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Swingin' the Dream
Film / 2021

Swingin' the Dream

Directed by Andrew Brooks

A concert of a work in progress including original music and songs from the 1939 production telling the story of an intriguing Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare. This jazz-infused version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream opened in 1939 with a heady mixture of talent, including Louis Armstrong and Maxine Sullivan, and musical contributions from Count Basie and Benny Goodman.

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A concert of a work in progress including original music and songs from the 1939 production telling the story of an intriguing Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare. This jazz-infused version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream opened in 1939 with a heady mixture of talent, including Louis Armstrong and Maxine Sullivan, and musical contributions from Count Basie and Benny Goodman.

Cast

Kwame Kwei-Armah Alfred Clay Andrew French Kemi-Bo Jacobs Cornell John Georgia Landers Zara McFarlane Mogali Masuku Baker Mukasa Anne Odeke

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