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That's Dancin': Fosse on Broadway
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"Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from "Big Deal," 1986)
Music and lyrics by Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
Performer: Ben Vereen

"Fosse's World"
Music by G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
Staged by Ann Reinking
Performers: Ben Vereen, Ann Reinking, Ken Alan, and The Company

"Bye Bye Blackbird" (from the TV special LIZA WITH A Z, 1972)
Music by Ray Henderson, lyrics by Mort Dixon
Performers: Ben Vereen and The Company

"From the Edge" (from "Dancin'," 1978)
Music by G. Harrell
Performers: Brad Anderson, Marc Calamia, and Julio Monge

"Big Spender" (from "Sweet Charity," 1966)
Music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Performers: Ann Reinking and The Women

"Crunchy Granola Suite" (from "Dancin'," 1978)
Music and lyrics by Neil Diamond
Sung by Brad Anderson and Eugene Fleming
Performers: The Company

Transition (inspired by "Redhead," 1959)
Music: "Walking the Cat" by Patrick S. Brady
Performers: Ben Vereen and Ken Alan

"I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" (from "Dancin'," 1978)
Music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Performers: The Company

"Shoeless Joe" Ballet (from "Damn Yankees," 1955)
Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Performers: The Men

"Dancing in the Dark" (from TV appearances, 1949-56)
Music by Arthur Schwartz, lyrics by Howard Dietz
Performers: Ben Vereen and The Company

"Steam Heat" (from "The Pajama Game," 1954)
Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Performers: Meg Gillentine, Julio Monge, and Josh Rhodes

"I Gotcha" (from the TV special LIZA WITH A 'Z', 1972)
Music and lyrics by Joseph Arrington, Jr. (Joe Tex)
Performers: Rachelle Rak, Ken Alan, and Byron Easley

"Rich Man's Frug" (from "Sweet Charity," 1966)
Music by Cy Coleman
Performers: The Company

"Cool Hand Luke" (from THE BOB HOPE SPECIAL, October 1968)
Music by Lalo Schifrin
Performers: Dylis Croman, Byron Easley, and Edwaard Liang

"Nowadays" and "Hot Honey Rag" (from "Chicago," 1975)
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Performers: Meg Gillentine and Dana Moore

"Manson Trio" (from "Pippin," 1972)
Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Performers: Ben Vereen, Meg Gillentine, and Anne Hawthorne

"Mein Herr" (from the film CABARET, 1972)
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Performers: Rachelle Rak and The Women

"Razzle Dazzle" (from "Chicago," 1975)
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Performers: Ben Vereen, Susan Lamontagne, and Rachelle Rak

"Who's Sorry Now?" (from ALL THAT JAZZ, 1979)
Music by Harry Ruby, lyrics by Ted Snyder and Bert Kalmar
Performers: The Women

"There'll Be Some Changes Made" (from ALL THAT JAZZ, 1979)
Music by W. Benton Overstreet, lyrics by Billy Higgins
Performers: Dana Moore, Susan Lamontagne, and Rachelle Rak

"Mr. Bojangles" (from "Dancin'," 1978)
Music and lyrics by Jerry Jeff Walker
Sung by Brad Anderson
Performers: Ben Vereen and Edwaard Liang

Reprise: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries"
Performer: Ben Vereen

Benny Goodman's "Sing, Sing, Sing" (from "Dancin'," 1978)
Music and lyrics by Louis Prima
"Christopher Columbus" by Andy Razaf and Leon Barry
Performers: The Company

Top banner photos: "I Gotcha" from the TV special LIZA WITH A 'Z' (Byron Easley, Rachelle Rak, and Ken Alan); Meg Gillentine in "Steam Heat" from "The Pajama Game"; "Razzle Dazzle" from "Chicago" (Rachelle Rak, Ben Vereen, and Susan Lamontagne).

Rachelle Rak

A close-up of dancer and singer Rachelle Rak.

"Rich Man's Frug"

"Rich Man's Frug" from the 1966 musical "Sweet Charity."

Nearly twice as many people saw DANCE IN AMERICA: FROM BROADWAY: "Fosse" in 2002 than during its entire run on Broadway.
 
 
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