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THEATER: In Shakespeare's day, all the female roles were played by pre-pubescent boys. Now 21st century troupe The Queen's Company ("all female! all the time! no apologies!") is bending the genders back the other way, in a production of Twelfth Night. "Welcome to Illyria, a land of blind and hungry lovers dancing an age-old dance of love & cruelty... Featuring their celebrated all-female cast, Twelfth Night interweaves lip-synched musical numbers with Shakespeare’s witty words of danger & desire." – John Del Signore

7:30 p.m. // Urban Stages [259 W 30th St] // $18

READING: Carl Capotorto, better know by many as Little Paulie Germani from The Sopranos, will be reading from his memoir "Twisted Head" at McNally Robinson Bookstore tonight. The book "focuses on his youth in the Bronx, where he grew up in a strict, religious Italian household and his father ran the famous Cappi's Pizza and Sangweech Shoppe. Carl’s story takes him from working at a McDonald’s with then store manager Curtis Sliwa and living through two of his closest friends being killed by the Son of Sam to eventually coming out as a gay man in an uber-masculine world and finally achieving his dream of becoming a successful actor." The reading will also feature special guests John Turturro and Annabella Sciorra!

7 p.m. // McNally Robinson [52 Prince St] // Free

MOVIE: Richard Sandler will be showing his documentaries Brave New York and Subway to the Former East Village tonight. This is part of the Maysles Cinema series Rent Control: NYC Documented and Imagined, a six month long examination of communities in New York undergoing change through film and conversation. Sandler will be on hand for a Q&A; check out all of the Rent Control series details here.

7 p.m. // Maysles Cinema [343 Lenox Ave, Harlem] // Free, suggested donation $7

EVENT: "So what does Howard Dean think President Obama and his Democratic Congress will actually be able to do? How long will the honeymoon last?" The 92nd St Y welcomes the man himself to their stage tonight to answer such questions. The chair of the Democratic National Committee will be on hand to discuss the future of the party, and the country; more details here.

8 p.m. // 92nd Street Y [1395 Lexington Ave] // $27

Photo courtesy John Santerre.