Dancin'

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Dancin' is a Broadway musical directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse.

1 Background
2 Song List
3 Opening Night Cast
4 Nominations
5 Links

[edit] Background

Bob Fosse reacted to phenomenal success of Michael Bennett's dance-intensive A Chorus Line by proposing a show with virtually no dialogue and little singing. Fosse publicly boasted that the project would liberate him from the burden of creative partnership: "When you have collaborators, you have all those midnight meetings. I'm tired of those...So I just decided to meet myself at midnight." In private, Fosse was daunted by the task of creating an entire two-hour dance program. He initially called on choreographer Graciela Daniele to contribute a few numbers, but she wisely declined, knowing that once Fosse got started, he would want to do it all. And while Fosse may not have had as many collaborators, he still had to contend with his co-producer Bernard Jacobs, the powerful president of the Shubert Organization. As usual, conflict arose from Fosse's insistence on keeping risque material in the show, in this case a number depicting a tourist coping with New York's then-notoriously seamy Times Square. The show's remaining numbers, an elaborate tribute to the art of dance, wowed audiences, and because Fosse co-produced the show, it became the greatest financial success of his stage career. Bob Fosse's and Gwen Verdon's daughter, Nicole Fosse, is currently making plans for a revival production of Dancin' on Broadway with Graciela Daniele with the assistance of Anne Reinking who will recreate the production.

[edit] Song List

Act 1
Hot August Night - Music and Lyrics by Neil Diamond
Crunchy Granola Suit - Music and Lyrics by Neil Diamond
Mr. Bojangles - Music and Lyrics by Jerry Jeff Walker
Chaconne - Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Ionisation - Music by Edgard Varèse

Act 2
I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man (from the film The Belle of New York - Music by John Mercer, Music by Harry Warren
If It Feels Good, Let It RIde - Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and Melissa Manchester
Easy - Music and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and Melissa Manchester
I've Got Them Feelin' Too Good Today Blues - Music and Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Was Dog a Doughnut - Music and Lyrics by Cat Stevens

Act 3
Sing Sing Sing - Music by Louis Prima
Here You Come Again - Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan
Gary Owen
Stout Hearted Men (from The New Moon) - Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Music by Sigmund Romberg
Under the Double Eagle
Dixie
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Rally Round the Flag
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag - Lyrics by George Asaf, Music by Felix Powell
The Stars and Stripes Foerever - Music by John Philip Sousa
Yankee Doodle Disco
Dancin' - Music by Ralph Burns

[edit] Opening Night Cast

Gail Benedict
Sandahl Bergman
Karen G. Burke
René Ceballos
Christopher Chadman
Wayne Cilento
CHristine Colby
Jill Cook
Gregory B. Drotar
Vicki Frederick
Linda Haberman
Richard Korthaze
Edward Love
John Mineo
Ann Reinking
Blane Savage
Charles Ward
William Whitener

Produced by Jules Fisher, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President) and Columbia Pictures; Associate Producer: Patty Grubman

Directed and Choreographed by Bob Fosse; Additional Choreography by Christopher Chadman

[edit] Nominations

Those in bold font were winners.

1978 Tony Awards

Best Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Wayne Cilento
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Ann Reinking
Best Costume Design - Wila Kim
Best Lighting Design - Jules Fisher
Best Choreography - Bob Fosse
Best Direction of a Musical - Bob Fosse

1978 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Musical - Bob Fosse
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Charles Ward
Outstanding Choreography - Bob Fosse
Outstanding Lighting Design - Jules Fisher