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BOB FOSSE
(Co-Author, Original Director, and Choreographer)
A director, choreographer, dancer, and actor for films and stage, Fosse was especially famous for his innovative and spectacular staging, with the emphasis on exhilarating dance sequences. Bob Fosse began his career in Chicago where he studied ballet, tap, and acrobatic dance from an early age. While still a teenager, he performed with a partner as the Riff Brothers in vaudeville and burlesque theatres. After graduating from high school in 1945, he spent two years in the U.S. Navy before moving to New York and studying acting at the American Theatre Wing. He then toured in the chorus of various productions before making his Broadway debut in the musical revue DANCE ME A SONG. As a dancer, he performed in two long-running musicals, CALL ME MISTER and MAKE MINE MANHATTAN, followed by such Hollywood films as GIVE A GIRL A BREAK and KISS ME KATE. As a choreographer, his first show-stopping number was Steam Heat from THE PAJAMA GAME. This he followed with such hits as DAMN YANKEES with Gwen Verdon, BELLS ARE RINGING with Judy Holiday, NEW GIRL IN TOWN again with Gwen Verdon, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING with Robert Morse. He began his career as a director and choreographer with REDHEAD with Gwen Verdon, LITTLE ME with Sid Caesar, and two more Gwen Verdon musicals, SWEET CHARITY and CHICAGO. He also staged the innovative musical smash PIPPIN, the highly successful dance revue DANCIN', and the 1986 musical BIG DEAL. For the screen, Fosse directed the films SWEET CHARITY with Shirley MacLaine, ALL THAT JAZZ with Roy Scheider, LENNY with Dustin Hoffman, STAR 80 with Eric Roberts, and, most spectacularly, CABARET with Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. n 1973, Bob Fosse had the distinction of winning the three highest awards in three different media. He won a Tony Award for the musical PIPPIN, an Oscar for the film CABARET, and an Emmy Award for the television special LIZA WITH A Z. In 1960, he married his third wife, Gwen Verdon. From that union came his only child, a daughter Nicole. During the Washington D.C. run of one of his most successful shows, SWEET CHARITY, he died of a heart attack. This occurred shortly before the curtain went up on the night of September 23, 1987.
(Co-Author, Original Director, and Choreographer)
A director, choreographer, dancer, and actor for films and stage, Fosse was especially famous for his innovative and spectacular staging, with the emphasis on exhilarating dance sequences. Bob Fosse began his career in Chicago where he studied ballet, tap, and acrobatic dance from an early age. While still a teenager, he performed with a partner as the Riff Brothers in vaudeville and burlesque theatres. After graduating from high school in 1945, he spent two years in the U.S. Navy before moving to New York and studying acting at the American Theatre Wing. He then toured in the chorus of various productions before making his Broadway debut in the musical revue DANCE ME A SONG. As a dancer, he performed in two long-running musicals, CALL ME MISTER and MAKE MINE MANHATTAN, followed by such Hollywood films as GIVE A GIRL A BREAK and KISS ME KATE. As a choreographer, his first show-stopping number was Steam Heat from THE PAJAMA GAME. This he followed with such hits as DAMN YANKEES with Gwen Verdon, BELLS ARE RINGING with Judy Holiday, NEW GIRL IN TOWN again with Gwen Verdon, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING with Robert Morse. He began his career as a director and choreographer with REDHEAD with Gwen Verdon, LITTLE ME with Sid Caesar, and two more Gwen Verdon musicals, SWEET CHARITY and CHICAGO. He also staged the innovative musical smash PIPPIN, the highly successful dance revue DANCIN', and the 1986 musical BIG DEAL. For the screen, Fosse directed the films SWEET CHARITY with Shirley MacLaine, ALL THAT JAZZ with Roy Scheider, LENNY with Dustin Hoffman, STAR 80 with Eric Roberts, and, most spectacularly, CABARET with Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. n 1973, Bob Fosse had the distinction of winning the three highest awards in three different media. He won a Tony Award for the musical PIPPIN, an Oscar for the film CABARET, and an Emmy Award for the television special LIZA WITH A Z. In 1960, he married his third wife, Gwen Verdon. From that union came his only child, a daughter Nicole. During the Washington D.C. run of one of his most successful shows, SWEET CHARITY, he died of a heart attack. This occurred shortly before the curtain went up on the night of September 23, 1987.
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