Author: Sam Wasson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547553293
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
The authoritative and endlessly revealing biography of renowned dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, and director Bob Fosse, written by a bestselling pop culture historian.
Fosse
Author: Sam Wasson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547553293
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
The authoritative and endlessly revealing biography of renowned dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, and director Bob Fosse, written by a bestselling pop culture historian.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547553293
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 757
Book Description
The authoritative and endlessly revealing biography of renowned dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, and director Bob Fosse, written by a bestselling pop culture historian.
Fosse
Author: Sam Wasson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473531918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Don't dance for the audience. Dance for yourself. The basis for a lavish new drama series from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Fosse is the definitive book on one of Broadway's and Hollywood's most complex and dynamic icons. The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards in the same year, Bob Fosse revolutionised almost every facet of American entertainment. A ground-breaking dancer, choreographer, and theatre and film director, his innumerable achievements include Cabaret, All That Jazz and Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway musicals ever. Yet his offstage life was equally dramatic, marked by deep psychological wounds and insatiable appetites. In this richly detailed and beautifully written biography, Sam Wasson draws on a wealth of unpublished material and over 300 interviews with Fosse's family, friends, enemies, lovers and collaborators, many of them speaking publicly about Fosse for the first time. Fosse is a book bursting with energy and style, pleasure and pain - much like the man himself.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473531918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Don't dance for the audience. Dance for yourself. The basis for a lavish new drama series from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, Fosse is the definitive book on one of Broadway's and Hollywood's most complex and dynamic icons. The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards in the same year, Bob Fosse revolutionised almost every facet of American entertainment. A ground-breaking dancer, choreographer, and theatre and film director, his innumerable achievements include Cabaret, All That Jazz and Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway musicals ever. Yet his offstage life was equally dramatic, marked by deep psychological wounds and insatiable appetites. In this richly detailed and beautifully written biography, Sam Wasson draws on a wealth of unpublished material and over 300 interviews with Fosse's family, friends, enemies, lovers and collaborators, many of them speaking publicly about Fosse for the first time. Fosse is a book bursting with energy and style, pleasure and pain - much like the man himself.
Big Deal
Author: Kevin Winkler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199336814
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and was a key figure in the rise of the director-choreographer in the Broadway musical. He also became the only star director of musicals of his era--a group that included Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Michael Kidd, and Harold Prince--to equal his Broadway success in films. Following his unprecedented triple crown of show business awards in 1973 (an Oscar for Cabaret, Emmy for Liza with a Z, and Tony for Pippin), Fosse assumed complete control of virtually every element of his projects. But when at last he had achieved complete autonomy, his final efforts, the film Star 80 and the musical Big Deal, written and directed by Fosse, were rejected by audiences and critics. A fascinating look at the evolution of Fosse as choreographer and director, Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical considers Fosse's career in the context of changes in the Broadway musical theater over four decades. It traces his early dance years and the importance of mentors George Abbott and Jerome Robbins on his work. It examines how each of the important women in his adult life--all dancers--impacted his career and influenced his dance aesthetic. Finally, the book investigates how his evolution as both artist and individual mirrored the social and political climate of his era and allowed him to comfortably ride a wave of cultural changes.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199336814
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Bob Fosse (1927-1987) is recognized as one of the most significant figures in post-World War II American musical theater. With his first Broadway musical, The Pajama Game in 1954, the "Fosse style" was already fully developed, with its trademark hunched shoulders, turned-in stance, and stuttering, staccato jazz movements. Fosse moved decisively into the role of director with Redhead in 1959 and was a key figure in the rise of the director-choreographer in the Broadway musical. He also became the only star director of musicals of his era--a group that included Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Michael Kidd, and Harold Prince--to equal his Broadway success in films. Following his unprecedented triple crown of show business awards in 1973 (an Oscar for Cabaret, Emmy for Liza with a Z, and Tony for Pippin), Fosse assumed complete control of virtually every element of his projects. But when at last he had achieved complete autonomy, his final efforts, the film Star 80 and the musical Big Deal, written and directed by Fosse, were rejected by audiences and critics. A fascinating look at the evolution of Fosse as choreographer and director, Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical considers Fosse's career in the context of changes in the Broadway musical theater over four decades. It traces his early dance years and the importance of mentors George Abbott and Jerome Robbins on his work. It examines how each of the important women in his adult life--all dancers--impacted his career and influenced his dance aesthetic. Finally, the book investigates how his evolution as both artist and individual mirrored the social and political climate of his era and allowed him to comfortably ride a wave of cultural changes.
