Cotuit Center for the Arts and Miller White Fine Arts are thrilled to collaborate to host an evening of conversation, music and art with Oscar Andrew Hammerstein on May 3, 2022, from 6pm to 8pm at the Center. This wonderful event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.

The month of May at the Center comes alive with the sound of music! Joining us on stage for an evening of conversation, music and art is Oscar Andrew Hammerstein, grandson of renowned Broadway lyricist and librettist, Oscar Hammerstein II.

To date, Oscar is internationally-recognized as a writer, lecturer, and family historian who has devoted much of his adult life to preserving the archives and influences of one of the most celebrated family legacies in musical theatre. His scintillating presentation will feature a self-curated compilation of events from his grandfather's storied life — after which the audience will feel as if they themselves knew the man — and the evening will commence and conclude with live performances of selections from Rogers and Hammerstein's vast song book courtesy of Cape Cod's Brentwood Brass. Further, in that Oscar comes to the Center via his collaboration with Miller White Fine Arts in South Dennis, guests will enjoy a preview of his upcoming solo exhibition of his stunning works on paper, opening at Miller White on May 6th.

The Hammerstein legacy is indeed large in spirit. Regarding his grandfather's lyrical prowess, Oscar states, "Everybody has a gift. Oscar II had a gift for getting straight to the heart of something. In a sense, a song is a simulation of an interior monologue. It's not the brain that's being tasked in the interior thought. It's the heart."