Saturday TV: The Struggle of Motherhood
Raising a new baby isn’t a competition, but if it were, the beleaguered Audrey on the Australian comedy import “The Letdown” (Netflix, streaming) would be losing. Every terrible thing about…
Reviving Two Bergman Works on Stage
For being the centennial of Ingmar Bergman’s birth, there seems to be very little evidence of the Swedish director's work around. It's hard to find even his best known films;…
Friday TV: Sutton Foster Sings
Sutton Foster, the actress from “Younger,” reminds TV audiences why she won two Tony Awards for her work in “Anything Goes” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie” with a concert special from…
Thursday TV: ‘Scandal’ Ends Its Run
From the start, it seemed too over-the-top to be taken seriously as a political drama, but “Scandal” (ABC, 10 p.m.) found a fiercely loyal audience that made a wine-pouring party…
They Might Be Giants at the 930 Club
High school pals John Linnell and John Flansburgh have pretty much stayed true to their eccentric approach to pop music, as a guitar and accordion duo singing about science, history…
Wednesday TV: Bill Nye Pleads His Case
After single handedly exciting a generation of future scientists, Bill Nye “The Science Guy” still keeps a very active schedule trying to convince adults that climate change is real. That…
Tuesday TV: Celebrating ‘Civilizations’
The ambitious reboot of Kenneth Clark’s original series, which helped put PBS on the map for cultural programming, begins with the wanton destruction of artifacts in Palmyra in present day…
Turning ‘Tommy’ Into a ‘Bluegrass Opry’
Recording bluegrass versions of pop or rock songs goes back nearly half a century, to the days when the Country Gentlemen made Manfred Mann’s “Fox on the Run” their own…
Monday TV: Mariska Hargitay, SVU
It’s odd when you’re on a TV show: People connect you with the character even if it’s clear you are playing a role. It happened to Mariska Hargitay who in…
Sunday TV: Comey Sits With George
It’s one of those book launches that threatens to scrape history, which tends to happen every couple of months now. At any rate, the book tour of former FBI director…