Other Things I’ve Written Lately
An interview with the comedian and filmmaker Mike Birbiglia for the Washington Post. A review of a wordless presentation of “Dante’s Inferno” at Synentic Theater. An overview of the Musical…
Monday TV: ‘Class Divide,’ ‘Timeless’
In part due to the High Line park in New York, crazy expensive apartments went up, often right across the street from existing housing projects, creating an even more jarring…
HBO’s Surprisingly Good ‘Westworld’
Because it’s based on a less-than-classic 1973 Michael Crichton movie and had its production shut down six months while they tried to figure it out, expectations weren’t high for “Westworld”…
Also on Sunday: ‘Madam Secretary’s Back
Network series are still in the process of returning for new fall seasons. “Madam Secretary” (CBS, 9 p.m.) is back on the job, in a season premiere directed by Morgan…
Saturday TV: ‘SNL’ Back for 42nd Season
The first new “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 11:30 p.m.) in more than four months must have a lot of pent up material to address. Alec Baldwin is the designated Trump,…
Luna Satisfies at the Birchmere
“We miss you!” somebody yelled before Luna even started its show Thursday at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Va. “We were just here,” replied the unsentimental bandleader Dean Wareham. He meant…
Playlist, 9-30-16
A packed night (that was also another trying one technologically) took note of the death last Saturday of Buckwheat Zydeco at 58, and the 81st birthday of Jerry Lee Lewis…