Swingin' the Dream

(2021)

Year: 2021

Runtime: 52 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Andrew Brooks

Cast: Kwame Kwei-Armah, Альфред Клей, Эндрю Френч, Кеми-Бо Джейкобс, Корнелл Джон, Джорджия Лэндерс, Zara McFarlane, Mogali Masuku, Baker Mukasa, Anne Odeke

Plot

A concert of a work in progress including original music and songs from the 1939 production telling the story of an intriguing Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare. This jazz-infused version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream opened in 1939 with a heady mixture of talent, including Louis Armstrong and Maxine Sullivan, and musical contributions from Count Basie and Benny Goodman.