Tuesday TV: Apatow Tries Standup Again
As a teen, Judd Apatow really wanted to be a comedian. it was shyness in part that got him sidetracked to producing and directing comedies. But then the stand-up bug…
Monday TV: Descending Into ‘A Gray State’
Erik Nelson’s documentary “A Gray State” (A&E, 10 p.m.) is about an Iraqi veteran in Minnesota who was trying to make his own dystopian film (named “Gray State”) about an…
Sunday: Reviving a High School Musical
An actual high school alumni class in California returns to stage a production of Sondheim's “Into the Woods” 20 years after they first did so in the one-hour special "Encore"…
David Rawlings Machine at Lincoln Theatre
David Rawlings Machine takes to the empty stage as they would if they were around during the end of the Industrial Revolution 150 years ago or more. At the Lincoln…
Saturday: Holiday Romances Won’t Stop
There’s a lot going on these days in the South, from the impending Alabama election to today’s opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. Neither will be likely touched upon…
Joe Henry Addresses a Tearful Nation
A saving grace of not exactly being a household name is the ability of fans to hear the music of someone like Joe Henry in such an intimate setting as…
Friday TV: ‘The Crown’ Returns, Regally
Netflix has a lot of money to spend on programming, but they simply lavish it on “The Crown” (Netflix, streaming), the opulent series about the earlier life of Queen Elizabeth…
Thursday TV: ‘Psych: The Movie’ Flashback
Light, goofy detective series seems to have faded on cable in recent years, so it’s a little of holiday treat to revisit one of them in “Psych: The Movie” (USA,…
Wednesday TV: Weaver Revisits Fossey
Sigourney Weaver memorably portrayed naturalist Dian Fossey nearly 30 years ago in Michael Apted’s “Gorillas in the Mist” and has maintained a fondness for her ever since, such that she…
Tuesday TV: New ‘Stripped’ on Bravo
People have so far been only too glad to go naked and afraid in the secluded outdoor endeavors for popular cable series. Now, the new “Stripped” (Bravo, 10 p.m.) brings…