Friday TV: How ‘Spring Broke’
Florida’s spring break began innocently with collegiate swim competitions in the 60s and just grew, fueled in recent decades by debauched live broadcasts by MTV and an invasion of sponsors seeking…
Thursday TV: Dropping ‘The Catch’
What has ShondaLand done to Mirielle Enos? Once a singular, brooding presence in “The Killing” and “Big Love” before that, she’s been burnished and gone to smiling school, her hair…
Wednesday TV: A Batman of a Different Era
Superheroes seem to be at the saturation point, perhaps because of the impending “Batman vs. Superman” at the theaters. Or maybe they’ve always been around. Either way, tonight there are…
‘Falling Out of Time’ at Theater J
Siri, the electronic personal assistant installed on every iPhone, can be helpful in very many areas, but has heretofore has yet to be recognized for theater criticism. Not far into…
Tuesday TV: Familiar Fare in ‘Heartbeat’
Melissa George stars as a fast-living, fantastically accomplished heart surgeon who must also handle motherhood and a romantic life as well as put up with her live-in ex husband. They’ve…
Monday TV: More ‘Dancing,’ But Few Stars
With “American Idol” winding up after this season, maybe it’s time for “Dancing with the Stars” (ABC, 8 p.m.) to do the same. The 22nd (!) season begins tonight with…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are a few other things I've written lately: An interview with Joan Baez, who marked her 75th year this year, for the Washington Post. A chat with CeeLo Green…
Sunday TV: The Passion with Pop Songs
It’s no surprise that Palm Sunday brings with it some Easter stories, but the kind of thing presented tonight on “Passion” (Fox, 8 p.m.) is a little different. It’s an…
Theatre Review: ‘American Idiot’ in D.C.
It seems like a howling musical about disaffected citizens rising up could be perfectly adapted for our confounding political times. Switch on the cable news this election season: “American Idiot”…
Saturday TV: All Hoops All Day
Basketball takes over the tube on the first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Tournament, with a primetime network showcase for Connecticut vs. Kansas (CBS, 7:45 p.m.) opposite NBA action of…