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Bob Fosse, Broadway's gifted, glitzy master of razzle-dazzle
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All His Jazz
The Life and Death of Bob Fosse.
By Martin Gottfried. Bantam. $24.95.
`All that jazz" is both the title of choreographer-director Bob
Fosse's most autobiographical movie and the opening number of
"Chicago," his darkest, most cynical Broadway show. That jaunty,
sardonic phrase sums up one aspect of Fosse's attitude towards his
work, a mingled affection and contempt for the flashy theatrical
pyrotechnics of which he was a master, the razzle-dazzle that made
him one of Broad...
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Fosse's friends and lovers pay him a moving tribute
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Bob Fosse is back in his hometown. It has been 12 years since Fosse, Broadway's most theatrical postwar choreographer, died on a Washington, D.C., street in the arms of his wife, collaborator and muse, Gwen Verdon. His bad heart failed him. Perhaps the heart gave out because he had put so much of
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Body of work // Fosse's steamy style remembered
Chicago Sun-Times
; "I'm really basically lazy. The only way I can combat it is to remind myself that if I ever stop I'll never get started again." Bob Fosse Finding new ways to move the body was the life work of the late choreographer Bob Fosse. In life, as in the dances he created, he literally never stopped moving.
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A bittersweet, cinematic dance with Bob Fosse.(Arts)
The Washington Times
; Bob Fosse always will be linked to Washington theater history by sheer mortality. Ten years ago, he suffered a fatal coronary while leaving the National Theatre with Gwen Verdon, his third wife and most celebrated theatrical muse and collaborator. They had been at a rehearsal for the touring
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A RAZZLE-DAZZLE `FOSSE' IT'S SLICK, BEAUTIFUL, BUT LACKS SOUL
The Boston Globe
; Few Broadway choreog raphers' careers, in fact, few Broadway careers, begin to rival Bob Fosse's. He danced, directed, and choreographed a couple of dozen of the most memorable musicals and musical movies between the 1950s and 1980s, winning Tonys for "The Pajama Game," "Damn Yankees," "Redhead,"
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'Fosse' is a few steps short
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; 'Fosse' is a few steps short Even before Bob Fosse's untimely death in 1987, there was always the risk that his brilliant choreography would be reduced to trademarks such as the cocked wrists, bowler hats and knock knees that make his style easy to recognize. The dancers who knew Fosse best
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'Fosse' dances in master's footsteps.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald
; Fosse at the Colonial Theatre, Boston, through Feb. 13. It may be freezing outside, but the Colonial Theatre is running on Steam Heat. Thursday night marked the return of Fosse, the Tony Award-winning music-and-dance tribute to one of the masters of character-driven dance, Bob Fosse. And while the
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'Fosse': The Dances That Smoke
The Washington Post
; "Fosse," which opened Wednesday night at the National Theatre, showcases the dazzling, snake-sinuous, lizard-quick choreography of the bad-boy genius Bob Fosse. Aggressively free of sentiment, reverence and illusion, Fosse is forever associated with the great acrid musical "Cabaret," the 1972 film
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ENERGETIC CAST BRINGS HEAT TO 'FOSSE'.(TRIAD/STATE)(Review)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; Byline: LESLIE MIZELL Special to the News & Record GREENSBORO -- There might be two dozen dancers on stage, but Fosse is a one-man show. The dance revue celebrates Bob ...
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Cover Story; More than a memory; 'Fosse' arrives to reanimate the choreographer.
The Boston Herald
; One of the most inventive and highly praised numbers in the 1955 Broadway show Damn Yankees was Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo., a ballet that cleverly turned the movements of a baseball team into an acrobatic caper. Like its choreographer, Bob Fosse, the dance was uniquely American, a complex
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Bob Fosse
Dance Teacher
; This jazz man injected swagger, nuance and desire into the American musical. Choreographer and director Bob Fosse revolutionized musical theater with his sinewy, provocative movement. Starting in the late 1950s, Fosse's style-characterized by subtle yet compelling movements, such as isolated hip
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