Free seats are a window into world of stage

Tickets won’t be available online until noon Monday -- but once they are, they’ll go fast: Free Night of Theater is returning to Los Angeles.

Beginning Oct. 18, area theaters will offer limited numbers of free tickets to selected shows. The program -- launched nationwide by Theatre Communications Group and now in its second year in Los Angeles in association with L.A. Stage Alliance -- was designed to give people a free taste of local theater in hopes they’ll become regular customers. Visit freenightoftheater.net.