The Green Room 42 presents “An Evening with Oscar and Steve,” the Music and Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein & Stephen Sondheim. This is an in-person event that is also available to livestream. Sandhills Repertory Theatre’s Michael Pizzi is making his NYC Cabaret debut on Sunday, November 24th at 9:30pm.

“When Stephen Sondheim was a teenager, Oscar Hammerstein, who was a neighbor, became his musical mentor and surrogate father. It was from that piece of musical theater history that this show was created. “An evening with Oscar and Steve” includes many of their most famous and familiar songs, including a lovely mashup of songs that are not fully performed but which would be familiar to audiences worldwide. This show includes patter allowing an audience into the worlds of Oscar and Steve, with narrative that will bring their songs to life and offer a unique perspective on how their songs were created. The musicals included in the show include “Merrily We Roll Along”, “Showboat”, “Into the Woods”, “Follies”, “South Pacifific”, “Oklahoma”, “Passion”, “Carousel”, “The Sound of Music” and many more. Featuring Broadway’s Gay Willis and actor/singer/producer Michael Pizzi, with Special Guests Chad Marge and Olivia Berkson.”

Michael Pizzi is the Founder and Artistic/Producing Director of the Sandhills Repertory Theatre, known for its professional musical theatre offerings in the Pinehurst/Southern Pines area of NC! He has created and produced over 15 productions (including Oscar and Steve) and has performed all over the US. His professional theatre credits include 3 productions of “1776”, 3 of “Man of La Mancha” as Sancho, “Peter Pan” with North Carolina Theatre, Fezziweg in Fords Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol”, Leporello in “Mozart’s Don Giovanni”, The Baker in “Into the Woods” as well as many others. Dr. Pizzi is also the creator of the Special Performing Arts Camp for children with special needs and The Wellsongs Project for children with special needs. Upcoming projects include creating and producing A Wellsongs Project for people with dementia and their families, “Taylor/King: The music and lyrics of James Taylor and Carole King”, “Sinatra/Bennett”, and “Sinatra/Garland”.

John Fischer (music director/accompanist) is a music director, pianist, vocal coach and teacher with decades of experience working with top Broadway and cabaret artists. Gay Willis is an award-winning soprano, who has won critical acclaim. Special Guests include the emerging musical theater stars and musicians Chad Marge and Olivia Berkson.

Livestream (available for a week) visit: https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/show/details/qXJNCT3fT9vElRGML2Th

For in-person attendance tickets vist: https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/show/details/3svDssQVKDUkQvJLcclt

10% of all net profits will go to the Ali Forney Center in NYC. For full details and online ticket purchases, follow the event website link provided below.