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Fosse/Verdon tells the story of the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. Fosse was a filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors. Verdon was a critically acclaimed actress and Broadway dancer who won 4 Tony Awards. [4]
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Apr 8, 2019 · It’s a lot. Fittingly, it’s what a song from “Chicago” calls “the old razzle-dazzle,” a term used by a lawyer to encourage his very guilty client to show off her legs, put on the years, and give the jury a show. The problem is, “Fosse/Verdon” doesn’t need the razzle-dazzle, or at least, not this much.
Apr 9, 2019 · FX’s Fosse/Verdon is either a masterpiece or a disaster. Sam Rockwell plays Bob Fosse and Michelle Williams plays Gwen Verdon in a show for theater geeks and fans of complicated marriages. by ...
Apr 3, 2019 · As glossy, though maybe less fabulous, as a top-tier Murphy production, Fosse/Verdon (premiering April 9) follows the romantic and creative entanglement of legendary director/choreographer Bob...
- Sweet Charity and Their Collaborative Style
- Pitching to Direct Cabaret
- Fosse’s Self-Destructive Streak and On-Set Behavior
- The Gorilla Mask
We first see Fosse (Sam Rockwell) at work on set as he’s blocking the “Big Spender” number for Sweet Charity. He’s having trouble getting the dancers to give him what he wants until Verdon (Michelle Williams) suggests they think of how dead on their feet the 10-cents-a-dance girls (a more prudish version of today’s lap dancers) would be at the end ...
Fosse pitches hard to direct the film version of Cabaret, but producer Cy Feuer (Paul Reiser) is resistant on the grounds that Fosse is known for style and flash while Cabaret is a more “intimate” piece. The real reason, of course, is that the film version of Sweet Charitycost $20 million and only made $8 million, a loss widely attributed to Fosse’...
Throughout the episode, there’s barely a frame where Fosse is not seen without a cigarette dangling from his mouth. He also pops Seconals, a popular ’60s barbiturate, like candy from a giant prescription bottle. Then there’s the constant flirting with—and harassment of—the many attractive women he works with, especially a German translator on Cabar...
Fosse/Verdon shows Verdon abandoning her own preparations for a stage role in New York to fly to the Cabaretset in Germany after being summoned by a desperate Fosse (despite his current hot affair with the translator). Having just arrived, she immediately flies back to New York to find the perfect gorilla head for the number “If You Could See Her,”...
- Ellin Stein
Apr 8, 2019 · Literally, the title “Fosse/Verdon” describes a long partnership, between the choreographer-director Bob Fosse (Sam Rockwell) and the dancer-actress Gwen Verdon (Michelle Williams). It also...
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Apr 24, 2019 · And now, with the current drama series Fosse/Verdon in full swing on FX, we're forced to confront a question that has arisen all too frequently in recent years: Does the creation exist separately from its creator's mistakes, or must they be judged as one?
