Great news for fans of great theater based on great comics: The Diary of a Teenage Girl is sticking around for a few more weeks. Word went out late last week that the show's run, which had been scheduled to end this past weekend (perfectly timed with the MoCCA Festival, as it happened), has now been extended through May 1st.

Based on (IMHO) one of the all-time great graphic novels by writer-artist Phoebe Gloeckner, Diary tells the story of Minnie Goetze, a precocious 15-year-old growing up in '70s San Francisco who spirals into promiscuity and drug abuse after beginning an affair with her mother's boyfriend. Harrowing stuff to be sure, but like the graphic novel, the play -- written by and starring Marielle Heller and directed by Rachel Eckerling and Sarah Cameron Sunde -- is often hilarious, frequently beautiful, and ultimately uplifting. You can read my full review here if you missed it.

The show runs nightly every day but Tuesday at the 3LD Arts and Technology Center at 80 Greenwich St. in Manhattan. Tickets are still just $25 if you use the code "ISAWIT" when purchasing. Go purchase!