On Stage: UCB’s ‘We Know How You Die!’
New York's UCB Theatre, which grew out of a small group of comics you know in the Upright Citizens Brigade, now contains hundreds of performers you don't know putting on…
Saturday TV: A July Christmas Debut
It’s one thing to fill up July schedules with a bunch of Christmas movies as if to enhance the effects of air conditioning and evoke a cooler time. But there’s…
Playlist 7-15-16
Came directly from an opening set by Scott Miller, so played some of his songs to start. Then it was a salute to a lot of July 15 birthdays: from…
Friday TV: Netflix Thriller Series, ’80s Style
A 1980s small town is the setting and 80s thrillers are the inspiration for “Stranger Things” (Netflix, streaming) a new series in which Winona Ryder plays a harried mother whose…
Thursday TV: Saga of Two Mets Superstars
How do you top its five-part O.J. documentary? "Doc & Darryl," the new film from Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio on "30 for 30" (ESPN, 9 p.m.) about New York…
Wednesday TV: The ESPYS Salute Athletes
Muhammad Ali will receive a special tribute and Kobe Bryant, Peyton Manning and Abby Wambach will receive Icon Awards on The 2016 ESPYs (ABC, 8 p.m.) that takes advantage of…
Theatre Review: ‘Hand to God’ at Studio
The long ride up the elevator to Studio Theater’s Stage 4 is certainly rewarded in the regional premiere of Robert Askins' Broadway hit “Hand to God.” Here, the lift of…
Tuesday TV: Inside the White House
Here’s something that might calm fence jumpers — a televised look into “The White House: Inside Story” (PBS, 8 p.m., check local listings) examining the historic home and its place…
Monday TV: Saluting Hip-Hop Women
In a kind of mash-up between the BET Hip Hop Awards and the old VH1 Divas, here’s the “VH1 Hip-Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens” (VH1, 9 p.m.) in which…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've published elsewhere recently: A chat with Ringo Starr about his summer tour, for The Washington Post. Disentangling the complicated family tree of gospel's prolific…