All Night Strut:a Jumpin' Jivin' Jam at Mainstage Theatre

This new musical version of "a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000004"The All Night Strut!/a" is a circus, an American musical, a dance spectacle all fused with hip hop, jazz, tap and Swing bringing you a fantastic theatrical event.nbsp; Coda, a minstrel clown with spiky hair and magical powers guides the audience through seven movements of a sizzling revue told through innovative song and dance.nbsp; The All Night Strut! features music of the Great Depression, World War II and the post-war boom with legendary songwriters like Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Loesser and Kern showcased with new arrangements and dance numbers from Busby Berkeley-style tap to dancin' in the street.brHedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun Times describes it:nbsp; "It's a 1940s USO dance-hall extravaganza full of lindy hoppers, it's a smoky jazz club, it's a Latin dance party with more sizzle than a jalapeno ... all this in one faster-than-the-speed-of-light two hour show ? a crazy metabolism-boosting danceathon with vocals?like an express train bound for this very moment."br