Events for $20 or Less Friday

Big Apple Circus
The Big Apple Circus annually presents an all-new show featuring renowned circus artists from around the world. This year’s performers come from America, Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, England, France, Germany, Italy and Russia. At Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park. 6:30 p.m. $20*
*(Only if you buy tickets through Lincoln Center’s day-of discount window at the David Rubenstein Atrium on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Limit 2 tickets per person.)

South Pacific
Now in its first Broadway revival, South Pacific won seven 2008 Tonys and has been playing to sold-out houses since the first preview in March 2008. At Lincoln Center Theater. 8 p.m. $20*
*(Only if you buy tickets through Lincoln Center’s day-of discount window at the David Rubenstein Atrium on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Limit 2 tickets per person.)

The Music of Gillespie and Puente
Dizzy Gillespie was the first American to fully fathom the rhythms of Cuba. Tito Puente was the first Latin bandleader to make the mambo and other popular Afro-Cuban rhythms and dances accessible to American audiences. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra bassist Carlos Henriquez kicks off the Latin in Manhattan series by leading the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, the greatest living conguero Giovanni Hidalgo and the hottest Latin drummer Ignacio Berroa in a program dedicated to two luminaries who fundamentally changed the way Americans listened to jazz. At the Rose Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center. 8 p.m. $20*
*(Only if you buy tickets through Lincoln Center’s day-of discount window at the David Rubenstein Atrium on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Limit 2 tickets per person.)

New York Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert leads a varied program of pieces by Haydn, Schubert, Berg and John Adams. Featured works are Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and Adams’s The Wound-Dresser with Thomas Hampson. At Avery Fisher Hall. 2:00 p.m. $20*
*(Only if you buy tickets through Lincoln Center’s day-of discount window at the David Rubenstein Atrium on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Limit 2 tickets per person.)

Romeo and Juliet with the New York City Ballet
Contemporary and streamlined,intense and powerful, Romeo + Juliet features Prokofiev’s masterful score and striking designs by world-renowned Danishpainter Per Kirkeby. The palpable innocence and youthful promise of its young protagonists are the ballet’s breaking heart, laying bare the crushing forces atwork in the most famous romantic tragedy of all time. At the David Koch Theater in Lincoln Center. 8 p.m. $20*
*(Only if you buy tickets through Lincoln Center’s day-of discount window at the David Rubenstein Atrium on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Limit 2 tickets per person.)

New York Philharmonic at Barnes and Noble
This regular series features guest performers with the Philharmonic discussing their work. Tonight’s guest: Thomas Hampson, in conversation with Jeff Spurgeon about The Wound Dresser, and how composers tell history through songs in our country. At Lincoln Square Barnes and Noble. 7:30 p.m. FREE

Jewish Film Festival
Presented by The Jewish Museum and The Film Society of Lincoln Center. At The Film Society of Lincoln Center. Check listings for showtimes. $11.

All prices quoted are for non-member adults.