Theatre: Tough guys really do dance Choreographer and director Bob Fosse revolutionised musical staging and his screen version of Cabaret won eight Oscars. As a compilation of his hits opens, his star dancer Gwen Verdon assesses a unique talent

From: The Independent - London | Date: January 26, 2000| Author: Nadine Meisner | Copyright information

"Give 'em the old razzle dazzle," go the cynical lyrics in Fred Ebb's Chicago, the 1975 musical originally conceived, choreographed and directed by Bob Fosse, now two years into its London revival. Right now, though, it is show business's frayed underside that is on view as I walk into the Prince of Wales Theatre. Another Fosse- derived show, Fosse, is chafing at the starting-post, and the place looks a mess. I am interviewing Gwen Verdon; precariously I follow her black-trousered, slender, 7...

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