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APRIL 2000
Callaway to SWING!
with POPS!
Ann Hampton Callaway, star of the hit Broadway musical Swing!, will be featured with Keith
Lockhart and the Boston Pops in their first appearance at Carnegie Hall in four years. Ms.
Callaway will join Mr. Lockhart and the orchestra for a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and a
performance of the jazz standard "Blues in the Night," which is featured in
Swing! The concert is scheduled for Saturday, April 8 at 8:00PM.
Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the most widely acclaimed singer/songwriters working in
pop/jazz today. She regularly plays Carnegie Hall, Town Hall and Lincoln Center, and sings
with the New York Pops. She penned the theme song "The Nanny Named Fran" for
CBS's The Nanny, Barbra Streisand's newest songs, "I Dreamed of You" and
"At The Same Time." She has just released her seventh CD entitled, Easy Living,
which features great American jazz standards with guest artist Wynton Marsalis, who also
appeared on her previous critically acclaimed CD, To Ella with Love.
Swing! is an all-singing, all-dancing musical celebration featuring world-class swing
dancers, a hot contemporary swing band and acclaimed jazz/pop singers, cutting loose to a
mix of new and classic swing songs. The show features over 30 dance numbers that reflect
the current neo-swing dances sweeping the country today, embracing West Coast,
Country-Western, Latin and Traditional Swing dancing.
Tickets for the Boston Pops at Carnegie Hall on April 8 are priced from $21-$86. Tickets
may be purchased at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (154 W. 57th Street), by calling
CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website:
www.CarnegieHall.com.
Swing! plays at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street), according to the following
schedule: Tuesday-Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 3:00PM. Tickets are $20 - $80 and are
available by calling Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250. Additionally, $20
Rush tickets will be sold at the Box Office for same-day performances. Special! to readers
of Talkin' Broadway. $55.00 tickets through TeleCharge. Use code: SWWTMAS.
