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Once In a Lifetime, Again: at the AMT Theater
Musical Theater
Edward A Kliszus

Once In a Lifetime, Again at the AMT Theater

Once In a Lifetime, Again” is that rare festival discovery worth crossing town for: a tender, funny, rock-and-roll-hearted musical about grief, therapy, and the terrifying comedy of dating again after sixty-five. Cooper Grodin sings with aching honesty, Jenny Lee Stern is a comic chameleon, and Thursday Farrar grounds it all with reserved grace. It is the kind of festival discovery one hopes will have a life beyond its five-performance BBTF run.

 

Cosi fan Tutte. Artwork by Marta Guitart and Francesco Pensabene
Music
Edward A Kliszus

Love is Not a Verdict: Teatro Grattacielo’s Così fan tutte at La MaMa

Rarely does a comedy leave you laughing and quietly undone at once. Teatro Grattacielo’s Così fan tutte did exactly that — Mozart made intimate, human, and wickedly alive. Do not let the story end here: explore the company’s upcoming season, from The Tempest to free opera in the park, and let this fearless troupe astonish you again very soon.

Romeo & Juliet: The Symphonic Experience, Massapequa Philharmonic & Eglevsky Ballet, David Bernard, Music Director and Conductor, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Dance
Edward A Kliszus

When the Orchestra Fell in Love: The Symphonic Experience at Tilles Center

Rarely does an afternoon of music leave you both heartbroken and hopeful. The Massapequa Philharmonic’s Romeo & Juliet did exactly that — Shakespeare, dance, and three immortal scores braided into one unforgettable experience. Do not let the story end here: discover the Philharmonic’s upcoming concerts, gather the people you love, and let this remarkable orchestra move you deeply again this season.

Mary Bridgit Davies in Women Who Rock You at City Winery, NYC. Courtesy tjarmand.com
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus

Women Who Rock You™ — Songs From Janis to Alanis & More

On a dark Monday at City Winery, Mary Bridget Davies turned a concert into a séance. Moving from Melissa Etheridge to Stevie Nicks, Patti Smith to Sheryl Crow, she proved she can inhabit a ballad, a hard-rock anthem, or a blues with equal authority — honoring the women who clawed their way into a rock world built for men. The night doubled as a tribute to 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Ragovoy, whose “Don’t Compromise Me,” written for Joplin and never recorded by her, became its haunting center. She closed with Linda Perry’s “What’s Up.” The verdict: an A. Go.

David Bernard conducts the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in The Barbara Brandt Winners' Concert at Merkin Hall. Courtesy The Kaufman Center
Concerto
Edward A Kliszus

Young Virtuosos & Classic Magic: The Barbara Brandt Winners’ Concert with the PACS

Five teenage laureates, one believing orchestra, and an evening that proved to us why the concerto endures: as a stage for the brave individual voice. The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony’s 2025–26 season — including its immersive InsideOut Concerts — awaits the curious listener. Seek out the exciting 2026-27 season, take a seat in the sound, and let these musicians astonish you, too.

Bryce Edward and Mike Davis' Hot Combinations at Birdland Jazz Club, NYC. Courtesy @birdlandjazz on Instagram
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus

Hot Combination at Birdland: Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis Resurrect the Jazz Age

Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis have created something rare at Birdland. Their centennial tribute is part history, part dance party, and part love letter. With virtuosos onstage and a cache of nearly forgotten songs, Hot Combination shows that the Jazz Age still bubbles with humor, beauty, and youthful defiance. Don’t let the next one slip by. Check Birdland’s calendar, follow these artists, and step in. The 1920s are still roaring.

Every Kind of Light: The Love and Lyrics of Alan & Marilyn Bergman. Courtesy 92ny.org.
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus

Every Kind of Light: The Bergmans’ Love and Lyrics Illuminate 92NY

Don’t let the American Songbook remain a rumor in your life. 92NY’s Lyrics & Lyricists series — and the full 2025–26 season at The 92nd Street Y — offers a rare opportunity to hear Broadway’s brightest voices illuminate the songs that shaped our movies, our theaters, and our love stories. Seek out the next program, bring someone you adore, and let these timeless lyrics remind you why music remembers what we forget.

An Evening with Adrienne Warren: A Triple Threat Lights Up Kaufmann Concert Hall. Courtesy 92NY.org
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus

An Evening with Adrienne Warren: A Triple Threat Lights Up Kaufmann Concert Hall

This evening proved that the 92nd Street Y is New York’s most generous room for the human voice — a place where Broadway stars and concert virtuosos share the same hallowed stage, and where a single spotlight can still leave a sold-out house quietly wrecked with joy. Adrienne Warren reminded us why we gather: not merely to hear songs, but to be moved by them. So don’t wait for the next star-making night to find you. Explore the 2025–26 Tisch Music season, claim a seat in the Kaufmann Concert Hall, and let yourself be, once more, gloriously surprised.

Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side All Stars at Dizzy's Jazz Club, NYC. Photo by Edward Kliszus
Jazz
Edward A Kliszus

Conrad Herwig at Dizzy’s Club: A Salute to the Centennials of Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side of Miles and Trane is jazz at its most generous: rigorous, joyful, and gloriously alive. At thirty years of catalog and counting, Herwig has built one of the greatest open-ended projects in contemporary music. Catch this band whenever you can, follow Herwig’s tour dates, and mark your planners for The Latin Side of Chick Corea on 3 July 2026. The salsa badge, hard-earned, gleams more brightly than ever at Dizzy’s Club.

Conductor David Bernard explaining Classical and Romantic music using visual art for comparison with The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony presenting Spellbinding Strauss at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC. Courtesy chambersympony.com
Music
Edward A Kliszus

Spellbinding Strauss: David Bernard and the PACS

Spellbinding Strauss was a luminous reminder of why the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has become indispensable to New York’s cultural landscape. Maestro Bernard and Sara Beth Pearson delivered an unforgettable journey through Strauss’s life and art — all from inside the orchestra itself. Don’t miss the remainder of the 2025–26 Immersions and Explorations season; Sublime Schubert and more await. Step inside the music. You will leave transformed, inspired, and yearning, like Strauss’s own pilgrim at sunset, for the next halcyon encounter.

Once In a Lifetime, Again at the AMT Theater

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