Bob Fosse
I am Bob Fosse, a famous dancer and choreographer. I took movements and images from burlesque halls and nightclubs, crafted them into a signature movement style, and conceptualized Broadway shows, television specials, and movies that relied on that signature style to razzle-dazzle my audience ("Hall of Fame"). I was a genius at creating entertaining dances filled with hunched shoulders, limp wrists, turned in legs, and thrusting hips ("Hall of Fame"). I often called the en masse amalgamation of my moves the "amoeba" because it describes my particular style, one at once fluid and angular (Zaremba).I was the first director ever to win the Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award in a single year ("A Musical"). My work on Broadway, for which I won 9 Tony Awards, include The Pajama Game, Bells are Ringing, Redhead, Little Me, Sweet Charity, Pippin, Chicago, Dancin', Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying ("A Musical"). My film work includes the classics Sweet Charity, Lenny and All That Jazz ("A Musical"). I was born on June 23, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois (Zaremba). The son of a vaudevillian, I was practically born into theatre ("Biography"). As a child I began dancing as a way
the future of the traditional, or book, musical (Zaremba). With no plot to speak of, just dancing, its most powerful statement was one of omission (Zaremba). (Zaremba). Sweet Charity was my longest running show (DeVine). It's up-tempo, triumph over adversity theme, was perfect material for both husband and wife (Zaremba). I was an obsessive, edgy, womanizing romantic who chain-smoked four to six packs of unfiltered Camels a day, however this excited my florid style that recalled the show All That Jazz (DeVine). In that film, an obsessive choreographer-director wrecked his health and the film ended in his death (DeVine). It played in movie houses around the world and it seemed as though I was at the height of my powers, yet this peak was to be the last of my great successes (Zaremba). In 1974 I directed my first completely dramatic film, Lenny (Zaremba). It was a biography of tragic comedian and good friend of mine, Lenny Bruce (played by Dustin Hoffman) (Zaremba). Shortly after, I co-choreographed a film version of the children's classic The Little Prince, in which I acted, playing the Serpent (Zaremba). I directed Chicago, my next big smash, in 1975 (Zaremba). It was an adaptation of a Maurine Watkins melodrama that starred Gwen and Chita Rivera (Zaremba). It ran on Broadway for two years before embarking on an extended tour (Zaremba). Chain-smoking caught up on me and I suffered a heart attack while working on Chicago ("Biography"). It marked Gwen's come back on Broadway, but it also ended our marriage, however we continued working together ("Biography"). In 1969, Sweet Charity was translated to the big screen in what was my first crack at directing a motion picture (Zaremba). It garnered good notices (but bad box office attendance) and was followed by the film many considered my finest, Cabaret (1972), in which I won an Oscar for Best Director. (Zaremba). The years 1972-73 were definitely my best and certainly my most successful, and included Pippin on Broadway and Liza With a Z along with Cabaret (Zaremba). In 1978, I staged Dancin', my last major Broadway hit ("Hall of Fame"; Zaremba). This unique Broadway style ran for years ("Hall
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