In between shows, Doreen kindly took the time to chat to ThisIsTheLatest about the creative process behind the show, her memories of opening night and where Sincerely, Oscar might go in the future.

The new off-Broadway musical Sincerely, Oscar incorporates over 30 incredible songs, personal correspondence, unpublished work, and 3D holograph technology to tell the story behind one of Broadway’s most prolific lyricists, Oscar Hammerstein. Written by and starring Doreen Taylor, as well as Azudi Onyejekwe and Bob Meenan, Sincerely Oscar runs at Theatre Row’s Acorn Theatre

SINCERELY OSCAR is the latest addition to the Off Broadway musical scene, celebrating one of Broadway's greatest lyricist, Oscar Hammerstein. With a book by Doreen Taylor, who also stars along with Azudi Onyejekwe, this show/musical revue takes you through some of the most fantastic and iconic songs associated with Mr. Hammerstein, and a few more deep cuts from shows of which you might not know.

The show also uses his words from letters and speeches to create a narrative through line. In addition to my chat with the both Doreen and Azudi, I also got to sneak in a chat with the show's Musical Director and Arranger, Lou Lanza. His arrangements will leave you wanting a cast album available before you leave that theater.

The world premiere of the new musical Sincerely, Oscar opened at Theatre Row April 4 after beginning preview performances March 28. Written by and starring Doreen Taylor, the show celebrates the life, music, and legacy of famed lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.

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Sincerely, Oscar features a book by Taylor and direction by Dugg McDonoug. As well as showcasing over 30 of his greatest songs from shows like The Sound of Music, Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, and South Pacific, the production incorporates Hammerstein's personal correspondence, unpublished lyrics, interviews, and rare memoirs. Azudi Onyejekwe (The Great Comet) co-stars alongside Taylor and a hologram of Hammerstein II.

Hammerstein tells his own story in Doreen Taylor’s new tribute musical to the great lyricist and writer.

Azudi Onyejekwe (The Great Comet, Violet) has joined the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Sincerely, Oscar, a new musical celebrating the life, music, and legacy of famed lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Onyejekwe, who will star alongside the show's creator Doreen Taylor, replaces the previously announced Johnathan Lee Iverson.

Kicking off on Broadway’s esteemed Theatre Row with performances on March 27th ahead of an official April 4th opening, Taylor’s creative blueprint is not only planned to show us her undying love for the art of performance and fight for the Hammerstein legacy, but it will also show us that she just really, really likes to put on a great show in grand proportions……no matter what it takes…..

Sincerely, Oscar, starring Doreen Taylor, will play Off-Broadway's Theatre Row beginning March 27.

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Sincerely, Oscar, a new musical celebrating Tony-winning Broadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, has been announced to play Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre this spring. Featuring a book co-written by Doreen Taylor, who will also star, and Johnathan Lee Iverson, the production will begin previews on March 27 with an opening set for April 4. Dugg McDonough will direct. Tickets are now on sale.

Doreen Taylor talked to NFOTUSA Soldiers Speak Radio in an exclusive interview about the show Off Broadway and what's next for the show.

"An Enchanted Evening"'s creator and star, Doreen Taylor was the featured guest on "Talking Live with Dr. Robi Ludwig" broadcast live from the Star Shop Studio in Times Square, NYC. Doreen discussed the successful Off Broadway debut and performed 2 songs from the show.

An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II was featured in the December 2017/January 2018 Edition of Metropolitan Magazine- the NYC luxury lifestyle magazine.

An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II, a “docu-musical” about the career of the lyricist-librettist, is set begin performances at the Roy Arias Theatre Center December 8. The show, starring Billboard Top 100 recording artist Doreen Taylor and Phantom of the Opera’s Davis Gaines, will benefit the Oscar Hammerstein Museum & Theater Education Center being built at Highland Farm, the Pennsylvania homestead where Hammerstein wrote many of his most famous songs.

Will Hammerstein and Oscar Hammerstein lV were at a special preview of "An Enchanted Evening": A Night With Oscar Hammerstein ll. It's a one-of-a kind, intimate show highlighting Oscar Hammerstein's journey to become Broadway's greatest lyricist through curated documentary story-telling and imaginative performances. Backed by a quintet of versatile musicians and led by musical director, Lou Lanza, Billboard recording artist Doreen Taylor and special guest Broadway star Davis Gaines weave a melodious journey of over 30 of Oscar's greatest songs from shows like The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Show Boat, South Pacific, Allegro and more.

