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Laugh at Love and Heartbreak
Songs of Love & Cheatin’
Join us for 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
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ cash $30 door
$20 food/drink min - Come for a delicious dinner and drinks!
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC https://www.pangeanyc.com/
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With the great John Di Martino on piano, it is sure to be a delicious evening of laughter and musical joy (and pain).
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Songs of Love & Cheatin’
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Tickets: Reserve online: $25/ cash $30 door/ $20 food/drink min
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC
Book online and save!
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!
Deanna Kirk Sings Jacques Brel & Michel LeGrand at Pangea
The 4/5 show featured John Di Martino on piano and Lisa Faith Phillips
The divine Deanna Kirk sang Jacques Brel and Michel LeGrand with the great John Di Martino on piano on April 5th at Pangea. Deanna Kirk’s stunning interpretations of the Jacques Brel and Michel Legrand songs, with Di Martino's accompaniment, made an evening to remember. Kirk was joined by the storyteller Lisa Faith Phillips, who added moving stories of Brel’s life and how he inspired Michel LeGrand to perform his own compositions.
Lisa Faith Phillips, storyteller, chanteuse, dancer, has created a new series of bio shows on the American songbook songwriters George Gershwin, Cole Porter and 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. 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. John Di Martino is a composer, arranger, jazz pianist, producer, and educator, based in New York City.
Learn more about the performers on their websites at Deannakirksings.com, johndimartino.com and Lisafaithphillips.com.
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
7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, NYC
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.
“Deanna proves herself a forceful performer and first-class talent who is worth hearing.” - People
“Deanna had listeners often spilling out the door into the street to hear her croon old standards.” - Billboard
“The rest of the country will be exposed to one of the Big Apple’s favorite performers when Kirk joins the national Jazzscapes tour.” – The New York Times
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
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.
From Always to What'll I Do, Berlin had number 1 hits in each decade of his amazing sixty-year career. He wrote over 1500 songs, including 20 scores for Broadway and 15 Hollywood films, with 8 songs nominated for an Oscar - winning Best Song for White Christmas! Although he wrote God Bless America for his WWI army benefit show, he thought "it was a bit sticky" and put it in his trunk for 20 years until Kate Smith asked for a song as WWII loomed. He generously signed over the royalties from God Bless America to the Boy & Girl Scouts of America, making them over $10 million with money still coming in!
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.
Podcasts
My interview with author Kim Bendheim
The legendary Maud Gonne left her mark on everyone she met. She famously won the devotion of one of the greatest poets of the age, William Butler Yeats. But she was so much more. An actress, a journalist, an activist and early media influencer for the cause of Irish independence.
A talk with singer and writer Judith Mok
Enjoy my conversation with famed singer, author and vocal coach Judith Mok about the power of music.
When Dublin, Ireland was locked down due to COVID-19, Judith began to give free concerts from her balcony. Word spread and crowds gathered to enjoy her beautiful voice. For her inspiring work, she was awarded the 2020 Covid–19 Response Award.