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| First Preview: | Nov 02, 1999 |
Total Previews: | 43 |
| Opening Date: | Dec 09, 1999 |
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| Closing Date: | Jan 14, 2001 |
Total Performances: | 461 |
| Production Staff |
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| Theatre Owned / Operated by Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director) |
| Produced by Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Steven Baruch, Thomas Viertel, Lorie Cowen Levy, Stanley Shopkorn and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with BB Promotion, Dede Harris, Jeslo Productions, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Glick, Douglas L. Meyer, James D. Stern, PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. and SFX Entertainment, Inc.; Associate Producer: TV Asahi, Hankyu Group, Mars Theatrical Productions and Judith Marinoff |
| Music orchestrated by Harold Wheeler; Musical Director: Jonathan Smith; Music arranged by Everett Bradley, Ann Hampton Callaway, Jon C. Cowherd, Yaron Gershovsky, Ian Herman, Casey MacGill, Michael Rafter, Jonathan Smith and Jeanine Tesori; Featuring songs by Duke Ellington ("It Don't Mean A Thing...," "Jersey Bounce," "Hit Me With a Hot Note...," "Bli-Blip," "Caravan" and "Dancers in Love" ), Irving Mills ("It Don't Mean A Thing..." ), Benny Goodman ("Air Mail Special" and "Stompin' at the Savoy"), James R. Mundy ("Air Mail Special"), Charles Christian ("Air Mail Special"), B. Plater ("Jersey Bounce"), T. Bradshaw ("Jersey Bounce"), B. Feyhe ("Jersey Bounce"), Don George ("Opus One" and "Hit Me With a Hot Note..."), Johnny Hodges ("Opus One"), Harry James ("Opus One"), Count Basie ("Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "Shout and Feel It" ), Don Raye ("Bounce Me Brother..." and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" ), Hughie Prince ("Bounce Me Brother..." and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" ), Ann Hampton Callaway ("Two and Four"), Casey MacGill ("Rhythm," "Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out" and "I'm Gonna Love You Tonight"), Everett Bradley ("Throw That Girl Around" and "Show Me What You Got"), Ilene Reid ("Throw That Girl Around" ), Jonathan Smith ("Show Me What You Got," "Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out" and "Boogie Woogie Country"), Sid Kuller ("Bli-Blip"), Hoagy Carmichael ("Billy-A-Dick"), Paul Francis Webster ("Billy-A-Dick"), Earl Hagen ("Harlem Nocturne"), Lynne Taylor-Corbett ("Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out"), Paul Kelly ("Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out"), Johnny Mercer ("GI Jive" and "Blues in the Night"), Edgar DeLange ("A String of Pearls"), Jerry Gray ("A String of Pearls"), Mack Gordon ("I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo"), Harry Warren ("I've Got a Girl in Kalamazoo"), Mack David ("Candy"), Joan Whitney ("Candy"), Alex J. Kramer ("Candy"), Jack Murphy ("I'm Gonna Love You Tonight" and "Boogie Woogie Country"), Sammy Fain ("I'll Be Seeing You"), Irving Kahal ("I'll Be Seeing You"), Joe Garland ("In the Mood"), Lew Brown ("Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"), Sam H. Stept ("Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"), Charlie Tobias ("Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"), Walter Bishop ("Swing, Brother, Swing"), Lewis Raymond ("Swing, Brother, Swing"), Clarence Williams ("Swing, Brother, Swing"), Juan Tizol ("Caravan"), Arthur Hamilton ("Cry Me A River"), Harold Arlen ("Blues in the Night"), Bob Wills ("Take Me Back to Tulsa" and "Stay a Little Longer"), Tommy Duncan ("Take Me Back to Tulsa" and "Stay a Little Longer"), Seymour Simons ("All of Me"), Gerald Marks ("All of Me"), Dorothy Fields ("I Won't Dance"), Otto A. Harbach ("I Won't Dance"), Jimmy McHugh ("I Won't Dance"), Jerome Kern ("I Won't Dance"), Oscar Hammerstein II ("I Won't Dance"), Bill Elliott ("Bill's Bounce"), Edgar Sampson ("Stompin' at the Savoy"), Chick Webb ("Stompin' at the Savoy"), Andy Razaf ("Stompin' at the Savoy"), Michael Heitzman, E. Johnson, Louis Prima and Leon Berry; Additional lyrics by Ann Hampton Callaway ("Bli-Blip," "All of Me," "I Won't Dance" and "Stompin' at the Savoy" ), Seán Martin Hingston ("Billy-A-Dick") and Lynne Taylor-Corbett (""I'm Gonna Love You Tonight") |
