The Week in Entertainment

Live: Beauty and the Beast at the Hippodrome, a very engaging production, nicely done with the effect and costuming.

TV: The usual Wednesday trio, all funny. With The Neighbors ABC has finally found the show to put in between The Middle and Modern Family. Phil's Godfather with Luke - hysterical. I really loved Sue's "cheer-off", too. The Mentalist - I have a bad feeling about that Red John symbol on the barn from 25 years ago. What, eventually - will he be a freaking god?

Read: José Saramago's All the Names, which was a fascinating character study in a strange situation (which can be said of most of his books). A couple of Savage Chickens collections, including the new one, very funny.