It's a bill of three one-acts, "The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife," "Killer's Head" and "Action," which are now in the Shiva Theater at the Public.

Demand for seats has become so intense that the number of subscribers had to be capped at 600 to leave room for single-ticket buyers in the Shiva Theater at the Papp Public Theater, which provided the homeless Signature with space for its current season.

The Labyrinth Theater Company production, which opened last night at the Public Theater's Shiva Theater, kicks off a small, informal festival of Mr. Shanley's plays in New York this fall.

This year, it is using the Shiva Theater at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.

Don't sit squirming in your seat waiting for all the melodrama to start in "A Small, Melodramatic Story," the new play by Stephen Belber that opened last night at the Shiva Theater of the Public Theater.

At the Shiva Theater of the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village; (212) 967-7555.

Shiva Theater, Joseph Papp Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street.

At the Shiva Theater in the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village.

Stop Kiss' Diana Son's "Stop Kiss," now at the Shiva Theater in the Joseph Papp Public Theater, is an artfully constructed, well acted comedy-drama that has been directed with skill by Jo Bonney.

That Hurston Spunk George C. Wolfe, who wrote "The Colored Museum," a satire on black stereotypes, has a new production coming up April 10 at the Public's Shiva Theater.