It was a great time in the country’s history. World War II was over. The music was jazzy, brassy, upbeat and swing. And it was as if the whole nation was tuned in to the same sound. The bands were big ...
They weren’t doing “The Locomotion,” but there were many dancers among the trains at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg Saturday. Swing dancers moved to the music of the Moonlighters big ...
A brassy tribute to the 1940s swing era, “In The Mood,” is a big-band music revue that has been touring all over the world — and now, in its 21st year the show makes its first stopover in New Orleans ...
To the delight of Hepcats, Lindy Hoppers and lovers of Swing Jazz, the brassy, all-singing, all-dancing, all-American 1940s musical revue, In The Mood is coming to Houston in celebration of its 20th ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Fleur Seule plays Swing Era hits and Jazz standards that will transport you ...
Mill Mountain Theatre’s slow, careful comeback kicks, jitterbugs and Lindy Hops into a higher gear when the 1940s song and dance revue “Swing!” opens Wednesday. The professional theater, shuttered in ...
Rhapsody of Swing celebrates the rhythms and history of jazz. It’s set in a magic realist version of 1940s New Orleans where music is power. Historical figures like the iconic poet Langston Hughes ...
The Swingin’ Blue Stars will perform April 8 at Summerset Orchards Lodge, 770 Centennial Place. The talented singers from the East Bay perform close harmony, swing style music, originally songs that ...
A 1940s-style swing dance will be held at the Freeland Public Park Pavilion from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. The dance is the latest of the free Friday evening concerts in the historic Pavilion. Music for ...