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All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Roy Scheider. The screenplay, by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse, is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as a dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Fosse's manic effort to edit his film Lenny while ...
Aug 26, 2019 · Kenny Ortega was inducted during the Disney Legends Awards ceremony at D23 Expo 2019 alongside Christina Aguilera, Wing T. Chao, James Earl Jones, Bette Midler, Barnette Ricci, Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Ming-Na Wen, and Hans Zimmer—and Robert Downey Jr.
Bob Fosse. Robert Louis Fosse (/ ˈfɒsi /; June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. [2] Known for his work on stage and screen, he is arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century. [3] He received numerous accolades including an Academy ...
After directing and choreographing the revue Dancin’ (1978, winning his seventh Tony® for Choreography) on Broadway, Fosse turned again to film, this time with his nakedly autobiographical All That Jazz (1979). The action centers on his 1975 heart attack, and nearly every character in the movie represents a real person in his life: the role ...
The Tony Award for Best Choreography is awarded to acknowledge the contributions of choreographers in both musicals and plays. The award has been given since 1947, but nominees were not announced until 1956.
Jun 6, 2019 · Gower Champion won his final Tony Award in 1981, for his choreography of the blockbuster hit, 42nd Street, which he also directed. Mr. Champion was not there to receive his Tony, however; he died in 1980 of a rare blood cancer, just hours before the show’s opening-night performance.
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Current Broadway: Co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for co-director and nominations in the same categories for choreography), Olivier Award winner for Best Choreography; Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for Best ...
