Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Monday, October 12, 2026.
Caveat's Abolish Everything turns an aggressively broad premise into a downtown comedy show, a good fit for a venue built around ideas performed live.
Foul Fiend Theatre's reading follows three friends at 14, 18 and 22 through sapphic friendship and young-adult uncertainty in a nonlinear, physical-theater script.
Reading Rhythms asks guests to bring a challenged book, read alongside a live-music playlist and talk about what freedom to read means in the East Village.
Not Since Rocky raids horror musicals from Carrie and Sweeney Todd to Beetlejuice for a one-night cabaret of monster songs and theatrical camp.
UCB's Maude Night brings fresh sketch material from two house teams, Mom's World and Reunion Tour, for one of the theater's monthly rotating showcases.
Close Up pairs pianist Yvonne Rogers with Henry Fraser and Kayvon Gordon for a small-room Monday set built around an unusual trio combination.
Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri's October Country follows one upstate family across a year, letting a tiny Brooklyn screen hold a patient, unsettling family portrait.
Kings County Swing turns St. Mazie's Monday into an 8 p.m. jam session, a neighborhood swing date with a looser feel than a fixed concert set.
William Hill III's trio takes the Django's later 10:15 set, a compact late-night jazz option tucked into the cellar below the Roxy Hotel.
Mike Boone hosts Smalls' 11:45 p.m. jam through 4 a.m.; it is an after-hours stop for listeners and players who still have time left in the night.