| Conceived by Paul Kelly; Directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett; Choreographed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett; Production supervised by Jerry Zaks; Associate Choreographer and Lindy Specialist: Ryan Francois; Associate Choreographer: Scott Fowler and Rod McCune |
| Scenic Design by Thomas Lynch; Costume Design by William Ivey Long; Lighting Design by Kenneth Posner; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Assistant Lighting Design: Jeff Nellis and Michael Jones; Associate Costume Design: Jennifer Arnold and Christine Field; Assistant Costume Design: Robert J. Martin and Melissa Schlachtmeyer; Associate Sound Design: Janet Smith; Associate Lighting Design: Martin Vreeland |
| General Manager: Richard Frankel Productions and Joe Watson; Company Manager: Kim Sellon |
| Production Manager: Peter Fulbright; Production Stage Manager: Karen Armstrong; Stage Manager: Tripp Phillips; Assistant Stage Mgr: Donna A. Drake; Technical Supervisor: Tech Production Services, Inc., Elliot Bertoni and Eric Hansen |
| Musical Supervisor: Michael Rafter; Musical Coordinator: John Miller; Band: The Gotham City Gates; Conducted by Jonathan Smith; Associate Conductor: Douglas Oberhamer; Piano/Keyboard: Jonathan Smith; Guitars: Dan Hovey; Bass: Conrad Korsch; Drums/Percussion: Scott Neumann; Woodwinds: Matt Hong; Trumpet: Douglas Oberhamer; Trombone: Steve Armour; Music Preparation: Emily Grishman Music Preparation |
| Aerial Flying by Antigravity, Inc. |
| Casting: Carol Hanzel & Associates; West Coast Casting Director: Pamela Cooper; Casting Consultant: Johnson-Liff Associates; Press Representative: Helene Davis Publicity; Dance Captain: Rod McCune; Advertising: Serino Coyne, Inc.; Marketing: TMG Marketing & Publicity and The Walton Group; Rehearsal Assistant to Mr. Zaks: Marc Bruni; Promotions: Keith Hurd |
| 2000 Tony Award® Best Musical |
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| | Produced by Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Steven Baruch, Thomas Viertel, Lorie Cowen Levy, Stanley Shopkorn and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with BB Promotion, Dede Harris, Jeslo Productions, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Glick, Douglas L. Meyer, James D. Stern, PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. and SFX Entertainment, Inc. [nominee] | | 2000 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Musical |
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| | Laura Benanti [nominee] |
| | Ann Hampton Callaway [nominee] |
| 2000 Tony Award® Best Choreography |
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| | Lynne Taylor-Corbett [nominee] |
| 2000 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Musical |
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| | Lynne Taylor-Corbett [nominee] |
| 2000 Tony Award® Best Orchestrations |
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| | Harold Wheeler [nominee] |
| 2000 Theatre World Award |
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 | Everett Bradley [winner] |
| Ann Hampton Callaway [winner] |
| 2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New Musical |
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| | Produced by Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Steven Baruch, Thomas Viertel, Lorie Cowen Levy, Stanley Shopkorn and Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President; Paul Libin: Producing Director; Jack Viertel: Creative Director); Produced in association with BB Promotion, Dede Harris, Jeslo Productions, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Glick, Douglas L. Meyer, James D. Stern, PACE Theatrical Group, Inc. and SFX Entertainment, Inc. [nominee] | | 2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Choreography |
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| | Lynne Taylor-Corbett [nominee] |
| 2000 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Orchestrations |
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| | Harold Wheeler [nominee] |
