Readings
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ITALIAN STORY JoAnn Robertozzi directs a staged reading of “Baciare e Ballare,” Lisa Siciliano’s play about an immigrant Italian family living in Pittsburgh during the final months of World War II. Tomorrow, 6 p.m., New York University, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo, 24 W. 12th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-998-8730, free.
PLAY LIST The Mercantile Reading Series at Urban Stages presents Mondays at the Merc, a series of readings of new plays. Up next: “Mahida’s Extra Key to Heaven, ” Russell Davis’s play about the bond between an American painter and Iranian student. Timothy Douglas directs. Monday, 6 p.m., the Mercantile Library, 17 E. 47th St., between Madison and Fifth avenues, 212-421-1380, free.
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