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MOVIE: This week's Bryant Park movie is All the Kings Men.... The movie follows the rise of politician Willie Stark from the rural country to the big city spotlight. "Along the way, he loses his initial innocence, and becomes just as corrupt as those who he assaulted before for this characteristic." Romance, women, intrigue, power...it's all there.

5pm seating, Movie at dusk // Bryant Park // Free

READING: Alison Weaver (re)tells the story of family dysfunction on the UES, which of course took her from the ballet recital to the downtown drug scene. Gone to the Crazies is her memoir, which she'll be reading from tonight.

7pm // The Half King [505 W 23rd St] // Free

MUSICAL: Get ready for some puppet mayhem! Tonight Drama of Works performs Sid & Nancy Punch & Judy Show, "combining two tragic stories with hilarious results. Next up is something called Puppet Kafka, which by title alone sounds amazing, followed by Words, Words, Words which shows tiny monkey puppets attempting to write Hamlet. And then...because we're sure the people behind Die Hard always envisioned it one day being retold with puppets and song, get ready for Die Hard: The Puppet Musical. To quote the original Die Hard poster: "It will blow you through the back wall of the theater!"

7:30pm // Collective Unconscious [297 Church St] // $15

MUSIC: Ben Kweller's 3-night run at Southpaw is sold out, and if you didn't get tickets - there are other ways to get your music fill tonight. Take this chance to check out the ongoing Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series which features a Caribbean Night, tonight. "The King of Calypso" and "The Stevie Wonder of Soca" both perform (real names: The Mighty Sparrow/Dr. Slinger Francisco and Machel Montano). More details here.

7:30pm // Wingate Field [Directions Here] // Free

THEATER: Padraic Lillis’s new play Two Thirds Home is a taut, three-character drama that reviewer Martin Denton calls “riveting”, with an “outstanding” cast. When two brothers return to their childhood home to sort through their deceased mother’s estate, the arrival of Mom’s secret lesbian lover causes complications. But the drama that ensues is not without humor; when the mystery woman later intervenes in a fistfight between the two men, one retorts, “We’re not fighting – we’re brothers.” - John Del Signore

8pm // Michael Weller Theatre [311 W 43rd St, 6th Fl] // Tickets cost $20.