Individual tickets have gone on sale at the Mark Taper Forum for Patrick Marber's Closer, which opens Nov. 9 in a production directed by Robert Egan. The run is through Dec. 10. Marber is a hot young British playwright and this time around he has turned out a dark comedy about sex and longing. Closer is set in London where two men and two women connect, disconnect and reconnect. Locked in a constantly shifting love quadrangle, they attempt to get "closer"--to find new levels of intimacy. Through Marber's use of tough, urban language, the play reveals much about sexual politics and how little we know about ourselves and each other.

Mark Taper Forum is located at l35 N. Grand Ave. Tickets are available through the Center Theatre Group box office or by calling CTG Audience Services at (213) 628-2772; for group sales (213) 972-7231. Deaf community: information and charge, TDD (213) 972-7231. Tickets are also available on-line at www.TaperAhmanson.com.