Another Final Show of ‘Pet Sounds’
It’s been two years since Brian Wilson’s 50th anniversary tour of the Beach Boys “Pet Sounds” started doing their “final performances” across the states and around the world. But the…
Tuesday TV: Election Results, Lots of Them
Besides helping set the direction for the country, your vote today will be counted on in the myriad of election result programming planned tonight. While in the past midterms generally…
Elvis Costello Does DAR Constitution Hall
Normally super-prolific, Elvis Costello went five years between new albums recently, going so far as to tour an old album, "Imperial Bedroom” last year rather than release a new set…
Monday TV: Truth, Reconciliation in Maine
The forced separation of Native American children from their families in the 20th century led to an attempt at healing in a government run truth and reconciliation commission in Maine…
‘Anastasia’ Musical at the Kennedy Center
So many Romanovs these days! There’s Matthew Weiner’s Amazon series in which various supposed survivors of the doomed royal line emerges in modern day, with a new episode every Friday.…
Sunday TV: Mickey Mouse, Nonagenarian
I’m quite sure they’re going to mess up “Mickey’s 90th Spectacular” (ABC, 8 p.m.), bringing in a bunch of no-name current celebs from Meghan Trainor and Zac Brown and Tori…
Saturday TV: Instead, LeBron Speaks Out
It was Laura Ingram’s bigoted dismissal of LeBron James’s political views that provides the title of his documentary “Shut Up and Dribble” (Showtime, 9 p.m.), a three-part documentary about athletes…
Friday TV: Julia Roberts in ‘Homecoming’
The new “Homecoming” (Amazon, streaming) is a welcome yarn from Sam Esmail, creator of “Mr. Robot,” and starring Julia Roberts as an operative in a secretive government-sanctioned facility that deals…
Thursday: Female Directors 100 Years Ago
A two week salute to pioneering first females in film — who all worked more than a century ago — begins on Turner Classic Movies with three films by French-born…
Wednesday TV: Scary Times in New York
Halloween is prime time for introducing scary new series, such as the new “Tell Me a Story” (CBS AllAccess, streaming), an anthology series base on a Mexican show that takes…