The evening's topic will be comic ripostes from history's critics, poets and politicians. Among the author's employed are Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, Francis Heaney, Paul Rudnick, Andy Borowitz and Tom Gliatto. Additionally, the works of Chekhov, Dickinson, Blake and Eliot, as well as the Bible, will be satirized. Tickets are $17.50. Call (212) 399-3030.