Holiday Show at the Swing Club
December 11 through 31, 2007
Created by Matthew Decker and Erin Reilly
Directed by Matthew Decker
Synopsis
Theatre Horizon takes you back to New Year's Eve 1943 at the Swing Club, the hottest nightspot in town! Featuring the Jimmy Goodshaw Five playing music from the Big Band era, these jazz standards and holiday favorites recall the time where the swinging sound of Glenn Miller, Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland ruled the radio.
Performances at the Centre Theatre
280 DeKalb Street, Norristown, PA
Reviews
The Broad Street Review says...
"On the cusp of the New Year, Theatre Horizon lives up to its name with an earnest and energetic production that just might show the way toward our own era's redemption."
". [Theatre] Horizon's concept began to take hold and cast its own particular spell."
The Philadelphia CityPaper says...
"Erin Reilly leads the young cast as June, Jimmy's partner, performing "Why Don't You Do Right?" and a jaunty version of the too-often maudlin "I'll Be Seeing You" with professional polish."
"Times have certainly changed, but this show's Swing Era music - performed live and loud, the way it oughta be - heats up a cold December evening just fine."
The Philadelphia Inquirer says...
"With Powell's velvet croon, bedroom eyes, and good-natured grin, he leas the troupe like a pro, transporting us from the troubles of the day"
