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Patrons will thrill to music from the Big Band Era all the way to Funk and Rock classics of the 70s and 80s at Aurora Swing Nights: Funktacular! concert on Saturday, June 21 at 8:00pm. Now a summertime tradition, this upbeat edition of the popular Swing Night concert series will feature the Metro Jazz Club performing a memorable array of rock 'n roll songs.

Acclaimed actor Gareth Snook joins the cast of the new revised version of Cafe Society Swing that begins its first West End run on June 17th at the Leicester Square Theatre.

This summer Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing will celebrate the great dance bands and soloists that drive the action on the dance floor.

Fox Valley Repertory takes an upbeat trip down memory lane this summer as they continue their 2014 theater series celebrating the lives and music of the famed Andrews Sisters in Sisters of Swing. This nostalgic musical, written by Beth Gilleland and Bob Beverage, is directed by Fox Valley Rep Artistic Director and Wheaton native John Gawlik with music direction by Jeffrey Poindexter and choreography by Christie Kerr of Lombard. Performances will take place at the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage June 5 - July 27, 2014 (4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL; box office 630-584-6342).

The Players Guild of Leonia presents Swing! The Musical, directed by Chris Watson with musical direction by Ilya Maslov and Choreography by Tabitha Boulding. Conceived by Paul Kelly, original direction and choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, originally produced by Jerry Zaks.

The Players Guild of Leonia presents Swing! The Musical, directed by Chris Watson with musical direction by Ilya Mazlov. Conceived by Paul Kelly, original direction and choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, originally produced by Jerry Zaks.

The Players Guild of Leonia presents Swing! The Musical, directed by Chris Watson with musical direction by Ilya Maslov and Choreography by Tabitha Boulding. Conceived by Paul Kelly, original direction and choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, originally produced by Jerry Zaks.

Come 'Swing Along Broadway' with Regina Opera. Several of Regina Opera soloists will present a 2-hour concert of your favorite Broadway and popular tunes. Featured are sopranos Maryam Amatullah-Wali and Christina Rohm; mezzo-soprano Lara Tillotson; tenor Anthony Tolve; and baritone Thomas Geib. The singers are accompanied by Richard Parately - flutist; and Victoria Ulanovskaya - pianist.

The Players Guild of Leonia presents Swing! The Musical, directed by Chris Watson with musical direction by Ilya Mazlov. Conceived by Paul Kelly, original direction and choreography by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, originally produced by Jerry Zaks.

Come 'Swing Along Broadway' with Regina Opera. Several of Regina Opera soloists will present a 2-hour concert of your favorite Broadway and popular tunes. Featured are sopranos Maryam Amatullah-Wali and Christina Rohm; mezzo-soprano Lara Tillotson; tenor Anthony Tolve; and baritone Thomas Geib. The singers are accompanied by Richard Parately - flutist; and Victoria Ulanovskaya - pianist.

Cafe Society Swing - a true story is set for Leicester Square Theatre, London on Tues 17th - Sat 21st June 2014 (not Thurs 19th June). A Copasetic Production, written by Alex Webb & directed by Simon Green.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Baseball Swing with the All Star Baseball Jazz Band, co-commissioned and co-produced with the Baseball Music Project and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. With a cast featuring Terron Brooks, Angela Pupello, Terri White, Fred Willard and Adrian Zmed, Baseball Swing, a part of the Jack Elliott Family Concert Series, will have four performances only April 4-6, 2014, in the Bram Goldsmith Theater.

Upstairs at Vitellos is thrilled to announce the advent of our first ever Vitellos original production, When In Doubt, Swing! When In Doubt, Swing! is the story of three average Joes who go through the ultimate transformation to become classic crooners, performing your favorite Rat Pack hits such as Luck Be a Lady, The Lady Is a Tramp, I've Gotta Be Meand so much more.

