Jay's Chicago
Bob Fosse's Childhood Dance Partner
Clip: Season 2022 Episode 2 | 4m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
As a kid, Bob Fosse danced in the Riff Brothers. Meet his partner, Charlie Grass.
You may know Bob Fosse as the legendary creator of Cabaret, All That Jazz, Chicago, and many more musicals on stage and screen. But did you know that as a kid growing up in Chicago, Fosse performed professionally in a duo known as the Riff Brothers? Jay spent an afternoon with Bob Fosse's "brother," Charlie Grass, as he taught an old Riff Brothers routine to two younger dancers.
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Jay's Chicago is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Jay's Chicago
Bob Fosse's Childhood Dance Partner
Clip: Season 2022 Episode 2 | 4m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
You may know Bob Fosse as the legendary creator of Cabaret, All That Jazz, Chicago, and many more musicals on stage and screen. But did you know that as a kid growing up in Chicago, Fosse performed professionally in a duo known as the Riff Brothers? Jay spent an afternoon with Bob Fosse's "brother," Charlie Grass, as he taught an old Riff Brothers routine to two younger dancers.
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