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Swingin' the Dream

January 9 2021 (about 4 years ago)
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  • Director: Andrew Brooks
  • Runtime: 52 m
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Companies: Royal Shakespeare Company, Theatre for a New Audience, Young Vic

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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