Wednesday TV: Unwelcome High Steppers
A subset of marching drill team moves called J-Set, named after a Jackson State University marching band's team, made more popular by Beyonce's routine in "Single Ladies," has a further…
Theatre Review: Another ‘Uncle Vanya’
Uncle Vanya is like the relative you used to see every decade or so at family reunions. Suddenly, he’s been coming to every Thanksgiving. And now you might think he’s…
Tuesday TV: Intelligence Failures
The story of American-born David Coleman Headley, who become part of the militant group that staged an assault on Mumbai in 2008 has previously been told on "Frontline" (PBS, 10…
Monday TV: Two from DeGrasse Tyson
Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," appears briefly on "Star Talk" (National Geographic, 11 p.m.), a new late night science offering, but there isn't any question that today's reigning science guy…
Sunday TV: The 50th ACM Awards
Gee it must have been a month since the last country music awards show, so here's Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton to host "The Academy of Country Music Awards" (CBS,…
Saturday TV: ‘Orphan Black’ is Back
If you haven't seen it before, good luck trying to figure out what is going on in "Orphan Black" (BBC America, AMC, IFC, Sundance and We, 9 p.m.) as the…
Playlist 4-17-15
After another 50th anniversary salute to John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," it was a whole lot of Percy Sledge, starting with the one song the obits all mentioned when he…
Friday TV: New ‘Messengers,’ ‘Barber’
Seems to be a lot of religion informing new network series. On "The Messengers" (The CW, 9 p.m.) for example, something weird crashes in New Mexico whose shock wave change…
Thursday TV: Portrait of the Virtuoso
Besides being a virtuoso with a violin, Jascha Heifetz was also something of a camera bug. His home movies go back as far as just before the Russian Revolution to…
Wednesday TV: Stanley Cup Playoffs Begin
The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin its nearly two month schedule tonight with first round action of Islanders at Washington (USA, 7 p.m.), Ottawa at Montreal (NHL, 7 p.m.), Chicago at…