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''Swing!'' is a musical conceived by Paul Kelly with music by various artists. It celebrates the music of the Swing era of jazz (1930s–1946), including many well-known tunes by artists like Duke Ellington, William "Count" Basie, Benny Goodman and others. It received a nomination for the 2000 Tony Award for Best Musical and other Tony awards. ==Productions== ''Swing!'' premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on December 9, 1999 and closed on January 14, 2001, running for 461 performances. The director and choreographer was Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and the production was supervised by Jerry Zaks. Among the cast were Laura Benanti, Ann Hampton Callaway and Everett Bradley.〔Brantley, Ben. "Hit the Hot Notes and Watch 'Em Bounce", ''The New York Times'', December 10, 1999, p. E1〕 A US tour began Nov 20, 2000 at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.〔McBride, Murdoch.(Swing Closes Jan. 14 on Broadway; Touring Co. Gets Strong Start in L.A. ) playbill.com, January 14, 2001〕 The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera production, directed and choreographed by one of the original cast members, Dana Solimando, ran in June 2009.〔Carter, Alice.("Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's new show's got 'Swing!' ) ''Pittsburgh Tribune Review'', June 13, 2009〕 The original cast album was released by Sony Classical on January 18, 2000.〔(''Swing!'' ) amazon.co.uk. Retrieved January 4, 2009〕 The original cast album was nominated for a Grammy in the "Musical Show" category.〔()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swing!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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