New York

What’s happening the next few weeks:

* The first retrospective in more than 30 years of American painter Jackson Pollock’s work opens Nov. 1 at the Museum of Modern Art. Ends Feb. 2. Sept. 17-Jan. 12: “The New York School” presents drawings from the museum’s collection by artists affiliated with the New York School, including works by Helen Frankenthaler, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman and David Smith. 11 W. 53rd St. (212) 708-9400.

* At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 22-Jan. 3: “From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Oct. 14-Jan. 3: “Edgar Degas, Photographer” gathers together for the first time all of the surviving major photographs by Edgar Degas--about 40 in all. 1000 5th Ave. at 82nd Street. (212) 535-7710.

* At the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept. 25-Jan. 3: “Bob Thompson: A Retrospective.” Sept. 17-Nov. 29: “Mark Rothko.” 945 Madison Ave. (212) 570-3676.

* Walter Bobbie directs the stage adaptation of the 1984 film musical “Footloose,” about a young man who tries to reintroduce dancing to a small town where a fiery preacher has gotten it banned. Opens Oct. 22. Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St. (800) 755-4000.

* Part drama, part absurdist comedy, Roundabout Theatre premieres “Impossible Marriage,” a new play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley (“Crimes of the Heart”), and starring Holly Hunter. Previews begin Sept. 23 in the Laura Pels Theatre.

* Martin Short headlines in “Little Me,” a revival of the 1962 musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, book by Neil Simon. Previews begin Sept. 30 at Roundabout Theatre’s Stage Right. 1530 Broadway at 45th Street. (212) 869-8400.