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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi), it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the "Sea of Atlas".
The oldest known mention of "Atlantic" is in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (Hdt. 1.202.4): Atlantis thalassa (Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς θάλασσα; English: Sea of Atlas); see also: Atlas Mountains. The term Ethiopic Ocean, derived from Ethiopia, was applied to the southern Atlantic ocean as late as the mid-19th century. Before Europeans discovered other oceans, the term "ocean" itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic. The early Greeks believed this ocean to be a gigantic river encircling the world.
The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west. As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south. (Other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica.) The equator subdivides it into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean.
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Berlin
Berlin (
/bɜrˈlɪn/; German pronunciation: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] (
listen)) is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.5 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has 5.9 million residents from over 190 nations. Located in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.
First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945).Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin—the capital of East Germany—and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall (1961–1989). Following German reunification in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany, hosting 147 foreign embassies.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City. Along with London's West End theatre, Broadway theatre is widely considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world.
The Broadway theatre district is a popular tourist attraction in New York. According to The Broadway League, Broadway shows sold approximately $1.081 billion worth of tickets in calendar year 2011, compared with $1.037 billion for 2010. Attendance in 2011 was 12.13 million.
New York did not have a significant theatre presence until about 1750, when actor-managers Walter Murray and Thomas Kean established a resident theatre company at the Theatre on Nassau Street, which held about 280 people. They presented Shakespeare plays and ballad operas such as The Beggar's Opera. In 1752, William Hallam sent a company of twelve actors from Britain to the colonies with his brother Lewis as their manager. They established a theatre in Williamsburg, Virginia and opened with The Merchant of Venice and The Anatomist. The company moved to New York in the summer of 1753, performing ballad operas and ballad-farces like Damon and Phillida. The Revolutionary War suspended theatre in New York, but thereafter theatre resumed in 1798, the year the 2,000-seat Park Theatre was built on Chatham Street (now called Park Row). The Bowery Theatre opened in 1826, followed by others. Blackface minstrel shows, a distinctly American form of entertainment, became popular in the 1830s, and especially so with the arrival of the Virginia Minstrels in the 1840s.
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Chicago
Chicago (
i/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ or /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the US state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. The city has around 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland", is the third largest in the United States, with an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion also extends into DuPage County.
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world on the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city retains its status as an international hub for finance, industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008[update], the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the world, ranking just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles. Chicago is one of the most important Worldwide Centers of Commerce and trade.
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Illinois
Illinois (
i/ˌɪlɨˈnɔɪ/ IL-i-NOY) is the 25th most extensive and the 5th most populous of the 50 United States, and is often noted as a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal, timber, and petroleum in the south, Illinois has a broad economic base. Illinois is a major transportation hub. The Port of Chicago connects the state to other global ports from the Great Lakes, via the Saint Lawrence Seaway, to the Atlantic Ocean; as well as the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, via the Illinois River. For decades, O'Hare International Airport has ranked as one of the world's busiest airports. Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and politics.
Although the state's largest population centers today are in northern Illinois, originally the state's population grew from south to north, with settlers arriving from Kentucky in the 1810s. In 1818, Illinois achieved statehood. Chicago was founded in the 1830s on the banks of the Chicago River, one of the few natural harbors on southern Lake Michigan. Railroads and John Deere's invention of the self-scouring steel plow turned Illinois' rich prairie into some of the world's most productive and valuable farmlands, attracting immigrant farmers from Germany and Sweden. By 1900, the growth of industrial jobs in the northern cities and coal mining in the central and southern areas attracted immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. Illinois was an important manufacturing center during both world wars. The Great Migration established a large community of African Americans in Chicago that created the city's famous jazz and blues cultures.
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Ireland
Coordinates: 53°20′N 08°00′W / 53.333°N 8°W / 53.333; -8
Ireland (pronounced [ˈaɪrlənd] ( listen); Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen); Ulster Scots: Airlann or Airlan) is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth. To its east is the larger island of Great Britain, from which it is separated by the Irish Sea.
Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers just under five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remainder and is located in the northeast of the island. The population of Ireland is approximately 6.4 million. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just under 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
Relatively low-lying mountains surrounding a central plain epitomise Ireland's geography with several navigable rivers extending inland. The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild but changeable oceanic climate, which avoids extremes in temperature. Thick woodlands covered the island until the 17th century. Today, it is one of the most deforested areas in Europe. There are twenty-six extant mammal species native to Ireland.
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New York
New York (/njuː ˈjɔrk/; locally IPA: [nɪu ˈjɔək] or [nuː ˈjɔɹk] (
listen)) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. New York is the 27th most extensive, the 3rd most populous, and the 7th most densely populated of the 50 United States. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the west and north, and Quebec to the north. The state of New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
New York City, with a population of over 8.1 million, is the most populous city in the United States. Alone, it makes up over 40 percent of the population of New York state. It is known for its status as a center for finance and culture and for its status as the largest gateway for immigration to the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, New York City is also a destination of choice for many foreign visitors. Both the state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York, James Stuart, future James II and VII of England and Scotland.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.
At 165.2 million square kilometres (64.1 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean – and, in turn, the hydrosphere – covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands, while straddling the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. The Mariana Trench in the western North Pacific is the deepest point in the world, reaching a depth of 10,911 metres (35,797 ft).
