Hall’s Busy Weekend

Guild Hall’s JDTLab will have a free staged reading of “Ashes and Ink,” a play by Martha Pichey, a writer and editor, tomorrow at 8 p.m. The play focuses on the complicated relationship between Molly and her son, Quinn, who descends into addiction after the sudden death of his father. Topaz Adizes, an Emmy Award-winner, will direct.

The Met: Live in HD will show Verdi’s “Otello,” a new production directed by Bartlett Sher, on Saturday at 1 p.m. The cast is led by Aleksandrs Antonenko, who plays the doomed Moor, Sonya Yoncheva as Desdemona, Otello’s wife and victim, and Zeljko Lucic as Iago, the mastermind of Otello’s demise. Tickets are $22, $20 for members, and $15 for students.

Sunday’s Table Talk will feature a Broadway sing-along with David Lewis from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mr. Lewis, a musical director, arranger, and performer in New York City, will play and sing selections from the Great American Songbook. Lyrics will be provided so audience members can join him. The free program will also include stories from Mr. Lewis’s forthcoming book, “Confessions of a New York Pianist.”