Swingin' the Dream
2021 · 52m
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.
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Alfred Clay, Andrew French, Kemi-Bo Jacobs, Cornell John, Georgia Landers, Zara McFarlane, Mogali Masuku, Baker Mukasa, Anne Odeke