IN THE MOOD to Play bergenPAC, 4/19
In The Mood celebrates America's Greatest Generation through the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskine Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and other idols of the 1940s. In The Mood takes a look at America's Swing Era, the last time when everyone listened and danced to the same style of music. It recreates defining moments from the 1930s/1940s - from the happy-go-lucky era before WWII - to the start of the war when thousands of our youth were going abroad to defend our freedoms - and longing for the end of the war when loved ones would be reunited. The music arrangements of these American songs evoke powerful emotions even in people who were born decades after WWII.
Creator and producer Bud Forrest is a Juilliard trained pianist and conductor who served as accompanist for the official U.S. Air Force chorus The Singing Sergeants. He compiled the greatest music from the swing era into a revue about the big band era and the influence of this music before, during, and after the WWII years. The second act is experienced as a moving tribute to those who fought in the war and to all veterans - even today's.
Now in its 22nd season of touring, In The Mood is a phenomenon among touring shows. Performances have taken place all across America, Canada, New Zealand, The Netherlands and 2 sold-out tours of Australia. For the fourth year stage director and highly-in-demand choreographer, Alex Sanchez, a veteran of 11 Broadway shows, is set to bring the In The Mood Singers and Dancers alive with his staging and choreography.
With the music and music arrangements, costumes, choreography, singers, dancers and a live big band, In The Mood is as authentic as it gets.
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