Things to do in New York City this week

Perchance to Dream: royal bedchambers by David Leventi.

until Wed 30 Dec

Rick Wester Fine Art

Open Access: artists rethink 130 years of American design.

until Fri 13 Nov

Van Alen Institute

A Few Good Men: Aaron Sorkin's Broadway courtroom drama.

until Sun 10 Jan

Vivian Beaumont Theater

$134

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the musical.

until Sun 20 Dec

The Public Theater

from $139

The Heart: new musical about a donated heart's gift.

until Sun 6 Dec

The Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre

from $68

Saya Woolfalk: The WoodsWoman Method, a utopian exhibition.

until Sun 28 Mar

Bronx Museum of the Arts

Yoshie Sugito's exhibition on migrating pickle jars.

until Wed 4 Nov

NARS Foundation

Hot Dog with Ketchup: Alex Da Corte's public artwork.

until Mon 10 May

Whitney Museum of American Art and 1 more

Free

Portraits of America: group photography show on US identity.

until Tue 10 Nov

Flushing Town Hall

The Met: Live in HD: New York opera, live in cinemas.

until Sat 5 Jun

BAM Rose Cinemas

$8

Rope: Hamilton's thriller, the film Hitchcock made from it.

until Sun 6 Dec

Theatre at St. Clement's

$77

Show Trial: political satire of a staged 1950 trial.

until Sat 7 Nov

The Tank

Ben Quilty: Devil/God, paintings on power and abuse.

until Sat 14 Nov

Albertz Benda Gallery

Waiting for Lefty, Odets' union-hall drama.

until Sun 22 Nov

Classic Stage Company

$59–399

Call and Response: songbooks of social movements.

until Sun 31 Jan

Interference Archive

Calida Rawles: Parallax, paintings on shifting viewpoints.

until Sat 14 Nov

Lehmann Maupin

On the Road: paintings of American car culture.

until Sat 14 Nov

Louis K.Meisel Gallery

Leave a Message After…THE BEEP, a musical on home.

until Sun 22 Nov

Pregones Theater

from $30

I Became We: a monologue sung by a sixteen-person choir.

until Sun 15 Nov

Atlantic Theater

PONCIA: a Lorca tribute play on the maid from Bernarda Alba.

until Sun 8 Nov

Thalia Spanish Theatre

$40

Sea Wall: Simon Stephens' play with Andrew Scott, on film.

Fri 30 Oct

Studio Seaview

from $99

Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, Iggy Peck: musical for kids.

Fri 30 Oct

New Victory Theater

from $25

Teruko Yokoi: Seasons, paintings on nature.

until Wed 25 Nov

Hollis Taggart Gallery

Recap1956: Sadovy's photos of the 1956 uprising.

until Sun 8 Nov

Hungarian House of New York

Hilda Shen: Their Landscapes, ceramic sculptures and prints.

until Sun 24 Jan

Museum of Chinese in America

Channing Hansen: knitted works spun from algorithms.

until Wed 25 Nov

Susan Inglett Gallery

Karen Gunderson: Dark Waves Rising, new paintings.

until Sat 19 Dec

Yancey Richardson Gallery

Sharon Core: Flowering, photos of her own garden flowers.

until Sat 19 Dec

Yancey Richardson Gallery

Downstate: Bruce Norris's play about life after prison.

until Sun 10 Jan

Booth Theatre

from $55

The Fantasticks: Broadway musical revival.

until Sun 7 Feb

Hayes Theater

from $62

Words and music honoring June Jordan.

Fri 30 Oct

Peter Jay Sharp Building, Howard Gilman Opera House

from $35

Season's Greetings, an eerie Halloween animated short.

until Thu 5 Nov

IFC Center

Love Me: Drew Michael's immersive comedy on five loves.

until Sun 22 Nov

SoHo Playhouse

from $42

Homes for People, Not for Profit: stencil art you can join.

until Sat 5 Dec

Printed Matter, Inc.

Specky Clark: Doherty's dance tale of Belfast and Halloween.

until Sun 15 Nov

Irish Arts Center

$25–59

Bonegard: textiles, myth and music in art.

until Sat 31 Oct

All Street Gallery

Art Project Armazoen: dance film on women who fled slavery.

until Sat 31 Oct

Colonels Row - Colonels Row Houses

Hanna Hur: Annunciation, paintings of rational mysticism.

until Sat 31 Oct

Greene Naftali Gallery

$5

The Object/Photograph: NYU photo archive exhibition.

until Wed 4 Nov

Iris Cantor Theatre

Rough Draft Festival: performances of works in progress.

Fri 30 Oct

LaGuardia Performing Arts Center

Free