Actor Alan Cumming and NPR's Ari Shapiro perform an evening of songs and stories in Atlanta

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Actor Alan Cumming and NPR host Ari Shapiro will perform "Och and Oy: A Considered Cabaret" on March 29 at Center Stage Theatre. (Photo credit: Emilio Madrid)

Gilbert and Sullivan, Siegfried and Roy, Batman and Robin, step aside; a dynamic duo of mega talent is coming to Atlanta for one night only. Actor Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro, host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” will perform an evening of stories and songs titled “Och and Oy: A Considered Cabaret” at Center Stage on Tuesday. The show’s co-creators and stars joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to share the origins of this unusual pairing and how their whimsical stage show was born.

Interview highlights:

How these two personalities came together: