- Description
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Swingin' the Dream / Bill Bailey [theatrical performance]
- Title
- Swingin' the Dream [Theatrical Performance]
- Performers
- Bailey, Bill
- Armstrong, Louis
- Published/Created
- 1939-11-29
- Genre
- Theatrical Performance
- Venue
- Center Theater
- Abstract
- A musical (comedy) variation in two acts, 3 scenes. Book by Gilbert Seldes and Erik Charell, adapted from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Music by Jimmy Van Heusen. Lyrics by Eddie de Lange. Staged by Erik Charell. Dances by Agnes DeMille. Jitterbugs by Herbert White. Swing choir by Lyn Murray. Scenery after Walt Disney's cartoons. Orchestrations by Phil Wall, Herb Guigley, Ardon Cornwell, Fletcher Henderson. Opened 29 October 1939 at the Center Theatre and closed 9 December 1939 after 13 performances. Puck played by Butterfly McQueen; Bottom the Fireman, Louis Armstrong; Cupid played by Bill Bailey.
- Source
- Norton Anthology of Drama: Norton Anthology of Drama: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Vol. 2). W.W. Norton & Company (2009).
Last Updated: 12-16-2015