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Fosse

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by Wasson, Sam

]–[>], [>]

  on the dancing profession, [>]

  and death (See death and Fosse)

  description, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  education

  acrobatics, [>]

  American Theatre Wing, [>]–[>]

  Amundsen Senior High School, [>], [>], [>]

  Chicago Academy of Theater Arts, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  choreography and McCracken, [>]–[>], [>]

  dance halls, [>], [>]–[>]

  directing, [>], [>]

  film editing, [>], [>]–[>]

  film technique, [>]–[>], [>]

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

  study of Astaire, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  fame (See fame and Fosse)

  fatherhood

  impact of, and daughter as savior, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  missing day-to-day relationship, [>], [>]

  pride, [>]

  support for daughter’s career, [>], [>]

  trip to Disneyland, [>]

  and work, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  worry, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  financial management, [>]–[>]

  health issues

  as a child, [>]

  drugs (See drug problem)

  epilepsy, [>]–[>], [>]

  general decline after heart attack, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  heart (See heart disease of Fosse)

  hemorrhoids, [>], [>]

  insomnia, [>], [>]

  psychotherapy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  sciatica, [>], [>]

  smoking (See smoking by Fosse)

  Laundry restaurant, [>], [>], [>]

  life events, chronological

  childhood, [>]–[>], [>]

  adolescence, [>]–[>], [>], [>] (See also burlesque, and Fosse, rough environment and abuse)

  marriage/annulment to girlfriend, [>]–[>]

  young adulthood, [>]–[>]

  marriage to Niles, [>]–[>]

  early twenties, [>]–[>]

  mid twenties, [>]–[>]

  marriage to McCracken, [>]

  late twenties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  early thirties, [>]–[>]

  marriage to Verdon, [>]

  road to fatherhood, [>]–[>], [>]

  mid thirties, [>]–[>]

  death of McCracken, [>]–[>]

  death of mother, [>]–[>]

  birth of daughter, [>]

  late thirties, [>]–[>]

  early forties, [>]–[>]

  mid forties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  late forties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  open-heart surgery, [>]–[>]

  early fifties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  death of Chayefsky, [>]–[>]

  mid fifties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  late fifties, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  sixty, [>]–[>]

  last day, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  death, [>], [>]

  memorial party, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  legacy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  management of crew (See management style of Fosse)

  military service, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  personality

  ability to compartmentalize life, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  addictive and narcissistic, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  attraction to talent, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  charm, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  cool persona, [>]

  depression (See death and Fosse; depression and darkness)

  hatred of bullshit, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  heart of gold, [>], [>]

  inwardness and withdrawal, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  motivated by fear, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  perfectionism (See perfectionism of Fosse)

  pity play, [>]–[>]

  studying people/the observer, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

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

  pseudonym Bert Lewis, [>]

  and religion, [>]

  respect for institution of marriage, [>]

  scent, [>]

  scholarship sponsorship, [>]

  sexual abuse of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  singing voice, limitations, [>], [>], [>]

  style (See style of Fosse)

  suggestions for aspiring artists, [>]–[>]

  will, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  womanizing and intimacy issues

  in adolescence, [>]

  basis for, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  double standard, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  relationship with women in general, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fosse, Sadie (mother), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  “Fosse time,” [>], [>], [>]

  Foutris, George, [>]

  Fox. See 20th Century Fox

  Foy, Eddie, [>]

  Frederick, Vicki, [>]

  Freed, Arthur, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Freeman, David, [>]

  Friedman, Phil, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Frisco, Joe, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  “From This Moment On” (dance), [>]–[>], [>]

  Fryer, Robert

  Breakfast at Tiffany’s, [>], [>]

  Chicago, [>], [>]

  Farmer’s Daughter, [>]

  Nights of Cabiria/Hearts and Flowers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Redhead, [>], [>], [>]

  Sweet Charity, [>]

  Fucci, William, [>]

  Gallagher, Helen, [>], [>]

  Gardner, Herb

  agent, [>]

  and Big Deal, [>]

  at Chayefsky’s memorial, [>]

  and Chicago, [>]

  on Fosse, [>], [>]–[>]

  and Fosse’s will, [>]–[>], [>]

  friendship with Fosse

  Academy Awards night, [>], [>]

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

  Christmas party, [>]

  hospital visits, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  at wake, [>], [>]

  working together, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  The Goodbye People (movie), [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  The Goodbye People (stage production), [>]

  I’m Not Rappaport, [>]

  and Lenny, [>], [>]

  office, [>]

  and Stages, [>]

  Thieves (movie), [>]–[>], [>]

  Thieves (play), [>]–[>]

  A Thousand Clowns, [>]

  writing style, [>]–[>]

  Gardner, Rita, [>]

  Garfield, John, [>]

  Garland, Judy, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Garrett, Betty, [>]

  Gasper, Eddie, [>], [>]

  Gay, William, [>]–[>]

  Geffner, Deborah, [>], [>], [>]

  Gelbart, Larry, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Gennaro, Peter, [>], [>]

  Gere, Richard, [>], [>]

  Gershwin, George, [>], [>]

  Geweke, Marion “Smoochie,” [>]

  Gimbel, Norman, [>], [>]

  Giroux, Laurent, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Gittelson, Tony, [>], [>]

  Glattes, Michael, [>]

  Glattes, Wolfgang “Wolf”

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

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

  on Fosse’s inner goodness, [>]

  party for Fosse, [>]

  on Pippin, [>]

  Star [>], [>], [>], [>]

  use of production boards, [>]

  Glorsky, Maxine, [>], [>], [>]

  Goodman, Benny, [>]

  Goodrich, Frances, [>]

