Most New York theaters are dark on Monday, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see tonight. First off is the latest installment of the Project Shaw series, “Androcles and the Lion” (1921), in which George Bernard Shaw adapts one of Aesop’s fables. The hook: The cast is entirely made-up of theater critics, columnists and reporters. I sensibly took on the cameo part of the Christian martyr Appollonia, but my colleague Michael Riedel has the meatier role of a Roman centurion, so the Post is well represented. The staged reading starts at 7pm at the Players on Gramercy Park South, tickets are $25.

As an alternative, you may want to head to Playwrights Horizons, where the Acting Company is presenting a staged reading of George Kaufman and Ring Lardner’s wonderful 1929 comedy “June Moon.” Some of you may remember the awesome 1997 Drama Dept. production that featured Cynthia Nixon, Becky Ann Baker and Geoffrey Nauffts (who went on to write “Next Fall”). Tonight’s presentation, directed by John Rando, looks like great fun and stars Santino Fontana (currently playing Algernon Moncrieff in “The Importance of Being Earnest”), Aya Cash (always good, particularly in “Killers and Other Family”), Richard Topol (ditto, back in “The Merchant of Venice” when the show resumes on February 1) and Kaufman’s own grandson, James Patrick Cronin. Tickets are $35-$60.

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