Musical revue to revisit sounds of the Big Band era

In the Mood: A 1940s Big-Band Music Revue will be presented at the Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd. on Friday, March 27 at 2pm and 7:30pm. The show, in its 21st year, is a fully staged tribute to Glenn Miller, The Andrews Sisters, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Harry James, Erskine Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra and other idols of the ’40s.
Complete with authentic costumes, music arrangements and choreography, In The Mood pays homage to those who fought WWII and a time when Americans listened and boogie-woogied to up-tempo Big-Band rhythms and danced cheek-to-cheek to intimate ballads.
In The Mood boasts a cast of 19 on stage: the 13-piece String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra and six singer-dancers performing over 50 hits, including “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “Well, Get It,” “Sing, Sing Sing,” “On The Sunny Side of the Street.” ­
Creator and producer Bud Forrest is a Juilliard-trained pianist and conductor who served as accompanist for the Air Force chorus The Singing Sergeants. The show also captures the feel of the 1940s in part because of the involvement of the late Vic Schoen as its primary arranger. Schoen created the musical arrangements for the entire career of the Andrews Sisters. He was one of the seminal creators of the swing-era sound which he imbued into In the Mood.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com .
For more information about the show, visit artbeatshows.org or inthemoodlive.com . For venue information, visit longbeachcc.com .
Source: Artbeat, Inc.