“The time to sing is when your emotional level is too high to just speak anymore, and the time to dance is when your emotions are just too strong to only sing about how you”
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Bob Fosse
Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, and stage director. He is known for his work on stage and screen, and was arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and the Palme d'Or.
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Born 23 June 1927 · Died 23 September 1987 · Q313256
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2026· 2 entries
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2024· 1 entry
WBEZ: Dance luminary Bob Fosse’s work comes home to Chicago thanks to Hubbard Street
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2023· 6 entries
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ to Close on Broadway May 14
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Deadline.com: ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’’ Sets Broadway Closing Notice In Wake Of Tony Nomination Shut-Out
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Wall Street Journal: ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ ’ Review: A Faded Razzle-Dazzle Revue
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Variety: ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin” Review: A Rapturous Broadway Homage to a Great Choreographer
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Yahoo: Bob Fosse's Dancin' review: Sing, sing, singin' the praises of dance and a master of the craft
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Queerty: Clap your jazz hands — ‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin” celebrates a Broadway icon with a queer twist
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2003· 1 entry
At the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer (2001).
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1999· 1 entry
Verdon served as artistic consultant on a Broadway musical designed to showcase examples of classic Fosse choreography
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1994· 1 entry
Were called the "Fosse Awards", and are now called the American Choreography Awards
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1987· 4 entries
Died 1987-09-23.
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At George Washington University Hospital while the revival of Sweet Charity was opening at the nearby National Theatre
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Awarded Capezio Dance Award (1987).
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“Tenho mais medo da mediocridade que da morte.”
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1986· 1 entry
Fosse wrote, choreographed, and directed the Broadway production of Big Deal, which was nominated for five Tony awards, winning for Best Choreography, as well as five more for the revival of Sweet Charity at the nearby M
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1979· 1 entry
Fosse co-wrote and directed a semi-autobiographical film, All That Jazz (1979), starring Roy Scheider, which portrayed the life of a womanizing, drug-addicted choreographer and director in the midst of triumph and failur
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1978· 1 entry
“toward the end of the run of Dancin'”
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1977· 1 entry
Fosse had a small role in the romantic comedy Thieves
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1974· 2 entries
Pauline Kael was fond of Fosse, mentioning that she didn't know of "any other director who entered moviemaking so late in life and developed such technical proficiency", going on to say that she found Fosse "a true prodi
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Fosse directed Lenny, a biographical film about the controversial standup comedian Lenny Bruce, portrayed by Dustin Hoffman
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1973· 4 entries
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Cabaret (1973).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Cabaret (1973).
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Awarded Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (1973).
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Fosse's work on Pippin won him the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
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1972· 1 entry
Fosse directed his second theatrical film, Cabaret, starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey
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1963· 2 entries
Had a daughter, Nicole Fosse, who later became a dancer and actress
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Fosse was nominated for two Tony Awards, Best Choreography and Best Direction of a Musical for Little Me, winning the former
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1961· 2 entries
Fosse choreographed the satirical Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Robert Morse
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Fosse's epilepsy was revealed when he had a seizure onstage during rehearsals for The Conquering Hero
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1959· 1 entry
Fosse directed and choreographed the stage musical Redhead
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1957· 3 entries
Verdon and Fosse studied with Sanford Meisner to develop a better acting technique
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Fosse choreographed New Girl in Town, also directed by Abbott, and Verdon won her second Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1958
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Fosse choreographed the film version of The Pajama Game, starring Doris Day
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1956· 1 entry
Verdon won her first Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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1954· 2 entries
“Jerry [Jerome Robbins] started me doing choreography. He gave me my first job as a choreographer [Pajama Game] and I”
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Fosse choreographed his first stage musical, The Pajama Game, followed by My Sister Eileen and George Abbott's Damn Yankees in 1955
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1952· 1 entry
A year after he divorced Niles, he married dancer Joan McCracken in New York City; they divorced in 1959
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1948· 1 entry
Tony Charmoli danced in Make Mine Manhattan but gave the part to Fosse when the show toured nationally
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1947· 1 entry
With the ambition of being the new Fred Astaire
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1945· 1 entry
Fosse was recruited into the U
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1943· 1 entry
At the age of 15, Fosse would come to choreograph his first dance number and earn his first full credit as a choreographer in a film, Hold Evry'thing
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1927· 2 entries
To Norwegian-American father Cyril Kingsley Fosse, a traveling salesman for Hershey, and Irish-American mother Sarah Alice "Sadie" (née Stanton) Fosse
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Born 1927-06-23.
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