‘White Collar’: old-fashioned capers in modern New York
After an odd five-month break, season three of the USA series “White Collar” will resume Tuesday night at 9 with six new episodes running through Feb. 21. It’s the sort of bizarre scheduling that can...
View Article‘Necessary Roughness’: nighttime soap tackles gays in sports
The USA series “Necessary Roughness” is winding down its current — and third — season with a two-episode arc dealing with a football star deciding to reveal that he is gay. The first part aired...
View Article‘Graceland’ — USA Network heads in slightly more serious direction
A piece on the Huffington Post site calls it “The Show That’s Too ‘Dark’ for USA” but tonight’s “Graceland” debut should not alienate fans of such other USA network staples as “White Collar,” “Suits”...
View Article‘The Normal Heart’: topical play becomes historical film
Larry Kramer’s play “The Normal Heart” had an extra emotional charge when it debuted in New York City in 1985 because it dealt with a terrible crisis that was still mysterious and terrifying and...
View Article‘The Normal Heart’ arrives on DVD
The very strong HBO version of the Larry Kramer play “The Normal Heart” got shut-out in most categories at the Emmy Awards ceremony Monday night, but it took the prize for best TV movie. The loss in...
View Article‘The Last Tycoon’: Hollywood then and now
Amazon announced last week that after renewing “Z: The Beginning of Everything” for a second season, the streaming giant had changed its mind and would cancel the biodrama about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s...
View Article‘Boys in the Band’: making an old play new
Joe Mantello’s Broadway production of “The Boys in the Band” is a “revival” in the best sense of that term – a rethinking of an old play that makes it look and sound fresh. Mart Crowley’s comedy-drama...
View Article‘White Collar’: the clock is ticking on Netflix
With so many things in my life and work, if I don’t have a deadline, and make a notation on a yellow legal pad, I will postpone a project indefinitely. My problem with the television series on...
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