Actor, Singer, Songwriter Doreen Taylor gives us a sneak peek and back story on the music and life's journey of legendary American Librettist, Theatrical Producer and Theatre Director Oscar Hammerstein II, at the December 7th press conference and preview before the December 8, 2017 opening night of "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II". Ms. Taylor, makes her Off-Broadway debut in this unique "docu-musical" production. The show features Ms.Taylor in the leading role, accompanied by Special Guest Actor, Vocalist and musical theater veteran Davis Gaines ("Phantom of The Opera", Hello Dolly", Man of La Mancha" and so much more!). The show runs from Dec 8-17, 2017 at 777 Theatre, right smack dab in the heart of Manhattan's Theater District.

Doreen Taylor recently visited Oscar Hammerstein's Highland Farm to take photos promoting her new show "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II."

Star of the new musical running Off Broadway, "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II", Doreen Taylor poses for a photo shoot at Highland Farm in Doylestown, PA, Oscar Hammerstein II's historic home and birthplace of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals The King and I, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Carousel, Oklahoma!, and many more.

Come and experience the magic of his music in "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II" Dec. 8th through Dec. 17th at the Roy Arias Theater.  This brand new "docu-musical" highlights the life and work of the aforementioned legend. Recording artist Doreen Taylor will be making her off-broadway debut, as well as award-winning Broadway star, Davis Gaines (Phantom of the Opera, Man of La Mancha, Sweeney Todd) will be showcasing their talents during this limited run. But your tickets today to experience a wonderful night of classic musical theater music and take a journey through lyrics that are full of beautiful story-telling, romance and humor.

Oscar Hammerstein’s famous Highland Farm in Doylestown is in jeopardy of being subdivided into lots by developers, but native singer-songwriter Doreen Taylor is planning to use her chops Off-Broadway in an effort to save it.

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“An Enchanted Evening: A Night with Oscar Hammerstein II” premiers next Friday, Dec. 8, at the 777 Theatre at the Roy Arias Theater Center in New York City for a limited December 2017 engagement. The show is being touted as a “docu-musical,” promising 90 minutes of highlights of Hammerstein’s most important work.

Leading Lady and creator of An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II's Doreen Taylor sat down with Allen Foster of Entertaining-Options.com to talk about creating and starring in the show, what this project means to her, her exciting Broadway debut...and even what her favorite Hammerstein role is. Check it out!

Doreen Taylor, creator and star of the new musical "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II" appeared on WFMZ 69 News to talk about the show and perform a song from the innovative musical experience live on the air.

Doreen Taylor and Will Hammerstein sat down with Erica Coleman from NBC 10 Philadelphia to discuss the new show "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II" running in the heart of Broadway Dec 8-17th and benefiting the Oscar Hammerstein II Museum & Theatre Education Center. 

"An Enchanted Evening"s leading lady, Doreen Taylor sat down with PhillyMixTape.com and discussed her new Off Broadway show debuting in the heart of Broadway December 8-17th at the 777 Theatre....and much more....

Fundraising efforts for a museum dedicated to famed Broadway songwriter Oscar Hammerstein II is hitting the road with a show in December.

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Doreen Taylor, an award-winning singer and songwriter, will start a 10-show performance Off Broadway at the 777 Theatre in midtown Manhattan to help raise funds to turn Hammerstein’s former Doylestown Township home into a museum about his life and career.

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“I just had this feeling that I had to do this,” Taylor said Friday morning from the porch of the Highland Farms bed and breakfast, Hammerstein’s former home. “This was my talent; this was my contribution.”

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Taylor’s show, “An Enchanted Evening: A Night with Oscar Hammerstein II,” features musical rearrangements of songs from some of Hammerstein’s most famous works and stories about the songwriter’s life.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Will the curtain soon close on Oscar Hammerstein's Bucks County Farm or will the spotlight shine once again?

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As singer Doreen Taylor sings there's perhaps no better spot to showcase the Broadway tune "Show Boat" than inside the home where Oscar Hammerstein wrote it.

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"Look at the landscape. 'Oh What a Beautiful Morning' was the first song wrote on the property, how could you not be inspired by the property?" Taylor said. 

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Taylor is so inspired by Hammerstein's Doylestown Farm that she's performing 10 shows on the songwriter's life Off Broadway in New York City, with proceeds going to save the farm.

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"This is not something, you know, like a mini mart that we don't want to tear down. This is real history," she said.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (CBS) — Efforts continue in Doylestown to preserve the home of music legend Oscar Hammerstein, as additional plans for the property were unveiled on Friday, along with a sampling from an off-Broadway production to benefit the project.

