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Swing! is a musical conceived by Paul Kelly with music by various artists. It celebrates the music of the Swing era of jazz (1930s–1946), including many well-known tunes by artists like Duke Ellington, William "Count" Basie, Benny Goodman and others. It received a nomination for the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical and other Tony awards.
Swing! premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on December 9, 1999 and closed on January 14, 2001, running for 461 performances. The director and choreographer was Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and the production was supervised by Jerry Zaks. Among the cast were Laura Benanti, Ann Hampton Callaway and Everett Bradley. A US tour began Nov 20, 2000 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production, directed and choreographed by one of the original cast members, Dana Solimando, ran in June 2009.
The original cast album was released by Sony Classical on January 18, 2000. The original cast album was nominated for a Grammy in the "Musical Show" category.
RADIO STATION |
GENRE |
LOCATION |
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jazz swing manouche radio | Jazz,Blues | France |
Big Blue Swing | Easy,Blues,Unknown | USA |
Electro Swing Revolution Radio | Jazz,Electronica | Germany |
Swing FM Limoges | Jazz | France |
Jazz Radio Electro Swing | Jazz | France |
Actors: Jon Kamen (producer), Justin Wilkes (producer), John Tartaglia (actor), John Tartaglia (actor), John Tartaglia (actor), Brian d'Arcy James (actor), Sutton Foster (actress), Rachel Slansky (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Cody (actress), David Lindsay-Abaire (writer), David F.M. Vaughn (actor), David F.M. Vaughn (actor), Christopher Sieber (actor), David F.M. Vaughn (actor), Jason Moore (director),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Henny Vrienten (composer), Joop van den Ende (producer), Hugo Haenen (actor), Ad Knippels (actor), Ids van der Krieken (actor), Danny de Munk (actor), Sjoerd Pleijsier (actor), Wouter Braaf (actor), Mariska Van Kolck (actress), Yvonne Valkenburg (actress), André Breedland (writer), André Breedland (writer), Piet Bakker (writer), Maurice Wijnen (writer), Diederik Rep (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: Honor Blackman (actress), John Thomson (actor), Ian Puleston-Davies (actor), Kenton Allen (producer), Christine Bottomley (actress), Sam Riley (actor), Olwen May (actress), David Kerr (director), Joel Fry (actor), Lorraine Cheshire (actress), Tony Mooney (actor), Craig Storrod (actor), Ben McKay (actor), Jim Poyser (producer), Russell Beeden (editor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: J.M. Barrie (writer), Brent Carpenter (editor), Gary Halvorson (director), Jerome Robbins (writer), Marc Bauman (producer), Cathy Rigby (actress), Scott Bridges (actor), Todd Shotz (miscellaneous crew), Kris Slava (producer), Kris Trexler (editor), Michael Nostrand (actor), Sam Zeller (actor), Alon Williams (actor), Tony Spinosa (actor), Tony Spinosa (actor),
Genres: Family, Fantasy, Musical,Actors: Benny Trickett (editor), Aubrey Powell (director), Ray Still (producer), Dein Perry (actor), Dein Perry (actor), Steve Swartz (producer), Divonne Holmes a Court (producer), Drew Kaluski (actor), Drew Kaluski (actor), Ben Read (actor), Kevin Coyne (actor), Ben Read (actor), Kevin Coyne (actor), Nathan Sheens (actor), Nathan Sheens (actor),
Plot: Tap Dogs, the all-male Australian dance troupe, have taken the world by storm becoming an international sensation with their sell out tour... leaving packed audiences gasping and howling for more! Tap Dogs put power, humour, high velocity and raw energy into tap. This is the show that hypnotises audiences with the thunder of synchronised feet. Six Aussie guys stomp their way through a dynamic succession of pulsating routines. This is testosterone tap!
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Genres: Musical, Romance,Actors: Pete Townshend (writer), Barry Alexander Brown (director), Pete Townshend (actor), Keith Moon (actor), Ken Russell (actor), Tina Turner (actress), John Entwistle (actor), Oliver Reed (actor), Elton John (actor), Phil Collins (actor), Jack Nicholson (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), Ann-Margret (actress), Paul Nicholas (actor), Michael Cerveris (actor),
Plot: Through interviews and archive footage, this video details the history of the rock opera TOMMY, including the album, the movie and the broadway musical.
Keywords: based-on-book, rock-musicActors: Pete Townshend (writer), Barry Alexander Brown (director), Pete Townshend (actor), Keith Moon (actor), Ken Russell (actor), Tina Turner (actress), John Entwistle (actor), Oliver Reed (actor), Elton John (actor), Phil Collins (actor), Jack Nicholson (actor), Roger Daltrey (actor), Ann-Margret (actress), Paul Nicholas (actor), Michael Cerveris (actor),
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Keywords: anti-hero, basketball, betrayal, blackmail, bowery-boys, boys'-choir, casino, catholic, catholic-priest, cellarOpen the gate to your apartment complex
You're not getting off that easily
I climb the fence
The one that you've been sitting on
(How long)
Before I'm just a memory
(How long)
Before you can't remember me, remember me
I never had a choice, I never had a choice
To lead the choke-hold mold and romance you [unverified]
I couldn't find the part to fix
The lessons nagging in my brain
(How long)
Before I'm just a memory
(How long)
Before you can't remember me, remember me
Lover, lover on the fence
Bat your eyes, ball your fist and swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing, swing
Lover, lover now tell me this
Passion over consequence
When did the latter take my leave?
Just swing, just swing, swing, swing, swing, swing
I never had a choice, I never had a choice
The evening lit itself
And watched my reservations fall to the floor
Fall to the floor, now sit with me
(How long)
Before I'm just a memory
(How long)
Before you can't remember me, remember me
Lover, lover on the fence
Bat your eyes, ball your fist and swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing, swing
Before you leave, lover, lover, tell me this,
Passion over consequence
When did the latter take my leave?
Just swing, just swing, swing, swing, swing, swing
Open the gate to your apartment complex
Did you forget of your call for me?
(Did you forget it?)
How long did you expect to keep me waiting?
How long before I'm just a memory?
Lover, lover on the fence
Bat your eyes, ball your fists and swing
Swing, swing, swing, swing, swing for me
Lover, love now tell me this
Passion over consequence
Since when did the latter take the lead?