Modern Wives, Take Me Away Tour, with Death Series, Saints Of Never After and Saber, 8 p.m., Nile Theater, 1721 19th St. $14.63; tixr.com. Children First Literacy Gala: "Heritage of Words," 6 to 10 p.
Delays have long been common in the decommissioning of the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, but one recent postponement carried special significance.