NYC Best: Sigourney Weaver, $120 Million Scream, The XX
A pastel version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” recently sold to an anonymous bidder for $120 million.
You can cast your eyes on this pricey iconic image, now on view at the Museum of Modern Art.
Also included in the show: “The Storm” and “Melancholy,” as well as eight prints.
Runs through April 29 at MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St. Information: +1-212-708-9400; http://www.moma.org.
Stay for lunch at The Modern’s more casual Bar Room. For starters, consider quail terrine with fennel-grapefruit salad, and then try the saffron tagliatelle paired with a glass of Alsace Riesling.
Information: +1-212-333-1220.
Saturday Matinee
The intimate Big Apple Circus has pitched its tent in Damrosch Park -- no one is farther than 50 feet from the action.
This year’s show is “Legendarium,” filled with dancing jugglers, hoop spinners, aerialists, contortionists and, of course, clowns.
A highlight is the troupe of dogs rescued from animal shelters and trained with bits of frankfurter.
Runs through Jan. 13 at Lincoln Center. Information: +1- 212-268-2500; http://bigapplecircus.org.
Saturday Night
Watch Prospero work his magic on the Metropolitan Opera stage as the company presents the local premiere of Thomas Ades’s “The Tempest.”
Here’s a change from the usual parade of operas by dead people -- the vastly talented Ades is also on the podium.
The poetic Simon Keenlyside sings the role of Shakespeare’s sorcerer. Audrey Luna flies and sings high as Ariel, who, like her master, inhabits a lonely island (which suddenly comes alive with all sorts of unexpected guests).
Runs through Nov. 17 at Lincoln Center. Information: +1- 212-362-6000; http://www.metoperafamily.org.
Saturday Ball
Put on your most whimsical costume and join the dark celebration of PhantasmaGOREY 2012 presented by Dances of Vice at Riverside Church.
Brian Carpenter’s Ghost Train Orchestra will play hot jazz murder ballads at the Halloween Ball.
Performers include “Twilight Enchantress” Cassandra Rosebeetle, Sequinette, aka “The Choleric Cello” and “True Weimar Fraulein” MC Miss Astrid.
There is a strict dress code: Gashlycrumb Tinies, Hapless Children and Lonesome Mourners are acceptable.
At 91 Claremont Ave. Information: http://dancesofvice.com.
Sunday
Take a look at Richard Artschwager’s sculpture, paintings and drawings at the Whitney retrospective.
He really liked Formica and Celotex.
Artschwager’s black ovular “blps,” his allusion to pixels and Ben-Day dots, will be scattered around the High Line during the Whitney show.
Runs through Feb. 3 at 945 Madison Ave. Information: =1- 212-570-3600; http://whitney.org.
Grab a bite at Cafe Boulud: try the wild mushroom risotto with parmesan froth and red watercress.
At 20 E. 76th St. Information: +1-212-772-2600.
Sunday Matinee
The glamorous Sigourney Weaver plays a movie star in Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.”
Inspired by Chekhov, the play also stars David Hyde Pierce as Vanya and Kristine Nielsen as his stepsister Sonia, who’ve spent their lives in a Bucks County, Pennsylvania farmhouse being decent.
Then Masha comes home, bringing along her 20-something lover, Spike.
In previews at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center, for a Nov. 12 opening. Information: +1-212-239-6200; http://www.lct.org.
Sunday Evening
Go hear flamboyant organist Cameron Carpenter play the music of Bach.
On the program are chorale preludes and fugues, plus Carpenter’s arrangement of the Partita in E Major for Solo Violin.
The concert is part of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival. There is a post-concert lounge for mingling.
At Alice Tully Hall. Information: +1-212-721-6500; http://lc.lincolncenter.org.
Sunday Night
Brit pop group the XX are on a North American tour in support of their new album, “Coexist.”
The band knows how to delicately plumb the depths of angst, and you may find your heart beating in a different way.
