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Apr 16, 2019 · Take a look back at the real life romance between choreographer Bob Fosse and dancer Gwen Verdon that inspired the FX show Fosse/Verdon.
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Apr 9, 2019 · According to Wasson's Fosse, Verdon and Fosse knew each other from working at MGM (Fosse was a contracted dancer at the studio while Verdon was choreographer Jack Cole's assistant and the lead...
Apr 8, 2019 · It’s Verdon (Williams), overflowing with love and optimism, arriving at a Berlin hotel room door, behind which is Fosse (Rockwell), who’s about to break her heart. Those two scenes lay plain the two relationships, contained within one, which are the heart of “Fosse/Verdon.”
The pair first met during Verdon's audition for Damn Yankees, a Broadway musical in which she played "Lola", a demon temptress — a role she'd later reprise for the 1958 film of the same name.
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Apr 9, 2019 · According to Fosse biographer Sam Wasson (the book is the basis for Fosse/Verdon), Fosse was skeptical about casting Verdon as the female lead, and requested that he and Verdon first...
Apr 9, 2019 · Was the choreographer a cad—or worse? Did Verdon really fly across the Atlantic just to pick up a monkey mask? We break down the first episode.
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May 28, 2019 · The daughter of Broadway legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon opens up about reliving her “odd” childhood through the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon, starring Michelle Williams and Sam...
