Saturday TV: Rock, Jazz and Obama
There’s no doubt whatever that the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (HBO, 8 p.m.) is is the weakest yet, with Steve Miller, Chicago and Deep Purple. The achievements…
Playlist 4-29-16
First show in two weeks dominated of course by the death of Prince. But there were other deaths noted: that of Lonnie Mack and Billy Paul, who died last week…
Friday TV: Sports Docs, New Gervais
Two sports documentaries make their debut today. One is “Team Foxcatcher” (Netflix, streaming), director Jon Greenhalgh’s real story behind the 1996 murder of an Olympic wrestling champion David Schultz by…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are a few other things I've written lately: A rare interview with Tracy Morgan on the comeback trail, for the Washington Post. A Q&A with TV icon Carol Burnett…
Thursday TV: Sophia Loren Sits to Talk
On “Live from the TCM Classic Movie Festival: Sophia Loren” (TCM, 8 and 11:30 p.m.) the 81-year-old actress sits down to talk about her career with her son Edoardo Ponti,…
Music Review: John Hiatt at the Birchmere
Salutes since the death of Prince last week have come so far from artists as wide ranged as Janelle Monae to Bruce Springsteen. Tuesday, John Hiatt found way to tip…
Wednesday TV: A Different Angle to Sports
The rollouts are continuing on the year’s best new network. And like many of its other shows nominally about subjects otherwise well covered by cable — travel, food, music —…
TV Tonight: Let’s Call It Nuclear Tuesday
Today is the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a milestone that ought to create a number of news reports and updates. The most…
Stage Review: ‘Black Pearl Sings!’
The song hunting expeditions of early 20th century musicologists, scouring rural backwoods to find tunes that have been become part of the nation’s fabric — as well as discovering authentic,…
Monday TV: Laurie Anderson’s Musings
One might prefer to hear the artist Laurie Anderson expound on the death of her husband Lou Reed. Instead, she moves perhaps to metaphor when she addresses death through demise…