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  Hamptons Summer Songbook By The Sea Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea, the live concert series bringing leading Broadway, cabaret and American Songbook performers to the East End, continues its third season with Eric Yves Garcia and Maria Abous performing “Beyond Blue Moon — And Before the Broken Hart” at LTV Studios in Wainscott on Saturday, July 25th, 2026, at 7:30pm. Produced and hosted by David Alpern, the evening explores the wit, ache and sophistication of lyricist Lorenz “Larry” Hart, whose partnership with composer Richard Rodgers produced more than 500 songs and helped define the sound of American popular music. The program takes inspiration from “Blue Moon,” the “tart, sad screen tale of a famous musical divorce and the broken Hart behind it,” while filling the musical space around the title song with Rodgers and Hart treasures.   Garcia and Abous will bring audiences into the world of Rodgers and Hart with beloved standards including “Falling in Love with L...

  KT Sullivan Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea returned to New York City for its 3rd Annual NYC “Friendraiser,” an evening of live performance and celebration benefiting LTV Studios and building anticipation for the acclaimed East End concert series’ 2026 summer season at The Triad Theatre.  Hosted by Donna Rubin and LTV Creative Director Josh Gladstone, the annual friendraiser brings together leading cabaret artists and supporters for a musical preview of the season ahead. The evening served as a prelude to Hamptons Summer Songbook by the Sea, the celebrated concert series presented at LTV’s Studio Three Theater in Wainscott slated to run from Sunday, June 28th through Saturday, August 29th. The program opened with award-winning Barbara Fasano, whose “A Swell-egant, Elegant Party” set the tone with warmth, wit and polished musicality, before Laurence Maslon, host and producer of WLIW-FM’s Broadway to Main Street, continued the Broadway-centered celebration. Journalist and ...