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
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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
Do It Again: The Songs and Loves of George Gershwin
Join us for our show on George Gershwin for the first time on he 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. 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, no food or drink min
Ordering info to come
“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.
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, no food or drink min
Ordering info to come
Celebrate the Life and Loves of Irving Berlin
Always: The Songs and Loves of Irving Berlin
What a wonderful night! Thank you all who made it so special!
Back by popular demand! We celebrated 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.
Thank you all who came!
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
Celebrate the Genius of Cole Porter
Let’s Fall in Love: The Songs and Loves of Cole Porter
Join us for a “wildly entertaining” show about Cole Porter’s life against the backdrop of his great love songs with Lisa Faith Phillips, singer Deanna Kirk and John Di Martino on piano.
Let’s Fall in Love: The Songs and Loves of Cole Porter
Dates: 2026 date coming soon
Show time: 7:00 pm, doors open at 6:00
Cabaret Room at Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, East Village, NYC (Pangeanyc.com)
Lisa Faith Phillips weaves funny and touching tales of Cole Porter’s life, loves and the songs which they inspired. From his wealthy childhood in Peru, Indiana through Yale and Harvard Law School, to his marriage to Linda Thomas who accepted that he was gay, he lived in Paris for 20 years, and traveled the world, eventually moving to New York and Hollywood. In 1928 at 37 Cole’s Broadway career took off with the success of Paris, followed by many more popular shows. He wrote the music and lyrics for over one thousand songs.
I'm thrilled to have the amazing John Di Martino on piano and the fabulous singer Deanna Kirk, share this adventure with me.
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.
We had so much fun at our first Gershwin shows in May, June & October. Thank you all who came and made it so special!
Thank all who sold-out our two Cole Porter shows!
Reviews
Reviews for Lisa's Shows
“So great to see Lisa Faith Phillips last night in her show “Songs of Love and Adultery”! Lisa is incredibly witty and clever and her delivery is spot on! She had me laughing all the way through, and I loved the song selection as well! Such a great night!”
- Amanda Scalici, singer about Songs of Love and Adultery
"Five stars! Best of the Fringe! A hilarious autobiographical one-woman show …the imagery is vivid, real and funny. The stage is decorated with nothing but her but this is enough…. Phillips is an incredible storyteller and her show is fascinating to watch and to listen to." - DC Metro Theater Arts
"A wildly funny play…Phillips mixes absurdism and social satire to hilarious results as guru extraordinaire Dr. Faith…The play retains a delightful burlesque quality from start to finish…and Mandel provides virtuoso accompaniment… Onstage (Phillips) is a force of nature and bubbly wit, confident in both body and brains." - Jamie Lubin, The Huffington Post
"Outrageously funny and cunning. Devilishly clever and wildly entertaining….every line demanded a boisterous laugh. She exudes inherent fun like a bottle of champagne. Uplifting and unpredictable, Lisa Faith Phillips should have delivered the damn State of the Union Address this year." - Carolyn Smith, Newyorkcool.com
"With a riding crop in one hand, and a feather boa in the other, Dr. Faith lectures, satirizes and sings her way into our psyche. In her charismatic way, Dr. Faith engages the audience with her witticisms and quips, citing current events. Her take on the “axis of evil” suggests a double entendre worthy of exploring! A semi-psychotic break later in the show leads into a hysterical, over the top Broadway tunes tribute. Highlighting other steps, Dr. Faith delivers lovely songs of love & belonging. The audience surrenders to her charm in the number “Let’s Just Keep Falling in Love”. Visit Dr. Faith for a session!" - Andrew Gilchrist, MNN Cable Network
"Both are wonderful performers with great comic timing, Watch Out, Here She Comes!" -Offoffoffreview
"This most remarkable monologue is fun for wives, for husbands, for everybody!" - Pagina 12
"Revealing, uninhibited...entertaining, well written!" - Back Stage
“Chillingly hilarious…Phillips gives us a smart shot of Dorothy Parker." – The Village Voice
“Molti applausi!” – Mario Fratti, Oggi
“Amusing yet oddly touching” – Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
Lisa Faith Phillips and Ellen Mandel putting on a show.
Creating with other artists
Through an actress/singer friend, I met Natalie Smith, a dazzling singer-songwriter and gifted actress. Her album Take My Piano is one of my favorites that I listen to all the time. So I was delighted when we had the chance to do a night of comedy and song at Cornelia Street Café Underground.