  Gordon, Keith, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Gore, Christopher, [>]

  Gorman, Cliff, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Gottfried, Howard, [>]

  Graff, Ellen, [>]–[>]

&
nbsp; Graham, Martha, [>]

  Granger, Farley, [>]

  Grant, Cary, [>]

  Grass, Charlie

  at Chicago Academy, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  The Colgate Comedy Hour, [>]

  dance acts with Fosse, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  remaining in high school, [>]–[>]

  Graziano, Rocky, [>]

  Great Lakes Training Center, [>]

  Green, Adolph, [>], [>], [>]

  Green, Doug, [>]

  Green, Wayne, [>], [>]

  Greene, Romaine, [>]

  Greenhut, Robert, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Grey, Joel

  at Academy Awards, [>], [>], [>]

  Cabaret (movie), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Cabaret (stage production), [>]

  Las Vegas act, [>]–[>]

  Griffith, D. W., [>]

  Griffith, Robert, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Grodin, Charles, [>], [>], [>]

  Guare, John, [>]

  Gypsy Rose Lee, [>], [>]

  Hackett, Albert, [>]

  Hackett, Buddy, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Hagerty, Julie, [>], [>]

  Hague, Albert, [>], [>], [>]

  Halliday, Buzz, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Halloran, Jack, [>]

  Halston, [>], [>]

  Hamill, Pete, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Hamlisch, Marvin, [>], [>], [>]

  Hammerstein, Oscar, II, [>], [>], [>]

  Haney, Carol, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Haney, Sonja, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Harrell, Gordon, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Harris, Joseph “Joe,” [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Hart, Lorenz, [>]

  Hassett, Karen, [>], [>]

  Hastings, Bill, [>], [>], [>]

  Hauser, Marion, [>], [>], [>]

  Hayes, Bill, [>]

  heart disease of Fosse

  angina, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  blockage, [>], [>]

  cardiac bypass, [>]–[>]

  chest pains, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  events leading up to cardiac bypass, [>]–[>]

  heart attack and death, [>]

  strained by Dexamyl, [>]

  Heatherton, Joey, [>]

  Heckart, Eileen, [>]–[>], [>]

  Hefner, Hugh “Hef,” [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Heifner, Jack, [>]

  Heim, Alan

  Academy Award, [>]

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

  on Big Deal opening night, [>]

  caregiving Fosse, [>]

  death of mother, [>]

  Fosse’s girlfriend working for, [>]

  on Fosse’s social skills, [>]

  at Fosse’s wake, [>]

  Lenny, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Liza with a Z, [>], [>], [>]

  Star [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Heller, Joseph, [>]

  Hemingway, Ernest, [>]

  Hemingway, Mariel, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Henaghan, James, [>]–[>], [>]

  Henaghan, Jim, Jr. “Jimmy,” [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Hepburn, Audrey, [>]

  Herman, Allen, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Herman, Woody, [>]

  Herr, Michael, [>]–[>], [>]

  Hershey Chocolate Company, [>], [>]

  Hewes, Jim, [>]

  Hirsch, Judd, [>]

  Hirson, Roger, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  historical events

  AIDS epidemic, [>]–[>]

  assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., [>], [>]

  assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, [>], [>]

  Cold War, [>]

  Cuban Missile Crisis, [>]

  cultural shift of the late 1960s-1970s, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Kent State, [>]

  McCarthyism, [>], [>], [>]

  Vietnam War, [>], [>]

  Watergate, [>], [>], [>]

  World War II, [>], [>]–[>]

  Hocker, David, [>]

  Hoffman, Dustin

  and All That Jazz, [>]

  on Fosse, [>]–[>], [>]

  gift for Fosse, [>]

  gift for Marr, [>]

  Lenny, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  as a perfectionist, [>]

  piano skills, [>]

  Holland, Anthony, [>]

  Hollywood, CA, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Horney, Karen, [>]

  Horvath, James, [>]

  Hudson, Rock, [>]

  Hunter, Ross, [>], [>]

  “The Hunter” (short story; Doctorow), [>]

  Huston, John, [>], [>]

  ICM, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Inge, William, [>], [>]

  insurance issues, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  “I Wanna Be a Dancin’ Man” (dance), [>]–[>]

  Jackson, Michael, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Jackson, Patty Ann, [>], [>]

  Jacobs, Bernie, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Jacobs, Craig, [>], [>]

  Jaffe, Jerry, [>]

  Jaffe, Norman, [>]

  Jagger, Mick, [>]

  Joffrey Ballet, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Jolson, Al

  influence on Fosse, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  vaudeville, [>], [>], [>]

  Kael, Pauline, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Kandell, Sherri, [>]

  Kander, John “Johnny”

  Cabaret, [>], [>], [>]

  Chicago

  brainstorming, [>]

  on the lack of joy, [>], [>], [>]

  songwriting with Ebb, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  on Fosse’s work methods, [>]

  Liza with a Z, [>], [>]

  party for Fosse, [>]

  Kanin, Garson, [>]

  Katz, Mickey, [>]

  Kaufman, George S., [>]

  Kazan, Elia, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Keaton, Buster, [>]

  Kellough, Beth, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Kelly, Gene

  appearance and style, [>], [>]

  Brigadoon, [>]

  and Give a Girl a Break, [>]

  influence on Fosse, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Invitation to the Dance, [>]

  movie musicals, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Pal Joey, [>], [>]

  Kelly, Kevin, [>]–[>]

  Kelly, Paula, [>]

  Kennedy, Jacqueline, [>]

  Kennedy, Pres. John F., [>]

  Kennedy, Sen. Robert F., [>], [>]

  Kerr, Walter, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Kidd, Michael, [>], [>], [>

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