Och & Oy: A Considered Cabaret

Westport Country Playhouse will present Alan Cumming (“Cabaret,” “The Good Wife”) and Ari Shapiro (NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “Pink Martini”) with tunes and tall tales in “Och & Oy! A Considered Cabaret,” on Friday, November 22, at 7 p.m. The event is sold out.

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The show’s main title “Och & Oy!” plays on Cumming’s Scottish and Shapiro’s Jewish backgrounds. The subtitle “A Considered Cabaret” are nods to Shapiro being known for ‘All Things Considered’ and Cumming for the show ‘Cabaret.’ Their show combines the best bits of public radio with the best bits of a musical, where they have deep, thought-provoking conversations and also entertaining perhaps slightly bawdy musical numbers. What comes together is an old-fashioned cabaret that offers a mix of songs, Q&A. and personal storytelling – which both men have been doing in various ways for decades

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