Our New Rodgers & Hart show!
Bewitched:The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart
Join us for our new The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart as we explore their remarkable careers and colorful love lives against the backdrop of their great love songs in this “wildly entertaining” show by Lisa Faith Phillips, Deanna Kirk and John Di Martino on piano.
Bewitched: The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ $30 cash door
Come early for delicious food and drink. $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC, Pangeanyc.com
We're bringing Version 1.2 of Bewitched: The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart, weaving funny and touching tales of their lives, loves and songs, with divine singer Deanna Kirk and brilliant John Di Martino on piano.
Rodgers was just 16 when he met and began to write songs with witty lyricist Lorenz Hart. They had their first hit with Manhattan in 1925 and went on to write 28 musicals and over 500 songs, including Bewitched, The Lady is a Tramp and My Funny Valentine.
The handsome composer Dick Rodgers loved the ladies, including his wife Dorothy, who dropped out of Wellesley College to marry him at 21. However, Larry Hart, barely five feet tall with an unusually large head, charmed with wit and energy but struggled to find love as he hid his then illegal homosexuality. Heavy drinking led to the deterioration of his collaboration with Rodgers and Larry’s early death at just 48.
Join us for an evening of fascinating stories, songs and laughter!
Five Stars and Best of the Fringe! “An incredible storyteller, her show is fascinating to watch and to listen to. - Mariya Danilenko, DC Metro Theater Arts
“Wildly funny… mixes absurdism and social satire to hilarious results”- Jaime Lubin, Huffington Post
“Outrageously funny…devilishly clever and wildly entertaining” Carolyn Smith, Newyorkcool
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Bewitched: The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart
Dates: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Book online to save: $25/ $30 cash door
Come early for delicious food and drink. $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC, Pangeanyc.com
Our George Gershwin show!
Let's Do It Again: The Songs and Loves of George Gershwin
Join us for our popular show on George Gershwin for the first time on the Upper West Side at the Triad Theater on April 30 at 7:00. We will also be live streaming the show for the first time so our friends who are not in NYC can join us online. Booking info to come.
Do It Again: The Songs and Loves of George Gershwin
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30
Triad Theater, 158 W 72nd St, NYC (212) 362-2590
Tickets: $45
(Note: no food or drink min)
“Incredible storyteller” and performer Lisa Faith Phillips, divine singer Deanna Kirk and the great John Di Martino weave funny and touching tales of George Gershwin’s love affairs and the songs they inspired. From the adorable Adele Astaire, Broadway star and Fred’s sister, to married composer Kay Swift, and his last love Paulette Goddard (Charlie Chaplin’s wife at the time), and many others (often at the same time), women and men found him irresistible. All the while his shy, retiring brother Ira transformed George’s escapades into clever lyrics, blending perfectly with George’s unforgettable melodies, to create some of the great love songs of the American Songbook.
You’ll love the marvelous song renditions by Lisa, the great jazz singer Deanna Kirk with the brilliant John Di Martino on piano.
Having stripped to the Gershwin’s songs while working as a stripper to pay for graduate school at the London School of Economics, Lisa adds a rollicking fun striptease to one of her favorite Gershwin songs.
Join us for an evening of laughter and song!
Five Stars and Best of the Fringe! “An incredible storyteller, her show is fascinating to watch and to listen to.” - DC Metro Theater Arts
“Wildly funny…Onstage she Is a force of nature and bubbly wit.”- HuffPo
“Outrageously funny, devilishly clever and wildly entertaining” - Newyorkcool
Book Now!
Do It Again: The Songs and Loves of George Gershwin
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:30
Triad Theater, 158 W 72nd St, NYC (212) 362-2590
Tickets: $45 (Note: no food or drink min)
Celebrate the Life and Loves of Irving Berlin
Always: The Songs and Loves of Irving Berlin
What a special night! When we did the final sing-a-long of God Bless America, everyone sang out in beautiful full voice and people told me there were crying! So moving and uplifting!
We're thrilled to be back to weave funny and touching tales of Irving Berlin’s amazing life and loves with his beautiful songs.
Always: The Songs and Loves of Irving Berlin
When: Friday, February 13, 2026
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ $30 door/
Come early for delicious food and drink! $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC - Pangenyc.com
At just 13 years old, he had to support himself singing for coins on the streets of the Lower East Side, but with the success of Alexander’s Rag Time Band at 21, his career took off. Tragically his first wife died shortly after their marriage and his second wife’s millionaire father disowned her for marrying him inspiring some of his most beautiful love songs. Berlin wrote the music and lyrics for over 1,500 songs during his sixty-year career!
I'm thrilled to have the amazing John Di Martino on piano and the fabulous singer Deanna Kirk share this adventure with me.
Join us for this “wildly entertaining” show with the divine singer Deanna Kirk and John Di Martino on piano.
Deanna Kirk is an American jazz singer, pianist and songwriter based in New York City. She owned Deanna's, a jazz club in downtown Manhattan. Deannakirksings.com
John Di Martino is a composer, arranger, jazz pianist, producer, and educator, based in New York City. johndimartino.com
Lisa Faith Phillips,storyteller, chanteuse, dancer, has created a new series of bio shows on the American songbook songwriters, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and next Irving Berlin with Deanna Kirk and John Di Martino at Pangea. She has performed her original shows in NYC, London, Dublin, Barcelona, and at the DC Capital and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. Lisafaithphillips.com.
Thank you all who came!
Always: The Songs and Loves of Irving Berlin
When: Friday, February 13, 2026
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ $30 door/
Delicious food and drink - $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC - Pangenyc.com
Great Review from BroadwayWorld
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
We have had such a great time developing a new show about the friendship of songwriter Jacques Brel and composer Michel Legrand. See the great photos by Conor Weiss on Broadwayworld.com.
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