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Every Kind of Light: The Bergmans’ Love and Lyrics Illuminate 92NY
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

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, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
An Evening with Adrienne Warren: A Triple Threat Lights Up Kaufmann Concert Hall
Cabaret
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

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, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Wentworth Vineyards and The Morris Proper
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
Spellbinding Strauss: David Bernard and the PACS
Music
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

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, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Lizzy Sunshine: The Off-Broadway Tonic For Your Tired Heart
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

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, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
The Orchestra Now: Strauss Unbound at Carnegie Hall
Choral Music
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

The Orchestra Now: Strauss Unbound at Carnegie Hall

Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now closed their 2025–26 season with Strauss writ glorious: an evening of mountain air mastery, scholarly programming, and youthful artistry. Audiences hungry for living Romanticism should follow Botstein’s TN and the American Symphony Orchestra into their next season, where neglected masterworks and cherished classics await, brilliantly performed.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog at the Chain Theatre
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog at the Chain Theatre

Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog is that rarest of theatrical experiences: a solo show that feels as expansive as a Broadway epic and as intimate as a conversation with your favorite uncle over a summer meal. Michael Quinn’s performance is magnificent—funny, fierce, and achingly human. In case you are a history lover, a foodie, or someone who believes that one person’s dream can illuminate an entire nation’s story, this production at The Chain Theatre is unmissable. Get your tickets. Grab a hot dog afterward. And remember the name: Feltman.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Heroic at Alice Tully Hall: The ACO Ignites Lincoln Center
Concerto
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Heroic at Alice Tully Hall: The ACO Ignites Lincoln Center

Season 42 of the American Classical Orchestra promises to be nothing short of magnificent. From Haydn’s “Lord Nelson” Mass and transcendent J.S. Bach motets to Mozart, Berwald, and not one but three more Beethoven symphonies—including the thunderous Fifth—the coming season is a feast for the historically curious and the passionately musical alike. These are concerts to circle on your calendar, to bring a friend, and above all: do not miss a single note.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
THREE WOMEN: A Country Western Meditation
Musical Theater
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

THREE WOMEN: A Country Western Meditation

Three Women is a haunting, intimate musical that values suggestion over certainty. With strong performances and an evocative score, it explores love, memory, and distance through a minimalist lens. Zurkowski’s work lingers not for what it declares, but for what it dares to leave unresolved.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
Love Story at The Tank: Love, Memory, and Theater of the Soul
Off Broadway
Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic

Love Story at The Tank: Love, Memory, and Theater of the Soul

Love Story is not merely a play—it is an encounter with the fragile architecture of memory and love. It reminds us that those we lose never truly leave; they evolve within us, shaping our thoughts, dreams, and our very sense of self. To witness this production is to feel deeply, remember fiercely, and leave the theater carrying something luminous and indelible.

Edward A Kliszus, Editor-in-Chief / Music and Arts Critic
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