The XX are playing the restored Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, built in 1929 and designed to look like a baroque Mediterranean villa with stars twinkling overhead.
At 2403 Grand Concourse, the Bronx. Information: +1-718- 933-3585; http://paradisetheater.net.
(Zinta Lundborg is an editor for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own.)
Muse highlights include Lewis Lapham’s podcast and Greg Evans on movies.
To contact the reporter on this story: Zinta Lundborg at zlundborg@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Manuela Hoelterhoff at mhoelterhoff@bloomberg.net.
'The Scream'
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"The Scream" by Edvard Munch, one of four versions of the composition by the Norwegian artist, went on display at MoMA after selling for a record price.
"The Scream" by Edvard Munch, one of four versions of the composition by the Norwegian artist, went on display at MoMA after selling for a record price. Source: Sotheby's via Bloomberg
The XX
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Romy Madley Croft, Jamie Smith and Oliver Sim of the band The XX will perform at the Hammerstein Ball in support of their new album "Coexist" on Jan. 25.
Romy Madley Croft, Jamie Smith and Oliver Sim of the band The XX will perform at the Hammerstein Ball in support of their new album "Coexist" on Jan. 25. Photographer: Karl Walter/Getty Images via Bloomberg
Big Apple Circus Andrey Mantchev
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From Bulgaria, Andrey Mantchev takes to the skies in a solo trapeze act of mid-air flips and jaw-dropping catches at the Big Apple Circus.
From Bulgaria, Andrey Mantchev takes to the skies in a solo trapeze act of mid-air flips and jaw-dropping catches at the Big Apple Circus. Photographer: Bertrand Guay/Big Apple Circus via Bloomberg
Big Apple Circus Acrobuffos
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Husband-and-wife clown team the Acrobuffos bring gales of laughter with their slapstick comedy to the Big Apple Circus.
Husband-and-wife clown team the Acrobuffos bring gales of laughter with their slapstick comedy to the Big Apple Circus. Photographer: Bertrand Guay/Big Apple Circus via Bloomberg
'The Tempest'
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Audrey Luna, center, as Ariel in "The Tempest." Ariel has many Cirque du Soleil-style scenes.
Audrey Luna, center, as Ariel in "The Tempest." Ariel has many Cirque du Soleil-style scenes. Photographer: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera via Bloomberg
Alan Oke as Caliban in "The Tempest" at the Metropolitan Opera. The beastly creature is one of the more beautifully sung characters in the evening. Photographer: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera via Bloomberg
PhantasmaGOREY 2012 presented by Dances of Vice will take place at Riverside Church on Oct. 27. Photographer: Cristina Ramirez/Dances of Vice via Bloomberg
"Sitting and Not" (1992) by Richard Artschwager. The acrylic and Formica on Celotex with painted wood frame work is on view at the Whitney Museum through Feb. 3, 2013. Photographer: Adam Reich/Richard Artschwager via Bloomberg
'Table'
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"Table" (1964) by Richard Artschwager. The melamine laminate on plywood work is part of "Richard Artschwager!" on view through Feb. 3, 2012.
"Table" (1964) by Richard Artschwager. The melamine laminate on plywood work is part of "Richard Artschwager!" on view through Feb. 3, 2012. Photographer: Steven Sloman/Richard Artschwager/Whitney Museum of American Art, New York via Bloomberg
'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'
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Billy Magnussen, Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike." The play, in previews, opens Nov. 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
Billy Magnussen, Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike." The play, in previews, opens Nov. 12 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Photographer: T Charles Erickson/McCarter Theatre Center via Bloomberg
'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'
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Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce as Masha and Vanya in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike." The play, by Christopher Durang, is directed by Nicholas Martin.
Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce as Masha and Vanya in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike." The play, by Christopher Durang, is directed by Nicholas Martin. Photographer: T Charles Erickson/McCarter Theatre via Bloomberg
Cameron Carpenter will perform Bach as part of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival on Oct. 28. Photographer: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images via Bloomberg
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