Theatre Review: ‘Blue Straggler’ at Source
DC Culture’s Source Festival likely gets its name from its central place of operation, Source Theatre on 14th St NW. But the name also pays homage to the source of…
Monday TV: Scourge of Gun Violence
The feeling of dread whenever another mass shooting occurs is compounded by the fact that it's just another in a long line of slaughter with no end because people refuse…
‘True Detective’s Dark City of Angels
Because the second season of “True Detective” (HBO, 9 p.m.) shares nothing with its epic first season — neither the story, nor the stars, nor even locale — most will…
HBO’s ‘The Brink’ is a Bomb
It isn’t all hits and Emmys for HBO. Sometimes they come up with the occasional series that’s a turkey as other networks regularly do. Not very often, but it happens…
Also on Sunday: PBS’ New ‘Poldark’
Though it starts as if it is an extension of AMC's "Turn: Washington's Spies," the handsome new entry on "Masterpiece" (PBS, 9 p.m.) is "Poldark." The remake of the 70s…
Saturday TV: Ferrell, Wiig in Lifetime Movie
You have to believe that Will Ferrell and Kristin Wiig decided to do a Lifetime movie as kind of show biz investigation or art project. The promos suggest they play…
Playlist 6-19-15
The radio show was back and actually broadcasting over the air this week after last week's mess and things went fast. Started with some Ginger Baker, with Fela Kuti and…
Friday TV: Amazon’s New ‘Catastrophe’
When an American visiting London picks up a local it turns into a relationship neither one expected on "Catastrophe" (Amazon Prime, streaming). Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan wrote and star…
Thursday TV: Call Them Mrs. Astronauts
It seems like a subject that's been covered before. But "The Astronaut Wives Club" (ABC, 8 p.m.) takes another stab at the women who were thrown in the spotlight when…
Wednesday TV: Don’t ’86 This ’83’
The first German-language series on U.S. TV is a spy caper set in the Reagan-era East Germany. "Deutschland 83" (Sundance, 11 p.m.) has the same kind of Cold War…