| ACT 1 | |
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
(music by Duke Ellington; lyrics by Irving Mills) | |
Airmail Special
(music by Benny Goodman, James R. Mundy and Charles Christian) | |
Jersey Bounce
(music by Duke Ellington, B. Feyhe, E. Johnson, T. Bradshaw and B. Plater) | |
Opus One
(music by Don George, Johnny Hodges and Harry James) | |
Jumpin at the Woodside
(music by Count Basie) | |
Bounce Me, Brother (with a Solid Four) (from BUCK PRIVATES film)
(music by Don Raye and Hughie Prince; lyrics by Don Raye and Hughie Prince) | |
Two and Four
(music by Ann Hampton Callaway) | |
Hit Me with a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce
(music by Duke Ellington; lyrics by Don George) | |
Rhythm
(music by Casey MacGill) | |
Throw That Girl Around
(music by Everett Bradley, Ilene Reid and Michael Heitzman; lyrics by Everett Bradley, Ilene Reid and Michael Heitzman) | |
Show Me What You Got
(music by Jonathan Smith and Everett Bradley) | |
Bli-Blip (from JUMP FOR JOY)
(music by Duke Ellington; lyrics by Sid Kuller) | |
Billy-A-Dick
(music by Hoagy Carmichael; lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and Seán Martin Hingston) | |
Harlem Nocturne
(music by Earl Hagen and Dick Rogers) | |
Kitchen Mechanics' Night Out
(music by Jonathan Smith, Paul Kelly, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Casey MacGill; lyrics by Jonathan Smith, Paul Kelly, Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Casey MacGill) | |
Shout and Feel It
(music by Count Basie) | |
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (of Company B) (from BUCK PRIVATES film)
(music by Don Raye and Hughie Prince; lyrics by Don Raye and Hughie Prince) | |
G.I. Jive
(music by Johnny Mercer; lyrics by Johnny Mercer) | |
A String of Pearls
(music by Jerry Gray; lyrics by Eddie de Lange) | |
I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
(music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Mack Gordon) | |
Candy
(music by Mack David, Joan Whitney and Alex J. Kramer; lyrics by Mack David, Joan Whitney and Alex J. Kramer) | |
I'm Gonna Love You Tonight
(music by Casey MacGill; lyrics by Jack Murphy) | |
I'll Be Seeing You (from RIGHT THIS WAY)
(music by Sammy Fain; lyrics by Irving Kahal) | |
In the Mood
(music by Joe Garland; lyrics by Andy Razaf) | |
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
(music by Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept and Charlie Tobias; lyrics by Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept and Charlie Tobias) | |
| ACT 2 | |
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Swing, Brother, Swing
(music by Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond and Clarence Williams; lyrics by Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond and Clarence Williams) | |
Caravan
(music by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington; lyrics by Irving Mills) | |
Dancers in Love
(music by Duke Ellington) | |
Cry Me a River
(music by Arthur Hamilton; lyrics by Arthur Hamilton) | |
Blues in the Night
(music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer) | |
Take Me Back to Tulsa/Stay a Little Longer
(music by Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan) | |
Boogie Woogie Country
(music by Jack Murphy and Jonathan Smith) | |
All of Me
(music by Gerald Marks; lyrics by Seymour Simons) | |
I Won't Dance (from ROBERTA, film)
(music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Dorothy Fields and Ann Hampton Callaway) | |
Bill's Bounce
(music by Bill Elliott) | |
Stompin' at the Savoy
(music by Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson and Chick Webb; lyrics by Ann Hampton Callaway and Andy Razaf) | |
Swing, Brother, Swing (Reprise)
(music by Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond and Clarence Williams; lyrics by Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond and Clarence Williams) | |
Sing, Sing, Sing
(music by Louis Prima, Andy Razaf and Leon Berry; lyrics by Louis Prima, Andy Razaf and Leon Berry) | |
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Reprise)
(music by Duke Ellington; lyrics by Irving Mills) | |
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