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  Billy Stritch And  Klea Blackhurst   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 Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch performing “Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael” at LTV Studios in Wainscott on Saturday, July 18th, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. The one-night-only performance brings together two powerhouse artists in a critically acclaimed show celebrating Hoagy Carmichael, one of America’s most treasured songwriters. Carmichael, the composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader, helped shape the sound of 20th-century American popular music with standards including “Skylark,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “Heart and Soul” and “Stardust.”   Created as the first artistic collaboration between Blackhurst and Stritch, “Dreaming of a Song” mines the Carmichael catalog with sophistication, warmth and theatrical flair. The program moves f...

  Norm Lewis Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea, the live concert series bringing leading Broadway and cabaret performers to LTV Studios, returned for its third season with the first of an eight-show summer lineup. The 2026 season opened with Tony Award-nominated Broadway star Norm Lewis, one of American theater’s most celebrated baritones, performing in the intimate black-box setting of LTV Studios in Wainscott. Lewis, whose stage credits include “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” “Les Misérables,” “Ragtime” at Lincoln Center and the title role in “The Phantom of the Opera,” will headline the season premiere in a rare East End appearance. The evening began with a summer reception featuring spirits from BottleHampton and passed hors d’oeuvres from East Hampton Kitchen before guests took their seats.   Donna Rubin With Norm Lewis And Joy Behar  Assemblyman Tommy John Schiavoni And Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright Notable attendees included: Donna Rubin, Josh Gladstone, Norm ...

  Ann Hampton Callaway 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 Ann Hampton Callaway performing “Here’s To Life” on Saturday, July 11th, 2026 at 7:30 pm at LTV Studios in Wainscott. Callaway, one of America’s most celebrated pop, jazz and cabaret performers, is known for her Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway musical “Swing!” and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit television series “The Nanny.” A singer, pianist, composer, lyricist and arranger, Callaway has built a career at the crossroads of Broadway, jazz, television and the great American Songbook, bringing warmth, wit and vocal elegance to stages around the world. Her songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, and she has collaborated with artists including Carole King and others across the worlds of pop, theater and cabaret.   The July 11th performance, ti...