Sunday TV: A Live Version of ‘Grease’
The notion of a live musical moves to another network now with the production of "Grease Live!" (Fox, 7 p.m.) that throws together parts of the stage and film production…
Theater Review: ‘I Shall Not Hate’ at Mosaic
Artistic director Ari Roth's dream of a vibrant and important theater group addressing the most vexing problems of the world, is coming to full flower this year at the Mosaic…
Saturday TV: SAG Awards Time
Once, Carol Burnett was queen of Saturday night with her variety show. Tonight, she receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TBS, TNT, 8…
Springsteen Does ‘The River’ in D.C.
The long careered rock star often has a constant battle with his past. Fans want to hear the old hits; artists want to present their latest work. Generally, it’s a…
Friday TV: Elaine May on Mike Nichols
It's a sly turn to have the "American Masters" (PBS, 9 p.m.) episode on director Mike Nichols made by his ex-comedy partner Elaine May. She bookends what is essentially a…
Remembering Paul Kantner, 1941-2016
My indelible image of Paul Kantner, the bespectacled, bookish co-pilot behind rock's psychedelic Jefferson Airplane, who died Thursday at 74, was not in the footage from Woodstock or Altamont or…
Thursday TV: Laughing at the Apocalypse
Things are wide open enough on broadcast TV today to even accommodate something as odd as "You, Me and the Apocalypse" (NBC, 8 p.m.) an internationally-made kind of adventure/comedy thing…
Wednesday TV: The Dawn of Flubber
Turner Classic Movies' month-long Wednesday night salute to Fred MacMurray concludes with the 1961 "The Absent Minded Professor" (8 p.m.), in which a substance called Flubber is invented. The film,…
New ‘Outsiders’: Hillbilly Militia
At a time when an armed group of yahoos have taken over government property in Utah and refuse to give it up, here's a timely new series about a similar…
Also on Tuesday: More Mining Trouble
Speaking of mining, some in hill country talk about a government "War on coal" these days, but 100 years ago there was a different war in West Virginia -- for…