Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Monday, August 17, 2026.
A bar lecture on nuclear weapons has exactly the strange Monday-night tension this list is for.
The PIT's improvised road-trip premise has more form than another open-ended comedy showcase.
Spectacle's virtual-reality sex-game oddity is a VHS sci-fi detour for the cult-film crowd.
A burlesque figure-drawing night at House of Nancy is much more specific than the usual paint-and-sip churn.
Wonderville's fake-broadcast framing turns a Monday gathering into something closer to a public-access transmission.
Fomo Exorcism is a clean little comedy title with enough anxiety baked in to feel current.
The Tank's double bill sounds small, sharp and personal in a way the broader theater listings do not.
Roller Junkies keeps the Spectacle lane scrappy and late, with enough title grime to justify the second slot.
Mezzrow's late vinyl pocket is for people who want the night to end inside the records.
A Mike Boone-hosted Smalls jam keeps the working-musician part of Monday alive after the scheduled sets.