SINCERELY OSCAR
A New Musical Celebrating Broadway’s Greatest Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein

Conceived & Written by DOREEN TAYLOR

Featuring
DOREEN TAYLOR and AZUDI ONYEJEKWE

Directed by DOUG McDONOUGH

Acorn Theatre @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
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Was there ever a more prolific songwriter than Oscar Hammerstein? Doreen Taylor’s SINCERELY OSCAR celebrates the many classics of this master – songs from Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, State Fair, South Pacific, The King And I, Allegro, and The Sound Of Music. There is no shortage. And to accompany these audio delights Taylor has included projections, floating images, moving stages, and even a hologram of Hammerstein supposedly reading from the writer’s diary (voiced by Bob Meenan). And even with all that, the show lacks pizzazz. There is no questioning the vocal talents of both Taylor and Azudi Onyejekwe, but the styling is all wrong. The songs have already garnered the love and appreciation of the world; no need to improve perfection. Sometimes it is wise to respect that classics are classics for a reason.

- Laurie Lawson -