On a beautiful morning this week I was fortunate enough to be invited to a community and press introduction to the upcoming Off-Broadway benefit "An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II" debuting on December 8 and starring Doreen Taylor and Davis Gaines.

In the continuum of moments in my beautiful Bucks County this one was one of the best.  Doreen Taylor performed two songs from the upcoming show and I got the Broadway "chills".  Not only does she possess a voice of  purity and clarity, but she interprets the music with the grace and styling of one who is classically trained (which she is) but also deeply aware of the masterful songs she's "channeling".  To be in the living room of Oscar Hammerstein with Taylor singing the songs created in that same perimeter of space left me gobsmacked.

As Lou Lanza played the notes to perfection, Doreen owned that space and suddenly the Doylestown hills were alive with the sound of music.  It was the kind of Broadway moment that is almost more Broadway than Broadway (if that makes any sense?).

There are very few productions in the world have quite the personal touch a certain ‘coming soon’ Off-Broadway one does. Taking place at the 777 Theatre in New York from December 8th through to the 17th, “An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II”, starring Billboard Top 100 Artist and theatre star Doreen Taylor and acclaimed stage performer Davis Gaines and which intertwines stunning visuals with the reworking of more than 30 Hammerstein classics, looks set to be a show not to be missed.

On Friday, October 27, recording artist and off-Broadway debuting star Doreen Taylor launches her “docu-musical” show An Enchanted Evening with Oscar Hammerstein II at Highland Farm in Doylestown, Pa. The show, the proceeds from which will go to the Hammerstein Center, is part of a larger effort to save the former home of Oscar Hammerstein II at Highland Farm, and to repurpose it as a museum and theater education center.

Davis Gaines & Doreen Taylor to Lead Docu-Musical An Enchanted Evening: A Night with Oscar Hammerstein II. Fresh from the sold-out premiere at the Bristol Riverside Theatre in Philadelphia, the new docu-musical An Enchanted Evening: A Night with Oscar Hammerstein II is coming to New York for a limited off-Broadway engagement. Highlighting Oscar Hammerstein II's evolution to become one of the most important lyricists of all time, An Enchanted Evening is an intimate show highlighting his life and music through documentary storytelling and imaginative performances. The evening will star award-winning recording artist Doreen Taylor in her off-Broadway debut alongside The Phantom of the Opera veteran Davis Gaines. An Enchanted Evening will run at the 777 Theatre at the Roy Arias Theater Center from December 8 through 17. 

Doreen Taylor and Davis Gaines will perform An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II, a “docu-musical” about the career of the lyricist-librettist, as a benefit for the Oscar Hammerstein Museum & Theater Education Center being built at Highland Farm, the Pennsylvania homestead where Hammerstein wrote many of his most famous songs.

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The 90-minute An Enchanted Evening features performances by longtime Phantom of the Opera star Davis Gaines and Billboard Top 100 recording artist Doreen Taylor in her Off-Broadway debut. Taylor also wrote the script. The show scheduled to run for 10 performances, December 8–17 at the 777 Theatre in the Roy Arias Theatre Center, 777 Eighth Avenue in the Times Square theatre district.

Fresh from the sold-out premiere at the Bristol Riverside Theatre in Philadelphia, the brand new, innovative "docu-musical" AN ENCHANTED EVENING: A NIGHT WITH Oscar Hammerstein II is coming Off-Broadway for a limited December 2017 engagement.

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The star-studded evening presents award-winning vocalist and Billboard Top 100 recording artist Doreen Taylor in her official Off-Broadway debut, and a special performance by renowned Broadway star, Davis Gaines (Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, Man of La Mancha).

The new docu-musical An Enchanted Evening: A Night With Oscar Hammerstein II will come to New York's 777 Theater for an off-Broadway engagement December 8-17, featuring recording artist Doreen Taylor and a special performance by David Gaines (The Phantom of the Opera).

William Hammerstein and singer Doreen Taylor will host An Enchanted Evening: A Night with Oscar Hammerstein II in Bristol, Pennsylvania, August 24 as a fundraiser to help save and preserve Highland Farm, the Doylestown, Pennsylvania, house where the late composer wrote some of his best known Broadway musicals, and where he mentored young neighbor Stephen Sondheim.

Whether your musical palette drives you toward graceful vocals, engaging theatricality or captivating melodies, there's a strong and powerful fusion of all three in AN ENCHANTED EVENING: A NIGHT WITH Oscar Hammerstein II

Doreen Taylor Uses Her Voice for a Good Cause in Bristol

Doreen Taylor will share the story and songs of Oscar Hammerstein during a benefit show at Bristol Riverside Theatre