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Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse (Robert Louis Fosse) , 1927-87, American choreographer and director, b. Chicago. Fosse first appeared on Broadway in Dance Me a Song (1950). He choreographed dances for The Pajama Game (1954), Damn Yankees (1955), and Pippin (1972). He also directed and choreographed the film ... Read more |
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Cabaret
CABARET USA, 1972 Director:Bob Fosse Production:Allied Artists Pictures, ABC Pictures; Technicolour; 35mm; running time: 123 minutes. Filmed on location in West Berlin and at Bavaria Atelier Gesellschaft, Munchen, West Germany. Producer:Cy Feuer; ... Read more |
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Graciela Daniele
Daniele, Graciela 1939-PERSONALBorn December 8, 1939, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; immigrated to the United States, 1963; daughter of Raul and Rosa (an actress and government secretary; maiden name, Almoina) Daniele; married Jules Fisher (a lighting designer). Education: Theatre Colon (Buenos Aires,... Read more |
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Fosse, (Robert Louis) Bob
Fosse, [Robert Louis] Bob (1927–87), choreographer and director...choreographing The Pajama Game (1954). Fosse was immediately recognized as a fresh...All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse, Martin Gottfried, 1990. |
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Dancin'
...featuring original dance pieces by Bob Fosse. [Broadhurst Theatre, 1,774 perf...John Philip Sousa for its music, Fosse devised a variety of “dance for dance...repeated in the Livent‐produced revue Fosse (1999) which ran for 1,100 performances... |
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Ballet in American Theatre
...1960s such choreographers as Robbins, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, and Michael Bennett came to the fore not merely to create...1978), Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk (1996), Fosse (1999), and Contact (2000). |
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Anna Christie
...musical NEW GIRL IN TOWN (1957) with a book by George Abbott and songs by Bob Merrill. With Gwen Verdon cast as Anna, the role became a dancing one, and Bob Fosse's choreography was quite ingenious. Cameron Prud'homme was Chris, George... |
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Redhead
...curiosity of a musical presented by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Redhead tried to combine music‐hall entertainment with a whodunit but ended up being another tailor‐made vehicle for Verdon, directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. |
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Verdon, (Gwyneth Evelyn) Gwen
...recognition came when she danced in Can‐Can (1953). Thereafter, she was starred in a series of musicals choreographed by Bob Fosse, to whom she was married for a time: Damn Yankees (1955), New Girl in Town (1957), Redhead (1959), Sweet Charity... |
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Chicago
...fellow murderess Velma Kelly. John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote the adaptation and the score and director‐choreographer Bob Fosse turned the sensational tale into a mock vaudeville show with the orchestra onstage and each number announced with sly commentary... |
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Pajama Game, The
...songwriters Adler and Ross and for co‐producers Hal Prince and Robert E. Griffith. In his first choreographic assignment, Bob Fosse showed the wit and imagination that led him to become a major name in American musicals. Long popular on regional stages... |
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Pippin
...experiment and less musical appeal . . . Pippin was a standout entertainment and stand‐in for the dormant avant garde.” Bob Fosse's stylized staging was a major factor in the show's success. Another reason was that the musical was one of the first... |
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Sweet Charity
...more memorable songs than many musicals of the time, with Verdon performing the dynamic choreography of her husband, Bob Fosse, it was often perceived as essentially a dance show. A successful 1986 revival starred Debbie Allen. |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Fosse: Bring on the dancing girls Explosive rhythms, dripping sensuality,...
Bob Fosse's widow and muse, Gwen Verdon, is looking...production (above) and pass on the classic Fosse techniques, from hat tricks and tapping...all the moves too." Taking on Hollywood Bob Fosse's first crack at a film was his version... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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All that `Fosse' ; Touring production of `Fosse' - a tribute musical to Bob...
The arrival tonight of "Fosse," the Bob Fosse tribute musical, raises an obvious...It shows so many different aspects of Bob. It's just a wonderful night of theater...see some surprising things, because Bob tap- danced and he had a deep ... |
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Bob Fosse, Broadway's gifted, glitzy master of razzle-dazzle
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... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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A bittersweet, cinematic dance with Bob Fosse.(Arts)
Bob Fosse always will be linked to Washington theater history by sheer mortality...Scheider enjoyed his last brush with cinematic luster by impersonating Bob Fosse for Bob Fosse. The director imagined a reflective Joe as the ... |
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Bob Fosse
...musical. Choreographer and director Bob Fosse revolutionized musical theater with...movement. Starting in the late 1950s, Fosse's style-characterized by subtle...1966 production of Sweet Charity, Fosse's choreography was a harbinger of... |
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Sweet Memories; The `Charity' Cast Mourn Bob Fosse
...was called onstage and informed that Bob Fosse had collapsed earlier that evening...I knew something was up, because Bob wasn't there," said Walker, 33...up in my dressing room, angry with Bob, and I don't know why. I was hitting... |
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The Fosse lexicon Ann Reinking offers an inside look at the special dance...
...dancer-director- choreographer Bob Fosse and she is instantly on...very good understanding of the Fosse style," said Reinking...Indian finger positions." Fosse also built a distinctive vocabulary...A sports enthusiast, Fosse also found ... |
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Bob Fosse Dies After Collapsing On D.C. Street
Bob Fosse, 60, the eight-time Tony award-winning...Charity" opened here at the National Theatre. Fosse led rehearsals of the musical, which was...of the show. {See review, Page C1.} Fosse was taken to George Washington Hospital... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Fascinating 'Fosse' First-rate talent, amazing choreography make for...
...Helbig Daily Herald Correspondent Bob Fosse was an amazingly talented showman...turned director for stage and screen, Fosse had done it all at one time or another...we are just talking musicals here. Fosse also directed, "Lenny," the best... |
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All that Bob! Touring tribute to legendary Fosse coming to Braden Auditorium...
...the revue-style format of "Fosse," which debuted on Broadway...2000. And all of the familiar Fosse props and poses will be on view...In other words, the whole Fosse works ... and all that jazz...F' Red-letter dates in Bob Fosse's career: ... |
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