Best bets for around the city this weekend. 
 Theater 
 “UNCLE VANYA” A New version of the Chekhov tragicomic masterwork in fascinating collaboration with such bright talents as playwright Annie Baker, director <a href="/topics/Sam_Gold">Sam Gold</a> and a cast including <a href="/topics/Michael_Shannon">Michael Shannon</a> ("<a href="/topics/Boardwalk_Empire">Boardwalk Empire</a>"), <a href="/topics/Reed_Birney">Reed Birney</a> and Maria Dizzia. 
 WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7:30, Saturday at 3 and 7:30 p.m., <a href="/topics/Soho_Rep">Soho Rep</a>, 46 Walker St. 
 INFO $40-$50; 212-941-8632, <a href="http://sohorep.org" target="_blank">sohorep.org</a> 
 '3C' David Adjmi explores the life of a <a href="/topics/Vietnam">Vietnam</a> vet in L.A. in this absurdist drama inspired by '70s sitcoms. With <a href="/topics/Anna_Chlumsky">Anna Chlumsky</a>. 
 WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7, Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., <a href="/topics/Rattlestick_Playwrights_Theater">Rattlestick Playwrights Theater</a>, 224 Waverly Place 
 INFO $55; 212-714-7700, <a href="http://rattlestick.org" target="_blank">rattlestick.org</a> 
 “LOVE GOES TO PRESS” <a href="/topics/Martha_Gellhorn">Martha Gellhorn</a> -- a pioneering journalist, playwright and subject of <a href="/topics/HBO">HBO</a>'s “Hemingway and <a href="/topics/Martha_Gellhorn">Gellhorn</a>" -- gets a better-late-than-never revival of her 1946 comedy about women war correspondents. 
 WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Mint Theater, <a href="/topics/311_%28musician%29">311</a> W. 43rd St. 
 INFO $55; 866-811-4111, <a href="http://minttheater.org" target="_blank">minttheater.org</a> 
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 Film 
 “TAHRIR: LIBERATION SQUARE” Stefano Savona, an Italian archaeologist and filmmaker, took a small digital camera and sound recorder to <a href="/topics/Cairo">Cairo</a>'s Tahrir Square in January 2011 to make this up-close, street-level documentary about the Egyptian revolution. 
 WHEN | WHERE Friday night through Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Ave. 
 INFO $10 suggested donation; 212-582-6050, <a href="http://mayslesinstitute.org" target="_blank">mayslesinstitute.org</a> 
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 Reading 
 BLOOMSDAY ON BROADWAY <a href="/topics/James_Joyce">James Joyce</a>'s opaque and joyous epic “Ulysses" -- which takes place on one day, June 16 -- is celebrated as Bloomsday worldwide, but rarely as glamorously as this music-and-reading event starring David Margulies and <a href="/topics/Fionnula_Flanagan">Fionnula Flanagan</a>, orchestrated by Selected Shorts host Isaiah Sheffer. 
 WHEN | WHERE Saturday at 7 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway 
 INFO $25; 212-864-5400, <a href="http://symphonyspace.org" target="_blank">symphonyspace.org</a> 
 Food 
 NOMAD The Eleven Madison Park team has taken its pricey, fine dining savvy into the new NoMad hotel -- with not quite the same breathtaking results. But the robber-baron-library decor feels plush, and the egg, quinoa and Parmesan appetizer tastes like a million bucks. 
 WHEN | WHERE Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, 1170 Broadway 
 INFO Average entree $32, 212-796-1500, <a href="http://thenomadhotel.com" target="_blank">thenomadhotel.com</a> 
 Compiled by Kevin Amorim, Linda Winer, Rafer Guzmán and Ted Loos. 
 <a href="http://newsday.com/travel/new-york-city-1.2507441" target="_blank">Click here for more New York City events</a>.

Best bets for around the city this weekend. Theater “UNCLE VANYA” A New version of the Chekhov tragicomic masterwork in fascinating collaboration with such bright talents as playwright Annie Baker, director Sam Gold and a cast including Michael Shannon ("Boardwalk Empire"), Reed Birney and Maria Dizzia. WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7:30, Saturday at 3 and 7:30 p.m., Soho Rep, 46 Walker St. INFO $40-$50; 212-941-8632, sohorep.org '3C' David Adjmi explores the life of a Vietnam vet in L.A. in this absurdist drama inspired by '70s sitcoms. With Anna Chlumsky. WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 7, Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m., Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place INFO $55; 212-714-7700, rattlestick.org “LOVE GOES TO PRESS” Martha Gellhorn -- a pioneering journalist, playwright and subject of HBO's “Hemingway and Gellhorn" -- gets a better-late-than-never revival of her 1946 comedy about women war correspondents. WHEN | WHERE Friday night at 8, Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Mint Theater, 311 W. 43rd St. INFO $55; 866-811-4111, minttheater.org Film “TAHRIR: LIBERATION SQUARE” Stefano Savona, an Italian archaeologist and filmmaker, took a small digital camera and sound recorder to Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011 to make this up-close, street-level documentary about the Egyptian revolution. WHEN | WHERE Friday night through Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Ave. INFO $10 suggested donation; 212-582-6050, mayslesinstitute.org Reading BLOOMSDAY ON BROADWAY James Joyce's opaque and joyous epic “Ulysses" -- which takes place on one day, June 16 -- is celebrated as Bloomsday worldwide, but rarely as glamorously as this music-and-reading event starring David Margulies and Fionnula Flanagan, orchestrated by Selected Shorts host Isaiah Sheffer. WHEN | WHERE Saturday at 7 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway INFO $25; 212-864-5400, symphonyspace.org Food NOMAD The Eleven Madison Park team has taken its pricey, fine dining savvy into the new NoMad hotel -- with not quite the same breathtaking results. But the robber-baron-library decor feels plush, and the egg, quinoa and Parmesan appetizer tastes like a million bucks. WHEN | WHERE Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily, 1170 Broadway INFO Average entree $32, 212-796-1500, thenomadhotel.com Compiled by Kevin Amorim, Linda Winer, Rafer Guzmán and Ted Loos. Click here for more New York City events.

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