Sunday TV: ‘Mr. Selfridge’ Settles Up
The story about the American who started one of the biggest department stores in London, “Mr. Selfridge” (PBS, 10 p.m.) seemed to have the narrative power to last for a…
The Who at 52 at the Verizon Center
The “Who Hits 50!” tour that finally got to the Verizon Center in Washington last week is one steeped in history, of course. So there were plenty of projected photos…
Bassist Tal Wilkenfeld in Two Venues
It’s a bit of a schizophrenic touring season for Tal Wilkenfeld. Half the time, the Australian bassist is headlining modest sized clubs with her band. The other half, she’s opening…
Saturday TV: ‘Ten Commandments’ Time
What was four hours in the theaters 60 years ago is five hours long in this Easter weekend TV tradition of replaying “The Ten Commandments” (ABC, 8 p.m.). That’s a…
Playlist 3-25-16
Hey, it's Aretha Franklin's 74th birthday! So we saluted her. Also: following a short Easter set, a look back at this week's concert by The Who, including some of the…
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…