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ISLA, at New York City's WP Theater, by the acclaimed HIT THE LIGHTS! THEATER COMPANY
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus

ISLA: Conjures Cuba at the WP Theater

ISLA is a bilingual miracle of shadow puppetry, live guitar, and three-part harmony — the true story of three sisters who fled Cuba on the 1969 Freedom Flights, told through their own recorded voices by Hit the Lights! at WP Theater. Heartbreaking, hilarious, and healing, it transforms one family’s escape into every family’s inheritance. Bring your mother, your children, and your memories. Go home and record your own family’s stories. Tickets are vanishing — go.

Edward A Kliszus
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.

 

Edward A Kliszus
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.

Edward A Kliszus
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.

Edward A Kliszus
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.

Edward A Kliszus
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.

Edward A Kliszus
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.

Edward A Kliszus
The Morris Proper. Courtesy themorrisproper.com
Dining
Victoria L. Dammer

Wentworth Vineyards and The Morris Proper

Everything about this evening was 100 percent. The Wentworth Pinot Noirs had powerful depth. The Chardonnays were crisp and mouthwatering. Guests remarked that this type of event could only happen at The Morris Proper. The Morris Proper has culinary gifts found nowhere else. Wentworth Wineries produces world-class wine found nowhere else. It’s the perfect pairing.

Victoria L. Dammer
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.

Edward A Kliszus
Liz Coin stars as Lizzy Sunshine in You Look Awesome Tonight! at the Soho Playhouse in Manhattan's West Village. Courtesy Skollar PR at lizskollarccom
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus

Lizzy Sunshine: The Off-Broadway Tonic For Your Tired Heart

For one luminous hour at SoHo Playhouse, Liz Coin builds a one-woman cathedral of positivity that admits everyone in the room. Lizzy Sunshine is part stand-up, part clown-show, part secular hymn for anyone who has ever loved someone struggling with addiction. Wear the rose-colored glasses. Sing along to “Tomorrow.” Get FaceTimed by Dad. Allow yourself to be undone by a comedian who refuses to look away from the heart. Then tell three friends — and a fourth, for luck.

Edward A Kliszus
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