Bob Fosse
Author: Jenai Cutcher
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404206403
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of one of America's best choreographers who developed his own style of dancing and is responsible for the musicals "Steam Heat" and "Damn Yankees."
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404206403
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of one of America's best choreographers who developed his own style of dancing and is responsible for the musicals "Steam Heat" and "Damn Yankees."
Razzle Dazzle
Author: Kevin Boyd Grubb
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312034146
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Profiles the controversial choreographer whose innovative, sexually charged dance routines shock theatergoers and largely mirrored his own frenetic personal life
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312034146
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Profiles the controversial choreographer whose innovative, sexually charged dance routines shock theatergoers and largely mirrored his own frenetic personal life
The Fosse Style
Author: Debra McWaters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Even people with the barest interest in Broadway can recognize the unique, angular, sensual style of Bob Fosse. With its small gestures and isolated movements, it is frequently copied--and often misinterpreted. For there is far more to it than bowler hats and white gloves, which is why choreographer Debra McWaters has put together the ultimate visual and verbal guide to Fosse's way of dancing, choreographing, and teaching. Using hundreds of photographs, as well as descriptions from Fosse himself, McWaters guides dancers and teachers through the process of understanding the intricacies of this style of jazz dance. An assistant to Gwen Verdon on Fosse, a long-time associate of Ann Reinking, and personal choreographer for Ben Vereen, McWaters is uniquely situated to write this book. The Fosse Style provides facts, not guesswork, about how to execute Fosse's signature movements, information handed down from an illustrious list of artists and performers. It closes with a sample dance featuring Fosse's signature moves. No dancer or fan of such shows as The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees!, Sweet Charity, Cabaret, Pippin, or Chicago can afford to be without this book.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Even people with the barest interest in Broadway can recognize the unique, angular, sensual style of Bob Fosse. With its small gestures and isolated movements, it is frequently copied--and often misinterpreted. For there is far more to it than bowler hats and white gloves, which is why choreographer Debra McWaters has put together the ultimate visual and verbal guide to Fosse's way of dancing, choreographing, and teaching. Using hundreds of photographs, as well as descriptions from Fosse himself, McWaters guides dancers and teachers through the process of understanding the intricacies of this style of jazz dance. An assistant to Gwen Verdon on Fosse, a long-time associate of Ann Reinking, and personal choreographer for Ben Vereen, McWaters is uniquely situated to write this book. The Fosse Style provides facts, not guesswork, about how to execute Fosse's signature movements, information handed down from an illustrious list of artists and performers. It closes with a sample dance featuring Fosse's signature moves. No dancer or fan of such shows as The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees!, Sweet Charity, Cabaret, Pippin, or Chicago can afford to be without this book.
Scenes from a Childhood
Author: Jon Fosse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910695531
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
A haunting collection from one of Norway's most celebrated writers.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910695531
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
A haunting collection from one of Norway's most celebrated writers.
All His Jazz
Author: Martin Gottfried
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0786730226
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Bob Fosse (19271987), the director and choreographer of Chicago and Sweet Charity, has never been more popular than he is right now. Here is the less-publicized side of his story-his surprising ascent from the world of sleazy Chicago strip joints to the glitter of Broadway. A legend's memory is preserved in this eloquent biography.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0786730226
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Bob Fosse (19271987), the director and choreographer of Chicago and Sweet Charity, has never been more popular than he is right now. Here is the less-publicized side of his story-his surprising ascent from the world of sleazy Chicago strip joints to the glitter of Broadway. A legend's memory is preserved in this eloquent biography.
The Other Name
Author: Jon Fosse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910695913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
An elegiac meditation on our unlived lives, from the author of Scenes from a Childhood.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910695913
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
An elegiac meditation on our unlived lives, from the author of Scenes from a Childhood.
Morning and Evening
Author: Jon Fosse
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1628975571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor, and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks upon a day in his life when everything is exactly the same, yet totally different, Morning and Evening is a novel concerning the beautiful dream that our lives have meaning.
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1628975571
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2023 A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's thoughts as his wife goes into labor, and ending with Johannes's own thoughts as he embarks upon a day in his life when everything is exactly the same, yet totally different, Morning and Evening is a novel concerning the beautiful dream that our lives have meaning.