Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Tuesday, June 9.
Brini Maxwell at Club Cumming points toward a handmade cabaret-craft lane, charmingly specific and a little hard to file.
Pop culture filtered through an Eris stage night feels more like a bit that grew legs than another clean comedy showcase.
A story slam built around discomfort is very Caveat: confessional, slightly risky, and better when the room leans in.
A season-finale listening event under St. Marks sounds like a serialized downtown oddity rather than a standard theater booking.
Spectacle gives this title the correct tiny-cinema charge, a cult detour away from the larger repertory houses.
The title alone has a point of view, and C'mon Everybody is the right queer-nightlife frame for it.
The title has exactly the right homemade political-comedy weirdness for the BCC Pig Pen.
Anthology's Ginsberg docu-diary slot keeps the night literary, archival, and downtown without broadening itself for everyone.
Mezzrow's late vinyl slot is for listeners who want the jazz night to loosen up after the formal sets are over.
A near-midnight Smalls jam has the right musician-after-hours charge, more local ritual than polished showcase.