The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-09
HAR lie IA
Grace Capitol of the Nation"
By FLOYD 6. SNELSON
"sWINGIN' THE DREAM"
By FLOYD g. SNELSON
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Center Theatre, demonstrated by the
current show now playing at the great
cdirfcc. | enjoyed the performance,
one OF the many versions Of the classic
works of the famous master, whom |
shall never forget, and who gave me
~o much scholastic pleasure while | was
carving his books to school. | must
admit that would have to make an
other review of "A Midsummer
NIGHTS Dream" in order to give a con-
els. accuracy of "Swingin' the Dream"
The iIustrious coIored and white cast
t~ Giving a splendid account Of their
talents in the many difficult roles
assigned to them.
PRINCIPALS: Benny Goodman
Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan,
lo~cph Holland, Ruth Ford, Cathryn
Laughin Eleanor Lynn, Boyd Craw-
ford, Jackie Mabley, Oscar Polk, Troy
Brown, Butterfly Mcqueen, Juan
Hernandez and Bill Bailey Anyway
tar house was packed to the rafters,
aud ! am certainly glad to see old
Broadway getting somewhat darker.
GILBERT SELDES, author of the
book explains: THE minute William
Shakespeare saw the first production of
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.,'''" VIII" ItIlleIlcall SWING should
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ba}r. narados ,t,oat danoa ,'i' ,IiI,l' al
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MOT an hy.to,; "t Lt e sll"I owing
n9, nat;yo charn' ' "f ~; - i"e.' "WrI I
a,tonisL;n, Jonao,. -" y. I.S OWL lie
cps from TT.IIo,, n.ha ,,,I' ',''U pay
bulk Of fine coyt ~ oxm "n? t mt up the
thn utmost # noyo,, ocor mt 'l tSa, Ill 70
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and that !, nrobahi, +ho kr'.4 9 .T,i It
do about ~Swin~in, tbo Dr ror t''''S to
BENNY GOODT IA i'' r"tn5 4,5,.
Il, the worlds groatolt a,..b l"teu 'oG I
producer and m,s;c;on ~ ,a5 L lt'ueI'
when he broke DOWN ', tbo ', n"I ni9IotH
the art of music He with his y lire 10
which incmJoS FIa at "n." ms ms S S
nIan;.+ '". LIoneII Hampton, vibra-
mu.ic fba 1''' lne SWING version IN
cpcoros aaIor 10 "'Ho'lo compare with
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the worlds aro 49, NV 4 known as
Warsaw - I IIs"le1 81 'rumPeter' from
ability i, r ,,UI H. h % displays ms
maoinatior '0'e ''l'' Is lar beyond
NATTTE o1rr rr,,,,-
tive FttIe ia. ~ = LII III AN, the dlm1nu-
world '' Ita, ,S'Nle VINO made the music
,vinat;n, ,'i Sat 70 attention with her
acr"1n t'' Of o GE1a dlttles' gives fine
BTrTTFpT TT' " 2e'I n III nr many numbers.
little oaI With ! L lnfS = hhN' the cute
scream a. fr. a oaoy TAX voice IS a
Sugar" and amni saw ne, ner IN Brown
OSCAR ' p az" In III bTother Rat"
dcmus, jackie I'M S1. Troy brown n:% NIco-
Herman Gro ~,e c HaoIey, Blll Bailey,
juan Fcrno grI,, U a3 de LaFontaine,
are all sasgo 'o% ana aIoerta Perkins,
first rank I seasoned "5aa performers of the
as biobiy J T"GSe works are well known
to tbe artis 4ti;s'lngulshed' which all add
IN THE G I3I CSE71s OF the play.
Fletcher HSnIa1
composer-mnsic G"o' ,s; the renowned
friend, buddin and moI my good
on Seventh p' 4va ana paI picked me up
liner La SaIia t tho Inn IN ms new stream
hadn't sea" b ;me e eIner afternoon, and
confded that he Is I n'n,. many moons. lie