'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!
| Year | Category | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Best Musical |
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