Swingin' the Dream

L’histoire

Résumé en anglais

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.

Distribution

K Kwame Kwei-Armah A Alfred Clay A Andrew French K Kemi-Bo Jacobs C Cornell John G Georgia Landers Z Zara McFarlane M Mogali Masuku B Baker Mukasa A Anne Odeke