If you attend Ghost Light, currently onstage through Oct. 31 at 59E59, you should be looking for “a little bit of strange,” like the play's two main characters who go to a seedy motel room—complete with flickering light and ceiling mirror. In their case, it's an unlikely affair in which they dip outside their usual social circles in order to get something they want. But in your case, it being so close to Halloween, you probably want the kind of strange that just comes out and says Boo! already. Luckily, neither you nor they get the expected, making way for a tantalizing, utterly absorbing hour. But the allure of the crowd-pleasing, cheap scare is a strong one, my friends, and it’s no surprise that it even seduces José Zayas, this show's otherwise-precise director, in the end.

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Each month we peek at the upcoming peaks and valleys in the world of letters. This time around we catch up with MySpace celeb, reality star and author Tila Tequila to chat about her reading habits.

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