Remembering Mac Davis, 1942-2020
Lost in the news this week is the death of Mac Davis Tuesday at 78. A songwriter (“I Believe in Music” who was hitmaker in his own right (“Baby Don’t…
Thursday TV: Once More, With Puppets
“You’re the puppet!” is something said in the last presidential debates four years ago — you know, the civilized one. Anyway, if you can take it, our political lows are…
Wednesday TV: Even More Gloria Steinems
It’s been a big year for fictional portrayals of Gloria Steinem on TV, from Rose Byrne’s work in FX’s “Mrs. America” to Christine Lahti in the filmed play “Gloria: A…
Tuesday TV: Let All the Shouting Begin
Tonight's first Presidential Debate (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, Fox News, 9 p.m.) between Joe Biden and Donald Trump may be the most seen political event on TV…
Monday TV: Puppets Recreate the Past
When the Chinese artist Ma Liang, also known as Maleonn, realizes his father is suffering from Alzheimer’s, he creates a stage performance that highlights moments from his past, starring life-sized…
A Slight Kennedy Center Reopening
If you were planning the first in-person performance in the Kennedy Center in six months, a kind of historic cultural awakening after the darkness of the pandemic lockdown, you couldn’t…
‘The Comey Rule’ Brings It All Back to 2016
Step back for a moment from the current crazed political fury and consider the one four years ago. The names, the accusations, the emails. It all comes back in frustrating…
Also on Sunday: Fourth Season ‘Fargo’
Three years after it was last on the air, “Fargo” (FX, 9 p.m.) returns in a different place and time (Kansas City, 1950), with a different cast, and almost a…
Theater Review: Hang Up and Dial Again
The pandemic shutdown, now entering its seventh catastrophic month, has necessitated a certain creativity if any theater at all is to be produced or consumed. Mostly, this has been through…
Saturday TV: ‘Just Mercy’ and Football
Bryan Stevenson’s timely and personal story of race and the law in the deep South is told in the death penalty drama “Just Mercy” (HBO, 8 p.m.), making its premium…