March 21, 2005 Laughter in the Garage Dating is expensive. Even just a movie is going to cost you a ten-spot. For one ticket. On a weeknight. But what if you actually want to impress her by doing something cultural? Like a play. Won't that cost you megabucks and won't you be asleep by intermission anyway? Well, don't go drooling on your program yet. Sounds from a Converted Garage at the Groundlings Theater may just strike the right note. The play is a dark comedy set in present day Los Angeles. The fictitious band Vibe Tribe has been together for years. Now in their mid-thirties, the three guys who make up the band come to question how their aspirations to rock royalty dead-ended on the cover band circuit. It's loaded with L.A. in-jokes and a hard look at the modern male mid-life crisis. Written, directed and produced by Groundlings alums, it's home grown entertainment you can relate to. And you won't be asleep by intermission because there is no intermission -- the play clocks in at just over an hour and a quarter. Garage only runs Monday and Tuesday -- ideal nights for a first or second date, or one you don't want to risk wasting a Saturday night on. At $10 per ticket, it's a cheap date, too. The Groundlings Theatre is located at 7307 Melrose Ave. Call 323-934-4747 for reservations.