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Our New Show
With a Song in my Heart: The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart
We had so much fun with our Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Jacques Brel & Michel Legrand shows, we're back with our new The Songs and Loves of Rodgers & Hart.
Join me with the divine singer Deanna Kirk and brilliant pianist John Di Martino as we weave funny and touching tales of their love lives and love songs.
Dates: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ $30 door/ $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC - Pangeanyc.com
Richard Rodgers was just 16 when he met and began to write with the witty lyricist Lorenz Hart. They had their first hit with Manhattan in 1925 and went on to write 28 musicals and over 500 songs together, including Bewitched, The Lady is a Tramp, and My Funny Valentine and many more before Larry Hart’s early death at 48.
Lisa Faith Phillips has performed her original shows in NYC, London, Dublin, Barcelona and at the DC Capital and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. She is currently studying music theory at Juilliard and working on her first novel Love in the Russian Tea Room. Lisafaithphillips.com and Make America Laugh and Sing Again
Deanna Kirk is an American jazz singer, pianist and songwriter based in New York City. She also 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
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Dates: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ $30 door/ $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, NYC, Pangeanyc.com
Laugh at Love and Heartbreak
Songs of Love & Cheatin’
Thank you all who came to our “wildly entertaining” show of songs and stories on love and cheating by the “incredible storyteller” Lisa Faith Phillips and vocalist, drummer, and poet Diana “Gitesha” Hernandez.
From Hank William’s inspiration for “Your Cheatin’ Heart” and Willie Nelson’s “Crazy” (the original title was “Stupid”) to why Billie Holiday wrote “Don’t Explain” and arranger Nelson Riddle said Frank Sinatra learned to sing a torch song with his one take of “I’m a Fool to Want You” over his love affair with Ava Gardner, we'll weave a hilarious new show on the highs and lows of love, betrayal and heartbreak.
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC https://www.pangeanyc.com/
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With the great John Di Martino on piano, it was a delicious evening of laughter and musical joy (and pain).
Celebrate Jacques Brel & Michel Legrand!
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Thank you all who came to celebrate Jacques Brel's 96th birthday with us! Thank you Conor Weiss and BroadwayWorld for the great write-up!
For our Brel/Legrand show, we got a wonderful review in BroadwayWorld with photos by Conor Weiss!
Celebrate Jacques Brel & Michel Legrand!
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Thank you all who came to celebrate Jacques Brel's 96th birthday with us!
The divine Deanna Kirk sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand with the great John Di Martino on piano and storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips.
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Deanna Kirk’s stunning interpretations of the Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand songs with the wonderful John Di Martino on piano will be an evening to remember. Storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips adds moving stories of Brel’s life and how he inspired Michel Legrand to perform his own compositions.
Celebrate the Life and Loves of Irving Berlin
Always: The Songs and Loves of Irving Berlin
Thank you all who came and made our all-new Irving Berlin show such a special night.
Discover Berlin's remarkable love life against the backdrop of his great love songs. After the success of our Cole Porter and George Gershwin shows, we were thrilled to be back to weave funny and touching tales of Irving Berlin’s amazing life with his songs.
When: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC - Pangenyc.com
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. Find out more.
Podcasts
Women's Power Toolkit Podcasts
We launched the Women's Power Toolkit podcast series during the sudden pandemic shelter-at -home that began in March 2020 to bring together experts and visionaries in their fields to explore ideas to help us to learn and thrive.
From Dr. Tia Powell sharing what life is like on the medical front lines and Harvard law professor Randy Kennedy on civil liberties during COVID to New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly and rock writer and musician Michael Lydon on the power of music for change, each has their own fascinating insights and story to tell.
Composer Ellen Mandel talks about how music can change your life.
Writers Ann Hedreen and Dana Robbins discuss the healing power of memoir and poetry.
It has been a joy to come together for conversation, ideas and friendship. We are stronger when we connect and share.
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Recent Speaking Events
Lisa Faith Phillips featured speaker Digital Publishing Summit, Paris
Lisa Faith Phillips featured speaker Digital Publishing Summit, Paris
Lisa Faith Phillips featured speaker Digital Publishing Summit, Paris
Lisa Faith Philips spoke on The Audio Revolution at the Digital Publishing Summit (DPub) in Paris on June 25th. Sponsored by the European Digital Reading Lab (EDRLab) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Lisa was honored to discuss the power of the spoken word and storytelling for publishing and education.
The Digital Publishing Summit ran for 2-days June 25-26, 2019 in Paris.
Speaking on The Digital Audio Revolution During the Pandemic
Lisa Faith Phillips featured speaker Digital Publishing Summit, Paris
Lisa Faith Phillips featured speaker Digital Publishing Summit, Paris
I was honored to be an invited expert speaker for the W3C Web Innovation Week in the Face of the Pandemic. I presented on how the adoption and growth of digital audio and podcasts have accelerated during the extended shutdowns. The focus of this week-long event was to engage a diverse network of business professionals from the tech and business communities to learn about the digital Transformation during this period of the pandemic.