Fosse

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Fosse
Music Various
Lyrics Various
Book Revue of Bob Fosse's choreography
Productions 1999 Broadway
2001 West End
Awards Tony Award for Best Musical
Drama Desk Outstanding Revue
Olivier Award for Best Musical

Fosse is a Tony Award winning three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse.

After 21 previews, the original Broadway production, conceived and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking and choreographed by Reinking and Chet Walker, opened on January 14, 1999 at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 1093 performances.

In 2002, Fosse, featuring Reinking and Ben Vereen, was aired as part of the Great Performances series on PBS television.

A London production opened at the West End Prince of Wales Theatre on February 8, 2000 and closed January 6, 2001. [1]

The musical did not recreate the musical numbers as originally presented but instead had primarily black-and-white costumes (including the all-important hats), set against a simple setting. [2] Reviewer Ben Brantley describes the show as a "bookless three-act show, which has no identifying narrative or standard chronology... [with] particular physical vocabulary...the pigeon-toed stance, the cocked wrists, the twitching bums, the inwardly turned knees, accessorized with the essential white gloves and black bowlers."[3]

Contents

[edit] Musical numbers

Act I
Act II
  • Shoeless Joe Ballet (from Damn Yankees)
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Steam Heat (from The Pajama Game)
  • I Gotcha (from Liza With a Z)
  • Rich Man's Frug (from Sweet Charity)
  • Transition: Silky Thoughts
  • Cool Hand Luke (from a 1968 Bob Hope television)
  • Dancin' Dan (Me and My Shadow) (from Dancin')
  • Nowadays/The Hot Honey Rag (from Chicago)
Act III
  • Glory (from Pippin)
  • Manson Trio (from Pippin)
  • Mein Herr (from Cabaret)
  • Take Off with Us/Three Pas de Deux (from All That Jazz)
  • Razzle Dazzle (from Chicago)
  • Who's Sorry Now (from All that Jazz )
  • There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made (from All that Jazz)
  • Mr. Bojangles (from Dancin')
  • Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries (Reprise)
  • Sing! Sing! Sing! (from Dancin')
  • Curtain Call: Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (from Big Deal)

[edit] Principal cast

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • Tony Award for Best Musical (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Desmond Richardson and Scott Wise, nominees)
  • Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Valarie Pettiford, nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (winner)
  • Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (nominee)
  • Tony Award for Best Orchestrations (winner)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical (Jane Lanier, nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (nominee)
  • Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue (winner)
  • Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical (winner)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fosse London - information on the theatre show
  2. ^ Curtain Up review
  3. ^ New York Times, Ben Brantley, January 15, 1999

[edit] External links


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