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Apr 9, 2019 · By Julie Miller. April 9, 2019. Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams playing Verdon and Fosse; Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse in their New York apartment, 1966. Left, courtesy of FX; right,...
May 21, 2019 · FOSSE/VERDON. Inside Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon’s Chicago Power Struggle. On Tuesday’s episode of Fosse/Verdon, “Nowadays,” a resentful Bob Fosse directs his estranged wife...
- Gwen Verdon, Before Bob
- Bob Fosse, Before Gwen
- Damn Yankees
- Redhead
- Sweet Charity
- Cabaret / Pippin
- Chicago
- All That Jazz
- The Fosse/Verdon Legacy
Born Jan. 13, 1925 in Culver City, California, Gwen was immersed in showbiz since day one. Her mother, Gertrude Lilian Standring, was a vaudeville performer and dance teacher, and her father, Joseph William Verdon, worked as an electrician at MGM Studios. As a way to combat Gwen's severe rickets (the softening and weakening of bones in children), h...
On June 23, 1927, Bob was born in Chicago to father Cyril K. Fosse and mother Sara Alice Stanton. Growing up, Bob was an aspiring dancer, often referred to as a "wannabe" Fred Astaire. He performed in local theaters throughout Chicago, many which were vaudeville and burlesque shows, until he enlisted in the navy in 1945. There, he was assigned to t...
Following Can-Can, Gwen landed the lead female role of Lola in Damn Yankees on Broadway, a musical comedy about a baseball fan who sells his soul to the Devil. Bob was the show's choreographer, and it was through this project that he and Gwen met, developed an artistic partnership and fell in love -- though he was still married to Joan at the time....
Bob, as the choreographer, and Gwen, as the star, worked together again in 1957 for New Girl in Town, followed by Redheadin 1959, the same year he divorced from Joan. The latter -- a murder-mystery musical -- marked Bob's first Broadway show as both choreographer anddirector. Gwen, fresh off her third Tony-winning performance, reportedly said she'd...
Raising a newborn became Gwen's priority, so it wasn't until 1966 (at the age of 41) that she returned to the stage, as dance hall hostess Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity, choreographed and directed by Bob. The musical featured now-iconic numbers like "Big Spender," which won Bob another Tony Award for Best Choreography that year. It was th...
In 1972, the time came for Bob to work with another new star, landing on Liza Minnelli(portrayed by Kelli Barrett), the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, for the film version of Cabaret. (Fun fact: Liza played Sally Bowles, a role that Michelle Williams actually revived in 2014 when shemade her Broadway debut.) Despite their recent sp...
Bob and Gwen teamed up again in 1975 to create a new Broadway rendition of Chicago, a show Gwen had been wanting to do for years. It premiered on June 3 of that year at the prestigious 46th Street Theatre, which was also home to Damn Yankees, New Girl in Townand Redhead. Gwen, now 50, finally got to play her dream role of Roxie Hart after nearly a ...
One of Bob's last projects was the semi-autobiographical film All that Jazz,in which actor Roy Scheider portrayed a stressed out, addiction-ridden choreographer and director named Joe Gideon. He starred opposite Bob's real-life girlfriend, Ann, at the time, who played Joe's lover, Katie Jagger. The musical drama was named after the song of the same...
Before her own death from a heart attack at the age of 75 in 2000, Gwen worked closely with Ann to keep Bob's legacy alive. In 1999, they teamed up for a show called Fosse, which highlighted Bob's signature jazz dance style and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. Today, the choreography and movements Bob once shaped on Gwen are still taught throug...
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Apr 9, 2019 · Ahead of Fosse/Verdon’s April 9 premiere on FX, here’s a timeline detailing the extraordinary true story of Fosse and Verdon’s partnership. 1953: Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon...
Jun 4, 2020 · Photo: Martha Holmes/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images. Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon are often hailed, respectively, as the greatest choreographer and dancer of the American theater....
Apr 7, 2019 · In honor of the anticipated new series, BroadwayWorld is flashing back to some of our archive photos of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. Check them out below! Spanning five decades,...
Sep 23, 2021 · Photo: 20th Century Fox. Fosse’s intimate relationship with the younger Ann Reinking should reasonably have angered Verdon. Perhaps it did, but while both women worked together, contributing to 1979’s All That Jazz, they became close. Verdon and Reinking continued to collaborate to pay tribute to Fosse’s legacy after his passing.
