'Fosse' comes alive with choreographer's spirit

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: January 6, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

'Fosse' comes alive with choreographer's spirit

By DAMIEN JAQUES

Journal Sentinel theater critic

Sunday, January 6, 2002

Bob Fosse choreographed 11 Broadway musicals. He won Tony Awards for eight of them.

Fosse is the only director to win a Tony, Emmy and Oscar in the same year. In 1973, he won for "Pippin," "Liza With a Z" and "Cabaret," respectively.

It's no wonder that an anthology of some of his most spectacular work was formed into a dance revue, appropriately titled "Fosse," and it's not surprising that it won the 1999 Tony for best musical. Perhaps Fosse should have changed his first ...

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