Swing! Stars Make New York
TV Appearances This Week
February 15, 2000
Playbill Online
Cast members from the
all-dance Broadway musical Swing! can be seen on television this week in New York City and
the tri-state area. The three appearances began late yesterday with Ann Hampton Callaway
being interviewed on the Time Warner late night cable show, "Broadway Beat," on
Feb. 14.
Next to appear on the small
screen will be Swing! dancers Kristine Bendul, Beverly Durand, Aldrin Gonzalez and Robert
Royston when they appear with Star Jones of ABC Television's "The View." The
Broadway cast will give Jones a swing dance lesson on Feb. 15. Swing's band, the Gotham
City Gates will serve as the "house band" during the show. The program airs live
at 11AM (local time) in New York City.
Finally, on Feb. 17, Fox
5's "Good Day New York" will be broadcasting for two hours from the St. James
Theatre. Swing! stars Laura Benanti and Everett Bradley as well as dancers Carol Bentley,
Beverly Durand, Aldrin Gonzalez and Scott Fowler will be present. The Gotham City Gates
will perform "Bill's Bounce" (written by Bill Elliott) as the dancers perform
the spectacular "bungee number" from Swing!. This show airs in the tri-state
area Feb. 17, 7-9 AM, on Fox Channel 5.
As reported earlier, the
high energy, all-dance nod to the worldwide Swing phenomenon stars composer and song
stylist Ann Hampton Callaway in her Broadway debut, with direction and choreography by
Taylor-Corbett. The production was supervised by the Tony Award-winning director Jerry
Zaks.
The vocalists of Swing!
include Laura Benanti, Everett Bradley and Ann Hampton Callaway, with Casey MacGill. The
dancers include: Laureen Baldovi, Carol Bentley, Caitlin Carter, Geralyn Del Corso,
Beverly Durand, Scott Fowler, Ryan Francois, Edgar Godineaux, Aldrin Gonzales, Robert
Royston, Carlos Sierra-Lopez, Jenny Thomas, Keith Lamelle Thomas, Maria Torres and Michael
Gruber.
Tickets for the Broadway
show range $20-$75. Swing! is playing on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, where it
opened Dec. 8. The St. James is located at 246 West 44th Street. For information call
Telecharge at (212) 239 6200.
-- By Murdoch McBride
