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DANCE IN AMERICA: FROM BROADWAY: "FOSSE" premiered on January 23, 2002 on PBS (check local listings).
With a theatrical and cinematic legacy that includes "Damn Yankees," "The Pajama Game," "Sweet Charity," "Pippin," "Chicago," and "Dancin'," the genius of Bob Fosse will always cast a long shadow over Broadway and Hollywood. Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Musical, the all-dancing, all-singing "Fosse" was created by those who worked most closely with him, including co-director and co-choreographer Ann Reinking and Fosse's wife, the late Gwen Verdon. Now, in a PBS Showcase event, DANCE IN AMERICA presents the award-winning musical, recorded live in performance from Broadway and starring Reinking and Ben Vereen. Celebrating Fosse's brilliance with the most important dance numbers from his greatest shows, movies, and early television work, FROM BROADWAY: "Fosse" is a showstopping tribute to one of the past century's most influential forces on Broadway.
Read writer Gia Kourlas' essay on the impact of choreographer Bob Fosse on musical theater and her assessment of FROM BROADWAY: "Fosse." Browse a compendium of several of the key Broadway musicals Bob Fosse choreographed in the Multimedia Presentation: That's Dancin': Fosse on Broadway. Lastly, review a list of the musical numbers featured in the evening's program.
Special funding for this program was provided by the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Philanthropic Fund, Allen & Company Incorporated, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, and the Lillian Goldman Programming Endowment.
The DVD of DANCE IN AMERICA: FROM BROADWAY: "Fosse" can be purchased from Shop Thirteen.
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). |
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A close-up of dancer and singer Rachelle Rak. |
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"Rich Man's Frug" from the 1966 musical
"Sweet Charity." |
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