World War II Spies

Guild Hall will present “The Red Orchestra,” a 2003 documentary about the resistance group that fought against the Third Reich within Germany from 1933 to 1942, on Saturday at 8 p.m. Harris Yulin, an actor with an extensive stage and screen resumé and a home in Bridgehampton, will introduce the film. A discussion will follow with Stefan Roloff, the film’s director and son of one of the group’s survivors.

The Red Orchestra is considered one of the most successful spy rings that operated during World War II. The Gestapo considered its members Communist spies — hence their designation as “red” — and eventually sentenced 58 of them to death and many more to long periods of incarceration. For many years after the war, members of the group were considered Communist traitors by the West, but that judgment changed after the Cold War ended. Tickets are $12, $10 for members.

The John Drew Theater will be a bit less solemn on Tuesday evening when a free staged reading of “Tongues Will Wag,” a new musical by Sarah Azzara, will take place at 7:30. The play follows the identity crisis of the newly engaged Stephanie when she falls for a male impersonator at a lesbian bar. Kate Mueth will direct.