"Dead or Alive," at the Museum of Arts and Design.
Photograph by Landon Nordeman
Stephen Belber, who wrote and directed the Jennifer Aniston–Steve Zahn comedy "Management," premières a new play at Atlantic Theatre Company's Stage 2. "Dusk Rings a Bell" involves a couple who revisit the spark they felt twenty-five years earlier, when they had a one-day affair.
The meticulous producer and unlikely rock-androll front man James Murphy brings his critically acclaimed (and critically minded) band LCD Soundsystem to Terminal 5 for a four-night stand, on the heels of the release of their latest (and possibly last) record, "This Is Happening."
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center formally changes its name to MOMA PS1 this week, just in time for the opening of its much anticipated quinquennial, "Greater New York 2010," which spotlights sixtyeight artists and collectives working in the metropolitan area.
Take Two?
Last November, a recital by Yundi (the pianist formerly known as Yundi Li) that was to have been a prominent part of Carnegie Hall's fall festival of Chinese music was postponed as a result of an illness in his family. The Chinese-born performer, who now lives in Hong Kong, finally makes it to Stern Auditorium this week with a program full of Chopin (including the Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor).
Matthew Barney's five "Cremaster" films—which will, as stipulated by Barney, his gallery, and his backers, never be made available on DVD—haven't been shown together since 2003. IFC Center presents the entire cycle, which was created between 1994 and 2002, for two weeks, and the director himself will introduce a screening.
Atlantic Theatre Company
MOMA PS1