Fosse

Fosse

by Wasson, Sam

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"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to "Billy Jean" to Beyonce;'s moves in the "Single Ladies" video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, acclaimed cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama Game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago, All That Jazz, and other iconic works o…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Fosse / Sam Wasson.

Summary

"We see Bob Fosse's legacy everywhere--from Broadway to "Billy Jean" to Beyonce;'s moves in the "Single Ladies" video. Yet in spite of Fosse's deep cultural significance, no biography has ever brought him fully to life, unveiling the man behind the bowler hat and the swaggering sex appeal. Now, acclaimed cultural historian Sam Wasson traces Fosse's numberless reinventions of himself over a career that would spawn The Pajama Game, Cabaret, Pippin, Chicago, All That Jazz, and other iconic works of art and earn him Tonys, Emmys, and an Oscar. Wasson traces not only Fosse's prodigious professional life, but his intense relationships with everyone from Liza Minnelli, Fred Astaire, and Neil Simon to Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, and Dustin Hoffman. Through extensive interviews with collaborators and lovers and unprecedented access to Fosse's archives, Wasson also reveals the deep wounds that propelled his subject's excessive appetites--for spotlights, women, and life itself. In Fosse, Wasson's stylish, effervescent prose proves the ideal vehicle for reanimating Bob Fosse as he truly was--after hours, close up, and in vibrant color"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Notes

"An Eamon Dolan Book."

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780547999227, 0547999224, 1306028450, 9781306028455
  • oclc:ocn861509029
  • LC Classification:GV1785.F67
  • Dewey Decimal:792.82092

Table of Contents

The end -- Sixty years -- Forty-five years -- Forty-one years -- Thirty-seven years -- Thirty-five years -- Thirty-three years -- Thirty-two years -- Twenty-eight years -- Twenty-seven years -- Twenty-four years -- Twenty years -- Sixteen years -- Fifteen years -- Fourteen years -- Thirteen years -- Twelve years -- Eleven years -- Nine years -- Eight years -- Seven years -- Six years -- Five years -- Four years -- Three years -- Two years -- One year -- One hour and fifty-three minutes.

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