Review

EM Lewis' title may be a whimsical metaphor for death, but it's not as grim as it sounds: Some of her best scenes lean toward comedy. Her play cuts back and forth among three main stories, garnished with peripherally related scenes. In the first story, a

Presented by the SpyAnts Theatre Company at the Lillian Theatre, 1076 Lillian Way, Hollywood. Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 7 p.m. Apr. 6-May 6. (323) 860-8786. www.thespyants.com.

Talk Radio

You probably didn't think it was possible to generate sympathy for a radio shock jock who earns his living spewing venom over the airwaves at his pathetic call-in audience.

Man of La Mancha

Broadway musicals aren't the typical bill of fare at the classics-focused A Noise Within, yet this 1965 Dale Wasserman-Mitch Leigh-Joe Darion masterpiece isn't your garden-variety Broadway tuner.

The Sordid Perils of Actual Existence

I'm finally ready to take the next step," declares the young man. Marriage? Nope, bigger: real estate.

HARM'S WAY

at the Hayworth

VICTIMS

at ZJU Theatre Group

LIGHT SENSITIVE

Jim Geoghan's play has become the holiday play of choice for the Theatre District, a 6-year-old company that has just moved into its new home at the Cast Theatre. While it doesn't approach the expected sentimentality of other Christmas stories, like A Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street ...

Simplicity of concept and incisive emotional truths drive Tim Turner's lovely play about the long-range toll that's taken when people settle for unsatisfying relationships. Though an unexpected gay romance is the catalyst for the individual crises that er

Presented by TT Productions and Harry Prongue in association with Macha Theatre/Films at the Macha Theatre, 1107 N. Kings Rd., West Hollywood. Thu.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. Jun. 29-Aug. 5. (323) 960-7829. www.plays411.com/outlate.

IN VITRO

When you're pregnant, they say, the mixed and often wonderful feelings you have get pretty darn old after eight or nine months, but the payoff makes it all worth it. In Paula Christensen's new play about, among other things, a woman's efforts to have a child, there ...