"Club Swing" Evokes Big Band Era

Five by Design’s “Club Swing” follows the rise and fall of the big band era at the fictional club in the Hotel Crosby.

The Stork Club, the Copa, the Cocoanut Grove and Club Swing were formerly the hottest spots to see great entertainment. Only the once-magnificent Club Swing is left standing and now the wrecking ball is poised to strike her down. Can Joe Sullivan, the club’s bartender, prevent this tragedy from occurring?

A long-forgotten neon sign flares to life, illuminating palm trees and the art deco bar, magically restoring Club Swing to her former splendor.

From the frenetic opening of Benny Goodman’s “Bugle Call Rag” to the show’s blockbuster finale of Louis Prima’s “Sing, Sing, Sing,” “Club Swing” celebrates the songs, events and personalities that defined American popular culture during the swing era.