Ann Hampton Callaway, star of the hit Broadway musical Swing!, will be featured with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops in their first appearance at Carnegie Hall in four years. Ms. Callaway will join Mr. Lockhart and the orchestra for a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and a performance of the jazz standard "Blues in the Night," which is featured in Swing! The concert is scheduled for Saturday, April 8 at 8:00PM.

Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the most widely acclaimed singer/songwriters working in pop/jazz today. She regularly plays Carnegie Hall, Town Hall and Lincoln Center, and sings with the New York Pops. She penned the theme song "The Nanny Named Fran" for CBS's The Nanny, Barbra Streisand's newest songs, "I Dreamed of You" and "At The Same Time." She has just released her seventh CD entitled, Easy Living, which features great American jazz standards with guest artist Wynton Marsalis, who also appeared on her previous critically acclaimed CD, To Ella with Love.

Swing! is an all-singing, all-dancing musical celebration featuring world-class swing dancers, a hot contemporary swing band and acclaimed jazz/pop singers, cutting loose to a mix of new and classic swing songs. The show features over 30 dance numbers that reflect the current neo-swing dances sweeping the country today, embracing West Coast, Country-Western, Latin and Traditional Swing dancing.

Tickets for the Boston Pops at Carnegie Hall on April 8 are priced from $21-$86. Tickets may be purchased at the Carnegie Hall Box Office (154 W. 57th Street), by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website: www.CarnegieHall.com.

Siwng! plays at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street), according to the following schedule: Tuesday-Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 3:00PM. Tickets are $20 - $80 and are available by calling Telecharge at (212) 239-6200 or (800) 432-7250. Additionally, $20 Rush tickets will be sold at the Box Office for same-day performances. Special! to readers of Talkin' Broadway. $55.00 tickets through TeleCharge. Use code: SWWTMAS.

Tidbits:

• Caught a great production of Visiting Mr. Green out Vegas way at the Las Vegas Little Theatre. If you live there or are visiting head on over and see why the crowds are cheering. Scheduled to close April 2nd, the play has been extended an additional week through April 8. Starring Peter James and Bowd Beal, performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, Sundays at 2PM. $12.00 Call 702-362-7996 as reservations are a must. Located just off the strip near the Rio and Gold Coast casinos at 3844 Schiff Drive.

• The Chicago Shuffle...it's hard keeping up with the Velmas and Roxies! There'll be changes in the next few weeks but the current killer dillers are Charlotte d'Amboise and Donna Marie Asbury.

• Time Magazine reported that there is a feud on Broadway between Jackie Mason and Dame Edna Everage. What a hoot! Mason claims Edna is playing to half-empty houses while he's selling out nightly. Fact is they're both doing well at the Box Office. Wouldn't it be fun to have them both present a Tony at this year's awards?

• Gotta love the pull-quote Moon For the Misbegotten is using in their advertising, "Swoon For the Misbegotten", attributed to Jeffrey Lyons of WNBC-TV. Cherry Jones, Gabriel Byrne and Roy Dotrice star in this unqualified hit of the season at the Walter Kerr.

• Seth Rudetsky is building quite a cabaret and Broadway following at his weekly Seth's Chatterbox at Don't Tell Mama. Each week he has a couple stars show up for his fun-fest. It's only 10 bucks plus a 2 drink minimum and the proceeds go to BC/EFA. It's become a weekly event for some of our All That Chatters. Thursdays at 6 PM...be there! Reservations (212) 757-0788.

• Aida got scathing reviews from the New York rags and our own critic, Thomas Burke, was none too nice either. However, in today's NY Times ABC listings the show is using the quote: "Hip and spectacular!" attributed to the Variety review. Disney is pretty much critic-proof but one thing that was unanimous in all the reviews is the glowing performance given by Heather Headley.

• Critics! Who needs them anyway? Mel Brooks once said what he thought of critics, "They're very noisy at night. You can't sleep in the country because of them." When told that he was being questioned about critics, not crickets Brooks corrected himself, "Oh, critics! What good are they? They can't make music with their hind legs."