like that, especially…
Notes on a Cruise
It was not my idea to go on a cruise. Instead, it was a generous offer from my mother-in-law, who was dedicating her winter to two halves of the same…
Theatre Review: ‘Back to Methuselah, Pt. 2’
Much respect is due the Washington Stage Guild, which has been systematically producing the plays of George Bernard Shaw for more than 25 years. In that time and in five…
Opera Review: Poulenc’s Beheadings
The climactic horror at the end of the Washington National Opera’s production of Poulenc’s “Dialogues of the Carmelites” has an added jolt — it echoes too closely the recent beheadings…