Considering Lear. Having learned how to present plays to college students within a short class period, theatre producer and professor Eric Krebs offers his one-man, 75-minute version of Shakespeare's King Lear to a general audience. 45th Street Theatre, 354 W. 45th St., Manhattan. 8 p.m. Reservations: (212) 967-7079 or Jason@ektminc.com.
>Daratt. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's film, set after the end of Chad's 40-year civil war, follows a teenage boy who is sent to avenge the death of the father he never knew and finds work with the killer, who turns out to be a stoic baker and something of a father figure. Presented by BAMcinématek as part of its series featuring films from the 2006 IndieWire Critics' Poll. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15 p.m. $10, $7 for students 25 and under (with I.D. Monday–Thursday), seniors, and children under 12. Tickets: (718) 777-FILM or www.bam.org. Info: (718) 636-4100.
>First Light Festival 2007. The Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation present a new series of commissioned works exploring the worlds of science and technology and the lives of scientists and engineers. Today: a concert reading of Doctors Jane and Alexander by Edward Einhorn, about the lives of Einhorn's grandfather and mother: Alexander Wiener, co-discoverer of the Rh factor in blood, and Jane Einhorn, a psychologist. Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 W. 52nd St., Manhattan. 7 p.m. $10. Tickets: (212) 352-3101 or www.theatermania.com. Full schedule: www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org.
Considering Lear. See Fri., April 6. Today's performances are at 3 and 8 p.m.
>Daratt. See Fri., April 6.
Considering Lear. See Fri., April 6. Today's performance is at 3 p.m.
>Daratt. See Fri., April 6.
>Daratt. See Fri., April 6. Today's screenings are at 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15 p.m.
>First Light Festival 2007. See Fri., April 6. Today: a concert reading of Perfect and Constant by Rob Askins, about Georg Joachim Rheticus, a brilliant young man with a secret, who tries to convince the dying Nicolaus Copernicus to publish his theories of the cosmos. 7 p.m.
>For Services Rendered. Maria Aitken directs a staged reading of W. Somerset Maugham's drama about the devastating impact of World War I on an English family, with Jefferson Mays, Roberta Maxwell, Brian Murray, Jay O. Sanders, Michael Stuhlbarg, Samantha Soule, Paxton Whitehead, Lisa Banes, Francesca Faridany, Susan Lyons, and Daniel Gerroll. A reception with the director and actors follows. Presented by the Acting Company. Laura Pels Theatre, Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center, 111 W. 46th St., Manhattan. 7 p.m. $25, $35, $60. Tickets: (212) 258-3111. Info: www.theactingcompany.org/salon.
Spring Boards. Manhattan Theatre Club presents Horse Latitudes by Hilary Fannin, an honest look at what makes a relationship work, as part of its rehearsed-reading series of innovative new plays (formerly known as 6@6). Stage I, New York City Center, 131 W. 55th St., Manhattan. 7 p.m. RSVP: (212) 399-3000, ext. 163, or springboards@mtc-nyc.org.
>Daratt. See Fri., April 6. Today's screenings are at 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15 p.m.
>Daratt. See Fri., April 6. Today's screenings are at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
>Sick & Tired: A Call for Universal Care. Poetic People Power presents poets reading and performing new poems on the need for universal health care, in celebration of National Poetry Month. Featuring Tara Bracco, Erica DeLaRosa, Frantz Jerome, Sugar Johnson, Chris Martin, Pamela Sneed, and Jonathan Walton. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (at Bleecker), Manhattan. 7 p.m. $10. Info: www.poeticpeoplepower.com.
>Daratt. See Fri., April 6. Today's screenings are at 4:30, 6:50, and 9:15 p.m.
>The World According to Shorts. This series of award-winning short films, brought to North America for the first time by curator Jonathan Howell, allows U.S. audiences to get a taste of several innovative, up-and-coming directors from across the globe. Makor, 35 W. 67th St., Manhattan. 7:30 p.m. $9. Tickets/info: (212) 601-1000 or www.makor.org.