BAD RECEPTION In Rob Ackerman’s new play “Disconnect,” a dinner party hosted by a telecommunications marketer devolves into anger, inappropriate confessions, and cell-phone one-upmanship. Connie Grappo directs for the Working Theater, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary of producing plays “about and for working people.” Through Saturday, June 25, Monday-Friday, 8 p.m., Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., East 13th Street Theater, 136 E. 13th St., between Third and Fourth avenues, 212-279-4200, $30 Friday and Saturday evenings, $27 all other shows, $25 seniors, students, and union members.

WHALE WIT A one-man version of “Moby-Dick” opens today. Playwright Christopher Moore portrays Ishmael, Quee-Queg, and Captain Ahab in the hourlong show. Opens: Tonight, 8 p.m. Runs: Through Sunday, June 19, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Metropolitan Playhouse, 220 E. 4th St., between avenues A and B, 212-995-5302, $15 general, $12 seniors and students.

ONE ON ONE The one-man show “A Spalding Gray Matter” uses the structure of Gray’s monologues to explore his life and death through the “eerily parallel” experiences of writer and performer Michael Brandt. Ian Morgan directs for Breedingground Productions’ Spring Fever Festival. Through Saturday, June 11, tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 11, 1:30 p.m., Sunday, June 5, 1:30 p.m., Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center, Flamboyan Theatre, 107 Suffolk St. at Rivington Street, 347-683-7698, $10.

ALPHABET CITY ONSTAGE Writer and actor David Sirk brings the story of his East Village childhood to the stage in “The Devil Winks (To Be or Not To Be on Avenue B).” Tonight through Sunday, June 19, Tuesday-Sunday, 8 p.m., Creative Place Theatre, 750 Eighth Ave., between 46th and 47th streets, no. 602, 212-726-1486, $15 general, $10 seniors and students.

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