Druid Revives Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’
It seemed like a clever in-joke when the first lobby announcement at the Shakespeare Theatre Company began, “We appreciate your patience…” It was opening night for Druid’s production of Samuel…
Friday TV: Sandler and Rock, for Netflix
It probably won’t be great, but Chris Rock and Adam Sandler as battling in-laws has promise in the online comedy “The Week Of” (Netflix, streaming), one of a typical load…
Thursday TV: A Third Season for ‘Quantico’
“Quantico” (ABC, 10 p.m.), begins its third season with three years having gone by since the last — with Alex living peacefully in Italy, though Ryan needs her to help…
Who Was Azaria’s ‘Brockmire’ Inspiration?
There are a lot of vile jokes and uproarious situations in the series “Brockmire,” in which Hank Azaria plays a slightly unhinged alcoholic sports announcer. But there’s nothing funnier in…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Handmaid’s’ Return
The multiple Emmy-winning “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu, streaming) begins its second season unmoored from its Margaret Atwood source material, as Elisabeth Moss’s remarkable Allred faces the fate for trying to…
Other Things I’ve Written Lately
Here are some other things I've written in other places in the last couple of months: A look at an illuminating new photo show by Sally Mann at the National…
Antonio Banderas Becomes Picasso
Smoldering leading man Antonio Banderas takes a big turn Wednesday portraying the second 20th century giant to get the spotlight in the miniseries "Genius: Picasso" (National Geographic, 9 p.m.). Odd…
Also on Tuesday: ‘Trafficked in America’
The title of tonight’s surprising report on “Frontline” (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings), “Trafficked in America” may be misleading. It’s not about prostitution, but about young people from Guatemala…
Monday TV: Wendell Berry’s Farm Elegy
Wendell Berry, the celebrated writer and poetic voice about rural agriculture is the subject of a profile on “Independent Lens” (PBS, 10 p.m.). “Look & See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky,” about…
Sunday TV: ‘Westworld’s Violent Return
Perhaps HBO measures its quality television by the number of dead bodies with which it can cover the landscape - there are a lot of them on the second season…