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Celebrate the Life and Loves of Irving Berlin
Always: The Songs and Loves of Irving Berlin
Back by popular demand! Join us to celebrate the brilliance of Irving Berlin as we 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
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC - Pangenyc.com
At just 13 years old, Berlin had to support himself singing for coins on the streets of the Lower East Side, but with the success of his song 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 many of his most beautiful love songs. Berlin wrote the music and lyrics for over 1,500 songs during his sixty-year career, from Always to White Christmas and God Bless America!
Join us for this “wildly entertaining” show with “incredible storyteller” Lisa Faith Phillips, the divine singer Deanna Kirk, and the great John Di Martino on piano for a music and laughter-filled evening.
Book online and save!
Friday, February 13, 2026
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
Our New Show
Bewitched: 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 Bewitched: 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.
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 door/ $20 food/drink min
· Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, 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 Blue Moon, Bewitched and My Funny Valentine and many more.
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.
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
Booking link to come
Dates: Saturday March 28, 2026
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
American Songbook
Let’s Do It Again: The Songs and Loves of George Gershwin
We'll be doing our George Gershwin show on April 30th, 2026. Details to come.
On May 10th, June 7th & Oct 26, 2024 at Pangea, I did the first drafts of stories of George Gershwin’s rich love life against the backdrop of his great love songs in this “wildly entertaining” show with the marvelous John Di Martino on piano.
I'm thrilled to have the amazing John Di Martino on piano and the fabulous singer Deanna Kirk share this adventure with me.
Thank you all who came and sold-out the shows!
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!
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.
Checkout our podcasts
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.