Swing! at Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre

'Two thirds rhythm and one third soul.' That's how Fats Waller defined the uniquely American form of popular music and dance known as 'swing.' Requiring only joyful enthusiasm and a ready partner, swing exploded out of pre-war Harlem's hotbed of youth culture and swept the world. It shattered ethnic and cultural barriers, generating specialty styles such as Jive, Swing, Lindy Hop, West Coast Swing, and Hip-Hop Swing. SWING! celebrates this remarkable diversity to the beat of the most exhilarating songs of the period. But as this enthralling song-and-dance show makes abundantly clear, swing was never a time or place -- it has always been a state of mind!

Original Concept by Paul Kelly; Original Direction and Choreography by Lynn Taylor-Corbett

Authors

• Alex C. Kramer
• Andy Razaf
• Ann Hampton Callaway
• Arthur Hamilton
• B. Feyhe
• B. Plater
• Benny Goodman
• Bill Elliott
• Bob Wills
• Casey MacGill
• Charles Christian
• Charlie Tobias
• Chick Webb
• Clarence Williams
• Don George
• Don Raye
• Dorothy Fields
• Duke Ellington
• E. Johnson
• Earl H. Hagen
• Edgar DeLange
• Edgar M. Sampson
• Everett Bradley
• Gerald Marks
• H. James (i)
• Harold Arlen
• Harry Warren
• Hoagy Carmichael
• Hughie Prince
• Ilene Reid
• Irving Kahal
• Irving Mills
• J. Hodges
• Jack Murphy
• James R. Mundy
• Jerome Kern
• Jerry Gray
• Jimmy McHugh
• Joan Whitney
• Joe Garland
• Johnny Mercer
• Jonathan Smith
• Juan Tizol
• L. Berry
• Lew Brown
• Lewis Raymond
• Louis Prima
• Lynne Taylor-Corbett
• Mack David
• Mack Gordon
• Michael Antin
• Michael Heitzman
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• Otto A. Harbach
• Paul Francis Webster
• Paul Kelly (i)
• Sam H. Slept
• Sammy Fain
• Sean Martin Hingston
• Seymour Simons
• Sid Kuller
• T. Bradshaw
• Tommy Duncan
• Walter Bishop
• William “Count“ Basie

Tony Awards and Nominations for Swing!