Adam Lambert Says He's More Like Beyonce Than Daughtry Nov 10, 2009
American Idol' runner-up says 'most female pop stars right now' are as influenced by musical theater as he is. People want to talk about whether I have rock cred, whether I'm selling out, the theatricality, the gay stuff. (VHI.com -- Music News)
If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good? Nov 1, 2009
Her performance work has been a singular blend of Martha Graham modern and Bob Fosse jazz dancing. She definitely could have used some of Bowie's avant-garde and futuristic flair. (Salon)
The Last Moonwalk Oct 29, 2009
When he delivers a playfully spot-on imitation of the gesture of flight attendants everywhere ("Exits are located to the front and rear"), you realize what a student of bodily movement he really was: Whether from Mick Jagger, Bob Fosse, or a Delta Airlines stewardess, any move he liked was fodder to be incorporated into his signature style. If, like me, you're a making-of geek who would rather watch rehearsal footage than the final polished performance, it's a thrill to see the stage of L.A.'s... (Slate)
Daniel Melnick, 77; produced hit movies and TV shows Oct 19, 2009
The next year, Mr. Melnick produced Bob Fosse s All That Jazz, which earned praise for experimenting with the musical genre, and followed with 1980 s Altered States, a sci-fi horror film that starred William Hurt. Mr. Melnick returned to the musical with 1984 s Footloose, about a teen s irrepressible need to dance. (Boston Globe)
After all these years it's still Liza with a zing Oct 18, 2009
With pianist Billy Stritch and her 11-piece band she pumped out a show full of raw and breathless energy with all the Bob Fosse movements you'd expect. Based on a Tony award-winning show she has performed in New York's Palace Theatre this year, Minnelli was almost giddy as she went from crowd-pleasing show tune to heart-felt love serenade. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Trinity Rep stages ‘Cabaret’ Sep 26, 2009
Most film adaptations of Broadway musicals are forgettable or worse, but director Bob Fosse chose to radically rework the material, and in so doing he created one of those rare, indelible classics that throws a long shadow on subsequent stage productions. (Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey helped. (Boston Globe)
Daily TV and radio guide Sep 25, 2009
Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, and director Bob Fosse won Oscars for this dramatic musical. PG (1972). (Boston Globe)
Musical parallels reality television Sep 18, 2009
Bob Fosse made the choreography famous and there's a reason for that. "It's because Fosse's style was born out of necessity," explained Banta, who started creating dances at 13 and went on to choreograph for the West High Dance Squad when it was created her sophomore year of high school. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Many fall theater productions are tied to films Sep 13, 2009
Meanwhile, Trinity Repertory Company in Providence is having a go at Cabaret, doubtless knowing it will forever be associated with Liza Minnelli, star of the 1972 film directed by Bob Fosse. In Lenox, Shakespeare & Company will present a stage spoof of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s The Hound of the Baskervilles, which has gotten a thorough workout on film (in 1939 with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and in 1959 with Peter Cushing in the role), as well as in TV adaptations. (Boston Globe)
Beyonce's VMA-Nominated 'Single Ladies' Video Began As An Afterthought Sep 13, 2009
s awe-inspiring dance, which was inspired by an old-school Bob Fosse routine," Nava wrote. "The styling was inspired by a Vogue photo shoot. All the changes in look and lighting were executed 'in camera,' because I wanted to keep the feel very organic and ungimmicky. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Chic 'Chicago' Sep 10, 2009
" Broadway audiences will celebrate the longest-running musical revival of all time, while the Erie Playhouse opens its 93rd season tonight with the same landmark musical. "Chicago" is one of the most successful musicals of our time, having won six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy, and thousands of standing ovations. The show, a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago, was originally directed and choreographed by Broadway icon Bob Fosse. It's based on a 1926 play of the same name by... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Critics' Pick: The music of impending middle age Aug 17, 2009
Likewise, the moody strings and howling of "King Rat" feel like "Dramamine" meets Bob Fosse dance number, exactly the sort of madness that might reassure those fans who've been drawn to Brock's bitter wisdom for over a decade. Check out recent. (Salon)
And all that class Aug 9, 2009
With its simple set and costuming, this production by Bob Fosse, John Kander and Fred Ebb relies heavily on the strength of its performers, particularly the two female leads. O Connor is what is referred to in the industry as a triple threat she sings, dances and acts and her Velma shows off all those talents to great effect, from the sultry opening number All that Jazz to the pure vaudeville of I Simply Cannot Do It Alone and I Know a Girl. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Burn the Floor' brings ballroom dancing to B'way Aug 3, 2009
