Eric Yves Garcia and Maria Abous: Beyond Blue Moon (and Before the Broken Hart)

New York cabaret veterans Eric Yves Garcia and Maria Abous, and producer and host David Alpern, bring Beyond Blue Moon (and Before the Broken Hart) to East Hampton’s LTV Studios, Saturday, July 25, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the 2026 season of Hamptons Summer Songbook By the Sea.

Blue Moon (2025 film) 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. Garcia and 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.