Eric Yves Garcia & Maria Abous – Beyond Blue Moon (and Before the Broken Hart) Produced & Hosted by David Alpern
Blue Moon is the tart, sad screen tale of a famous musical divorce and the broken Hart behind it. Lyricist Lorenz (Larry) Hart was the short, sharp, closeted, conflicted creator – with composer Richard Rodgers — of more than 500 songs, many beloved mainstays of American popular music: Falling In Love With Love, Isn’t It Romantic? My Funny Valentine, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. Yet only bits of the title tune are heard in the movie. New York cabaret veterans Eric Yves Garcia and Maria Abous fill the gap with a night of Rodgers and Hart treasures. And, yes, one by Oscar Hammerstein. Plus lyric sheets for the audience to sing along with. For better and verse.
The 2026 season of the annual concert series Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea opens with “An Evening With Norm Lewis” on June 28, followed by Ann Hampton Callaway in “Here’s to Life” on July 11, and Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch in “Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael” on July 18, and Eric Yves Garcia and Maria Abous in “Beyond Blue Moon (and Before the Broken Hart)” on July 25. The series continues with Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock in “A Swell-egant, Elegant Party” on August 1, KT Sullivan, Mark Nadler, Christine Pedi, and Stephanie Pope in “Hey, Old Friend! A Cabaret Jubilee” on August 22, Pamela Morgan in “What’s Cooking?” on August 23, and closes with Donna McKechnie in “A Musical Memoir” on August 29. All shows start at 7:30 PM (doors open at 7:00 PM).
Produced by Donna Rubin and LTV’s Creative Director Josh Gladstone, Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea offers audiences a rare opportunity to experience Broadway-caliber talent up close in the unique environment of LTV Studios. The 2026 performance season is made possible in part thanks to the generous support of sponsors Eleanor and Howard Morgan, Lynn and Bruce Surry, and Riki Kane Larimer.
LTV is a tax-exempt 501c(3) organization and donations are deductible as defined by IRS regulations.
HAMPTONS SUMMER SONGBOOK By the SEA
Sunday, June 28 – Saturday, August 29
Hosted by Donna Rubin and Josh Gladstone
LTV STUDIOS
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Wainscott, NY 11975
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