Off-Off Broadway shows in NYC

The boundary-violating Truscott, whose career spans from choreography to circus acrobatics and now comedy, follows her provocative last show—Asking for It, in which she joked about rape culture while naked from the waist down—with a new set that looks at feminism and the legacy of Andy Kaufman.

A woman relentlessly pursues the uninterested object of her affections in Shakespeare's rarely produced comedy, directed by Owen Thompson for the peripatetic Hip to Hip Theatre Company. Presented in rep with the company's take on King Lear, the production never plays the same park twice in a row, so check the Hip to Hip website for details.

After more than 15 years at the Waldorf Astoria, Steve Cohen, billed as the Millionaires’ Magician, now conjures his high-class parlor magic in the marble-columned Madison Room at the swank Lotte New York Palace. Audiences must dress to be impressed (cocktail attire is required); tickets start at $100, with an option to pay more for meet-and-greet time and extra tricks with Cohen after the show. But if you've come to see a classic-style magic act, you get what you pay for. Sporting a tuxedo and bright rust hair, the magician delivers routines that he has buffed to a patent-leather gleam: In addition to his signature act—"Think-a-Drink," involving a kettle that pours liquids by request—highlights include a lulu of levitation trick and a card-trick finale that leaves you feeling like, well, a million bucks.

Offerings at the second edition of this festival include five premieres by early-career artists, presented in rep, as well as four one-performance readings.

This annual festival celebrates those vigorous American salmon preparing to swim into the shoals of the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Among the selections are David Carl's satirical Trump Lear, the dark musical comedy Geek and multiple solo shows, including Prudence Wright Holmes's Agatha Is Missing!, Chris Davis's Drunk Lion and Dandy Darkly's All Aboard.  

All Out Arts presents its 16th annual LGBTQ arts fest, featuring short plays, full-length works and solo shows. Among the offerings are Mariam Bazeed's Peace Camp Org, about an Egyptian teenager at a peace-building camp in Maine; Joe Breen's All My  Love, Kate, about a closeted World War II romance; Dennis Bush's …Where You Eat, an anything-goes sex comedy; Ella Boureau's Helps to Hate You a Little, a modern lesbian twist on the Persephone myth; and Ana Michael and Tony Macht's The Ugly Kids, a musical about college angst.