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Fosse

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by Wasson, Sam


  Winchell, [>], [>]

  work routine, [>]–[>]

  Colby, Christine, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Cole, Frances, [>]

  Cole, Jack

  Alive and Kicking, [>], [>]

  Benny Goodman music in club act, [>]

  dance style, [>]–[>]

  Kismet, [>]

  “Limehouse Blues,” [>], [>]

  management style, [>]

  memorial, [>]

  The Merry Widow, [>]

  relationship with Verdon, [>]–[>]

  Verdon as dance assistant, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Coleman, Cy

  Atlantic City, [>], [>]

  friendship with Fosse, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  on Hearts and Flowers, [>]

  Little Me, [>]

  Sweet Charity, [>], [>]

  on Verdon’s singing, [>]

  Columbia Pictures

  All That Jazz, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Altered States, [>], [>]

  Annie, [>]

  Dancin’, [>]

  executives, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Lenny, [>]

  Love Story, [>]

  My Sister Eileen, [>], [>]

  Comden, Betty, [>], [>], [>]

  Comerford, Miss Marguerite “Trixie,” [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Como, Perry, [>]

  Cook, Barbara, [>], [>]

  Cook, Jill, [>], [>]

  Cooper, Mel, [>]–[>]

  Coppola, Francis Ford, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Cox, Wally, [>], [>]

  Coyne, Jeanne, [>]

  creative impulse

  to combat depression, [>]

  source, [>]–[>]

  wedded to death, [>], [>], [>]

  Creative Management Associates (CMA), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Croce, Arlene, [>]–[>]

  Cuban Missile Crisis, [>]

  Cukor, George, [>], [>]

  culture

  Broadway, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>] (See also musicals; Tony Award)

  U.S., late 1960s-1970s, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>] (See also historical events)

  Culver City, CA, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Curtis, Tony, [>]–[>]

  Damone, Vic, [>]

  Dance Magazine award, [>]–[>]

  dancer, Fosse as

  The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, [>], [>], [>]

  Call Me Mister, [>]–[>]

  Damn Yankees, [>]

  Dance Me a Song, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  dinner-theater revues, [>]–[>]

  early, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  and empathy as a choreographer, [>], [>]

  at the Empire Room, [>]

  The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue, [>]–[>]

  first Manhattan stage appearance, [>]

  first movie appearance, [>]

  first television appearance, [>]–[>]

  first top-liner, [>]

  Ford Star Revue, [>]

  The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, [>]

  Give a Girl a Break, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  hiding his talent, [>]–[>], [>]

  to honor Chayefsky at memorial, [>]

  Hook, Line, and Sinker, [>]

  Kiss Me Kate, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  The Little Prince, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  MGM contract, [>], [>], [>]

  during military service, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  My Sister Eileen, [>], [>], [>]

  with Niles, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Pal Joey (City Center revival), [>]–[>], [>]

  Pal Joey (Connecticut), [>]

  Pal Joey (summer stock), [>]–[>], [>]

  Riff Brothers partnership, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  “Seasons of Youth” Timex revue, [>]–[>]

  Toni Twin Time, [>]

  Tough Situation, [>], [>]–[>]

  Your Hit Parade, [>]

  dancers

  challenges of the profession, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  competition among, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  female, effects of decline of burlesque, [>]–[>]

  injuries, [>], [>]–[>]

  loyalty, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  male, misconceptions, [>]

  swings, [>]

  the thing you love can also kill you, [>], [>], [>]

  See also performing arts, principles of

  Dancing for Writers, [>]–[>], [>]

  Daniele, Graciela, [>]

  Daniels, Danny, [>]

  Dante, Nicholas, [>]

  Davies, Jack, [>]

  Davies, Marion, [>]

  Davis, Sammy, Jr., [>]

  Day, Doris, [>]

  Dean, James, [>]

  death and Fosse

  contemplation of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  five stages of dying and Stages, [>]

  imagined death/ending scenes, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>] (See also “Bye Bye Life”)

  philosophy, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  relationship with creativity, [>], [>], [>]

  remains, directive in will, [>]

  Sept. [>], 1987, [>], [>]

  De Laurentiis, Dino, [>], [>]

  de Mille, Agnes

  backing of the SSDC, [>]

  Bloomer Girl, [>]

  influence on Fosse, [>]

  and McCracken, [>], [>], [>]

  Oklahoma!, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  De Niro, Robert, [>]

  depression and darkness, of Fosse

  after All That Jazz, [>]

  after death of Chayefsky, [>], [>]

  after surgery, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and creativity, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and death (See death and Fosse, contemplation of)

  and final line of Pippin, [>], [>]–[>]

  overview, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Derricks, Cleavant, [>], [>]

  Devine, Loretta, [>], [>]

  Diamond, Neil, [>], [>]

  Dietrich, Marlene, [>], [>]

  Dillon, Sara, [>], [>]

  director/editor, Fosse as

  All That Jazz, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  audition process, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Big Deal, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Burnt Offerings, [>]–[>]

  Cabaret, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  casting issues, [>]–[>], [>]

  The Conquering Hero, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Dancin’, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  development of skills, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  education, [>], [>]

  Ford Startime, [>]–[>], [>]

  The Goodbye People, [>]–[>], [>]

  high school drag act, [>]–[>]

  Lenny

  Barry joining the project, [>]

  casting, [>]–[>]

  editing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  good match for Fosse, [>]–[>], [>]

  opening day and success, [>]–[>]

  rehearsals and filming, [>], [>]–[>]

  research and script work, [>]–[>]

  limitations, [>], [>], [>]

  Liza Live at the Winter Garden, [>]

  Liza with a Z, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Pippin (movie for television), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Pippin (stage production), [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Pleasures and Palaces, [>]–[>], [>]

