Tonight is all about temptation, storytelling, dance, and even the hospitality industry!

These theatrical stories are brought to life tonight by a star-studded cast of musicians.

Pulcinella – a character from 18^thcentury Italian commedia dell’arte – is desired by all the girls and runs the risk of being murdered by their boyfriends. Suite Italienne is an adaptation that Stravinsky made of his ballet Pulcinella with the famous cellist Piatigorsky.

The jazz ballet La Revue de Cuisine (The Kitchen Spectacle) is based on an absurdist script by Kröschlová. The comedic plot revolves around a romance between Mr. Pot and Mrs. Lid, whose marriage is threatened by the flirtatious Whisk and a seductive Dishcloth. Will peace return to the kitchen?

In Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, a soldier trades his violin with the devil for a magic book. Based on a Russian fable about greed, love, and the impossibility of “having it all.”

After Albert Baciu’s swinging medley, we move to a place where the memory of cigar smoke and whiskey still lingers. "The idea came to me after I filled in one evening for the pianist of the house trio who played entertaining dinner music in Murray’s Restaurant," Schoenfield said. What was his idea? The musicians will tell you that at the concert...