Late nights in the big city always bring out the swingers. Hipsters in zoot suits in dark alley-ways; beat-boxers playing New Jack Swing on street corners; and French Horn Rebellion's Next Jack Swing dance floor full of Band Geeks Gone Wild. In 'Swing Into It' let Nini Fabi who, before forming HAERTS sang with French Horn Rebellion, lure you into a swinging night: dark, buzzing with energy and just a little bit of intrigue. French Horn Rebellion's new Swing Into It EP will come out today, March 25.

They sold over 90 million records, nine of them gold. They had more Top Ten hits than the Beatles or Elvis. And they are still one of the best-selling female vocal groups of all time. Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters puts the Andrews Sisters where we remember them best -- center stage! A regional premiere that is sure to have audiences singing along and tapping their toes, Sisters of Swing plays Boulder's Dinner Theatre March 7 through May 11, 2014.

Late nights in the big city always bring out the swingers. Hipsters in zoot suits in dark alley-ways; beat-boxers playing New Jack Swing on street corners; and French Horn Rebellion's Next Jack Swing dance floor full of Band Geeks Gone Wild. In 'Swing Into It' let Nini Fabi who, before forming HAERTS sang with French Horn Rebellion, lure you into a swinging night: dark, buzzing with energy and just a little bit of intrigue. French Horn Rebellion's new Swing Into It EP will come out on 3/25.

The next production in Town Hall Arts Center's 2013-2014 Season will be Swing!, Original concept by Paul Kelly, original direction and choreography by Lynne Taylor ' Corbett. Swing! is directed by Matthew D. Peters, most recently seen choreographing Peter Pan for PACE and Home for the Holidays at Lone Tree Arts Center, Matthew makes his directorial debut at Town Hall Arts Center.

The York Theatre Company, and its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series, recently presented the premiere of Swing Wings, with ook & Lyrics by William Schermerhorn and Music by Milton Delugg and Mary Ehlinger at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). Check out a look back below!

The York Theatre Company, and its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series, will present the premiere of two new musicals: Love in Our Language, with Book & Lyrics by Judy Goetz Sanger and Music by Howard Marren, and Swing Wings, with Book & Lyrics by William Schermerhorn and Music by Milton Delugg and Mary Ehlinger at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).

As New York City bandleader George Gee says, “Swing Makes You Happy” and that's the title of the George Gee Swing Orchestra's Kickstarter campaign to fund a double CD of new music. The campaign runs through December 12th on Kickstarter.com. When their goal is reached the recording process begins in New York and continues until the final CD is ready in May of 2014. Says Gee “The GGSO is making this CD to honor the swingin' BIG BAND sound and its creators, as well as give voice to modern, yet eminently danceable compositions featuring the arrangements and original writing by the band's highly-regarded Music Director and Trombonist David Gibson.” The band aims to record their new music and continue the tradition of swingin' big bands.

La Orquesta Inestable esta cumpliendo 5 años de vida junto al Swing y lo festeja como siempre a pura musica y baile en distintos escenarios de la escena musical porteña.

On November 1, The New York Pops continued its 31st season in a return to the days when big bands ruled the dance floor with Tony Award nominee Montego Glover and Dave Bennett, clarinet, guest artists, joining the orchestra in an all-swing program, featuring a tribute to the 75th anniversary of Benny Goodman's legendary live recording at Carnegie Hall. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the event below!

Aurora Theatre continues the Aurora Swing Night concert series with Swing with the Stars of Les Mis tonight, November 2 at 8:00pm.

Tonight, November 1, 2013, The New York Pops continues its 31st season in a return to the days when big bands ruled the dance floor with Tony Award nominee Montego Glover and Dave Bennett, clarinet, guest artists, joining the orchestra in an all-swing program, featuring a tribute to the 75th anniversary of Benny Goodman's legendary live recording at Carnegie Hall.

La Orquesta Inestable esta cumpliendo 5 años de vida junto al Swing y lo festeja como siempre a pura musica y baile en distintos escenarios de la escena musical porteña.