Arts on TV: ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ ‘Chess in Concert,’ ‘Black Swan’
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Movie: ‘The Goodbye Girl’ (1977) Noon Friday, TCM: (PG) Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason. A divorced dancer and her daughter must room with an off-off-Broadway actor.
Movie: ‘Black Swan’ (2010) 5:35 p.m. Friday, Cinemax: (R) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis. A ballerina begins to lose her fragile grip on reality as a sultry newcomer threatens to usurp her position as the lead dancer in ‘Swan Lake.’
‘The Guthrie Theater Presents H.M.S. Pinafore’ 9 p.m. Friday, KOCE: Joe Dowling directs a new production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in Minneapolis.
‘Great Performances’ 11 p.m. Saturday, KVCR: ‘Chess in Concert’: A London concert revival of the 1986 cult musical ‘Chess.’ With Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal and Josh Groban.
‘Vine Talk’ 10:30 p.m. Sunday, KVCR: ‘Weighing Washington Chardonnays’: Actress Jennifer Coolidge; music director Alan Gilbert, New York Philharmonic; chef Steven Raichlen.
‘Independent Lens’ 11 p.m. Sunday, KOCE (season premiere): ‘Wham! Bam! Islam!’: A Kuwaiti psychologist launches a comic series of 99 superheroes based on the 99 virtues of Allah.
‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ 9 and 11 p.m. Wednesday, Bravo: Art Movement: The artists must use Parkour as their inspiration.
-- Compiled by Ed Stockly