Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
Amiri Baraka’s subway confrontation shares a bill with George Griffin’s The Candy Machine, a second, animated trip into transit’s stranger corners.
Peter bd stages a play inside Beverly’s, with the bar itself becoming the setting; doors open at 6:30.
A fourth-grade flute becomes a puppet sparring partner in this solo musical comedy about perfectionism, with live music and clowning.
Josu Okiñena and mezzo-soprano Noelia Ibáñez explore Aita Donostia and Basque musical traditions at Instituto Cervantes, with an introductory talk.
KELEPOÚRI, Eleni Govetas Kompanía and Kara Üzüm share the Sultan rooftop, a separate three-act bill above the record release downstairs.
Hive Mind celebrates Splendor with readings and an open mic for trans and nonbinary poets; free to attend, sign-ups at 6:30.
Brian D. Kennedy and friends celebrate Dolly Parton through performances, conversation and literary trivia at the Bureau’s bookstore inside the LGBT Center.
L’Alliance screens Renoir’s La Chienne through the lens of the remake Godard never made, part of its unfinished-projects series.
Zuzana Kirchnerová’s Caravan follows a mother and son on an unplanned Italian road trip, screening with English subtitles at the Czech Center.
UCB teachers join their students in mixed improv teams, putting veterans and newer performers into the same long sets on 14th Street.