Unlike theater greats such as Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett or Jerome Robbins, Gilkison brings no distinct style to his dance creations. Efficiency is all. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Production of Chicago to hit the local stage Jul 24, 2009
Chicago is the longest running musical revival on Broadway, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. With a score including All That Jazz , Roxie , Cell-Block Tango , and Razzle-Dazzle , Chicago is fast, fun, and full of energy, officials promise. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
The way he moved: Jackson leaves dance world void Jul 21, 2009
Like none before him, Hill said, Jackson combined: the funky street dance called popping, akin to the robot and the moonwalk (which Jackson didn't invent but took mainstream); the slick, jazzy technique of choreographer Bob Fosse; the electric twists and turns of R&B showmen Jackie Wilson and James Brown. "He no less than changed the way that human beings moved and moved to the beat," Hill said. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Jackson moonwalked to hyperstardom Jul 2, 2009
Taking everything he d learned from the Nicholas Brothers and Jackie Wilson and James Brown and Bob Fosse (Brown and Fosse especially), he d added bits of his own and unleashed himself. Could this be the first human being to have had his cartilage replaced with quicksilver. (Boston Globe)
Michael Jackson: King of Pop's complex reign Jun 28, 2009
As a dance force alone, he was, in his own way, as original and influential as Balanchine or Bob Fosse. Voice a perfect instrument. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Click to read:The Man With The Moves Jun 27, 2009
"Where he threw his hat, that to me was immense, because it was part of Bob Fosse," Richardson said. "Was he a natual?" Michelle Miller asked. (CBS News)
Comedian was ahead of his time May 31, 2009
When the 1974 Bob Fosse film titled Lenny was being made, Krassner said he recalled giving actor Dustin Hoffman, who played Bruce, advice on how slowly the comic would start his monologues. Bruce performed this way, Krassner said, because he wanted to savor the implications of what he was saying, to share his shock with the audience. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Chicago review May 19, 2009
After Watkins's death in 1969 John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse seized on the plot and reframed the story in a vaudeville context. Gaertner became Velma Kelly; Annan, Roxie Hart. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Billy Baxter Presents Diary Of The Cannes Film Festival With Rex Reed May 16, 2009
Sat May 16, 3:01 am ET. Billy Baxter parlayed the 62nd Cannes Film Festival start-date for maximum publicity impact. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Sam Cohn, at 79; was first of show business's superagents May 9, 2009
An abbreviated list of those he represented includes the actors Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Roy Scheider, Hume Cronyn, Zero Mostel, Jackie Gleason, and Macaulay Culkin; the directors Robert Altman, Robert Benton, Mike Nichols, Bob Fosse, Arthur Penn, Nora Ephron, and Louis Malle; the writers Peter Maas, John Guare, and E.L. Doctorow; and the songwriters Elizabeth Swados, John Kander, and Fred Ebb. "The first superagent of the modern... (Boston Globe)
Showbiz talent agent Sam Cohn dies May 7, 2009
They included Paul Newman, Meryl Streep, Woody Allen, Lily Tomlin, Kathleen Turner, Vanessa Redgrave, Arthur Miller, Mike Nichols, Nora Ephron, Robert Altman, Bob Fosse, Sigourney Weaver, E.L. Doctorow and Jackie Gleason. The elusive Cohn, known for not returning phone calls, retired earlier this year from ICM, which he co-founded in the mid-1970s. (USA Today -- Life)
Charleston High's 'Damn Yankees' is championship caliber May 1, 2009
The show offers an added gem when Nick Fosse, a distant relative of famed Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse, joins the dancers for a spicy number. It s another great show put together by director Therese Kincade, with the assistance of Debby Rappe as music director. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Flapper follies of wild Midwest jazz up our times Apr 28, 2009
The simplicity of Bobbie's staging and Reinking's choreography in the style of her mentor and one-time partner, Bob Fosse, accentuated the power and precision of the piece. "Audiences responded to its immediacy," says Kander. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Razzle dazzle reimagined Mar 21, 2009
Pedersen waited a long time for the rights to stage the well-known production based on the play by Maurine Dallas and the book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse with music by John Kander and lyrics by Ebb ... Sure, there is choreography that is a reference and homage to Bob Fosse and jazz, Pedersen said. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Sasha Frere-Jones: Beyoncé, at last. Feb 9, 2009
and her two dancers is borrowed from some old Bob Fosse routines and has inspired dozens of imitations, including one by an almost-naked man dancing in the Alaskan snow and one with Justin Timberlake, doing his best drag routine for Saturday Night Live. The song, produced by The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, is reminiscent of the best moments on B Day. (New Yorker)