  Redhead, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  “Seasons of Youth” Timex revue, [>]–[>]

  in social interactions, [>]

  Star [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Sweet Charity (movie), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Sweet Charity (revival), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Sweet Charity (stage production), [>]–[>], [>], [>]


  Thieves, [>]–[>]

  Winchell, [>]–[>]

  Doby, Kathryn

  All That Jazz, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  on Big Deal, [>], [>]

  Cabaret, [>], [>], [>]

  Chicago, [>], [>], [>]

  Dancin’, [>], [>], [>]

  Little Me, [>]

  Pippin, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Pleasures and Palaces, [>], [>]

  Sweet Charity, [>]

  Doctorow, E. L.

  on Big Deal, [>]

  at Chayefsky’s memorial, [>], [>]

  Dancing for Writers, [>]–[>], [>]

  on Fosse’s personality, [>], [>]

  friendship with Fosse, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  “The Hunter,” [>]

  Loon Lake, [>]

  Ragtime, [>]–[>]

  Doctorow, Helen, [>], [>]

  Dolger, Henry, [>]

  Donen, Stanley

  background, [>]

  Damn Yankees, [>]

  discussion of Sweet Charity with Fosse, [>]

  film style studied by Fosse, [>]

  friendship with Fosse, [>], [>]

  Funny Face, [>]

  Give a Girl a Break, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Jumbo, [>], [>]

  The Little Prince, [>], [>]

  The Pajama Game, [>]

  Singin’ in the Rain, [>], [>]

  Donovan, Arlene, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Douglas, Kirk, [>]

  Drake, Ervin, [>]

  Draper, Paul, [>]

  Dreyfuss, Richard, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  drug problem

  after the heart attack, [>]

  attempts to quit, [>], [>], [>]

  behavioral effects, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  help from Fred Weaver, [>]–[>]

  physiological effects, [>], [>], [>]

  with prescription drugs, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  during productions

  All That Jazz, [>]

  Cabaret, [>], [>]

  Chicago, [>]

  The Conquering Hero, [>], [>]–[>]

  Dancin’, [>]

  How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, [>]

  Lenny, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Liza with a Z, [>]–[>], [>]

  Pippin, [>], [>]–[>]

  Star [>], [>]

  Sweet Charity, [>]

  Walking Happy, [>]

  Duncan-Gibbs, Mamie, [>], [>]

  Dunphy, Jack, [>]

  Durante, Jimmy, [>], [>], [>]

  Dylan, Bob, [>]

  East Hampton, NY, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Eastwood, Clint, [>]

  Ebb, Fred

  Cabaret, [>], [>], [>]

  Chicago

  songwriting with Kander, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  writing with Fosse, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  on Fosse’s work methods, [>]

  Liza with a Z, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  party for Fosse, [>]

  Edens, Roger, [>]

  Edith (receptionist), [>], [>]

  Edwards, Blake, [>]

  Embs, Lisa, [>], [>]–[>]

  Emmons, Don, [>]

  Emmy Award, [>], [>]

  Ending (book; Wolitzer), [>]

  Engel, Lehman, [>]

  Ettinger, Edwin, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Evans, Harvey

  New Girl in Town, [>]–[>], [>]

  on Niles, [>]

  The Pajama Game, [>]

  Redhead, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  on selection criteria of Fosse, [>]

  “Everything Old Is New Again” (dance), [>]

  Fairbanks, Douglas, [>]

  fame and Fosse, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Farmakis, Mary, [>]

  Ferguson, Gilbert, [>]

  Ferrier, Patricia. See Kiley, Patricia Ferrier

  Feuer, Cy

  at Academy Awards, [>]

  background, [>]

  Big Deal, [>]

  Cabaret, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Can-Can, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, [>]–[>]

  description, [>]

  Guys and Dolls, [>], [>]

  How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Little Me, [>], [>], [>]

  Pleasures and Palaces, [>]

  relationship with Fosse, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Stay Away, Joe, [>]–[>]

  Walking Happy, [>]

  Fields, Dorothy, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fields, Freddie, [>]–[>], [>]

  Fields, Herbert, [>], [>], [>]

  film technique, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Fire Island, NY, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Fisher, Jules, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Fitzpatrick, Melvene, [>]

  Flemming, Charlotte, [>], [>]

  Foldi, Erzebet “Liz,” [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Fontanne, Lynn, [>]

  Foote, Gene, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Cyril, Jr. “Buddy” (brother), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Fosse, Cyril, Sr. (father), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Donald (brother), [>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Edward (brother), [>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Marianne (sister), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Nicole Providence (daughter)

  adolescence, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  birth, [>]

  childhood, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  dance training, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Dancing for Writers, [>]

  description, [>]

  at father’s wake, [>]

  in father’s will, [>]–[>]

  knowledge of father’s women, [>], [>]

  love of The Little Prince book, [>]

  “The Magic Bird of Fire,” [>]–[>]

  and Phantom of the Opera, [>]–[>]

  reactions to father’s career, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  relationship with Reinking, [>]

  visits to father in the dance studio, [>]–[>]

  visit to father in the hospital, [>]

  Fosse, Patsy (sister), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Richard (uncle), [>]

  Fosse, Robert Louis “Bob”

  acting ability, limitations, [>]

  artist vs. craftsman, [>]–[>]

  awards and nominations

  Academy Award, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Astaire Award, [>]

  Capezio Dance Award, [>]

  Dance Magazine award, [>]–[>]

  Emmy Award, [>]

  Mr. Abbott Award, [>]

  Palme d’Or, [>]–[>]

  Tony Award, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Boredom, Whimsy, and Flash, [>], [>], [>]

  career

  dance numbers, See under title of work

  productions (See under choreographer; dancer; director/editor; producer; writer)

  Dancing for Writers, [>

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