The eastern Pacific Ocean was first sighted by Europeans early in the 16th century. Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and named it Mar del Sur (South Sea). The ocean's current name was given by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish expedition of world circumnavigation in 1521, who encountered favourable winds as he reached the ocean and called it Mar Pacifico in Portuguese, meaning "peaceful sea".
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Abe Burrows
Abe Burrows (December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage. He won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize.
Born Abram Solman Borowitz in New York City, Burrows graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and later attended both City College and New York University. He began working as a runner on Wall Street while at NYU, and he also worked in an accounting firm. After he met Frank Galen in 1938, the two wrote and sold jokes to an impressionist who appeared on the Rudy Vallée radio program.
His radio career gained strength when he collaborated with Ed Gardner, the writer and star of radio legend Duffy's Tavern. The two created the successful series after Gardner's character, Archie, premiered on the earlier radio program, This Is New York. Burrows was made the show's head writer in 1941, and he credited the experience with investing the Runyonesque street characters he fashioned for Guys and Dolls. "The people on that show," Burrows once said about Duffy's Tavern, "were New York mugs, nice mugs, sweet mugs, and like (Damon) Runyon's mugs they all talked like ladies and gentlemen. That's how we treated the characters in Guys and Dolls."
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Agnes de Mille
Agnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer.
Agnes de Mille was born in New York City into a well-connected family of theater professionals. Her father William C. deMille and her uncle Cecil B. DeMille were both Hollywood directors. She was the granddaughter of economist Henry George.
She had a love for acting and originally wanted to be an actress, but was told that she was 'not pretty enough', so she turned her attention to dance. As a child, she had longed to dance, but dance at this time was considered more of an activity, rather than a viable career option, so her parents refused to allow her to dance. When de Mille's younger sister was prescribed ballet classes to cure her flat feet, de Mille joined her. De Mille lacked flexibility and technique, though, and did not have a dancer's body. Classical ballet was the most widely known dance form at this time, and de Mille's apparent lack of ability limited her opportunities. She taught herself from watching film stars on the set with her father in Hollywood; these were more interesting for her to watch than perfectly turned out legs, and she developed strong character work and compelling performances. One of de Mille’s earliest jobs, thanks to her father’s connections, was choreographing the film Cleopatra in 1934, though the dances were later cut from the film. She appeared in The Ragamuffin in 1916, which was her first job.
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Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明, Kurosawa Akira?, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years.
Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After years of working on numerous films as an assistant director and scriptwriter, he made his debut as a director in 1943, during World War II with the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata (a.k.a. Judo Saga). After the war, the critically acclaimed Drunken Angel (1948), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshirō Mifune in a starring role, cemented the director's reputation as one of the most important young filmmakers in Japan. The two men would go on to collaborate on another 15 films.
Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America. The commercial and critical success of this film opened up Western film markets for the first time to the products of the Japanese film industry, which in turn led to international recognition for other Japanese filmmakers. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Kurosawa directed approximately a film a year, including a number of highly regarded films such as Ikiru (1952), Seven Samurai (1954) and Yojimbo (1961). After the mid-1960s, he became much less prolific, but his later work—including his final two epics, Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985)—continued to win awards, including the Palme d'Or for Kagemusha, though more often abroad than in Japan.
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Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, musician and singer. He is known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Marley & Me, and Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2006. He is the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin.
Arkin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Beatrice (née Wortis), a teacher, and David I. Arkin, a painter and writer who mostly worked as a teacher. Arkin was raised in a Jewish family with "no emphasis on religion"; his maternal grandfather was an immigrant from Odessa, Ukraine. The family moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles when Arkin was 11 years old, but an eight-month Hollywood strike cost Arkin's father a set designer job he had wanted to take. During the 1950s Red Scare, Arkin's parents were accused of being Communists, which led to David losing his job when he refused to answer questions about his political affiliation. David challenged the dismissal and was ultimately vindicated, but only after his death.
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Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker, CBE (born 14 February 1944) is an English film director, producer, writer and actor. He has been active in both the British cinema and American cinema and was a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
Parker was born into a working class family in Islington, North London, the son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter. He attended Dame Alice Owen's School. Parker started out as a copywriter for advertising agencies in the 1960s and 1970s and later began to write his own television commercial scripts. His most celebrated and enduring advertising work was when he worked for famed London agency Collett Dickenson Pearce where he directed many award winning commercials, including the famous Cinzano vermouth advertisement, starring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins, shown in the UK.
His film career began through his association with producer David Puttnam, now Lord Puttnam, when he wrote the screenplay for the feature Melody (1971). Puttnam would later produce a number of Parker's films including Midnight Express (1978). This was a highly controversial film set in a Turkish prison that was lauded by critics and ended up earning a number of Oscar nominations, including Best Director for Parker. He was later nominated for Best Director with Mississippi Burning (1988).
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Albert Marre
Albert Marre (born September 20, 1924) is an American director and producer in the theatre.
Born in New York City, Marre made his Broadway debut as an actor and associate director of the 1950 revival of John Vanbrugh's Restoration comedy The Relapse. Three years later he helmed a production of Shaw's Misalliance, followed by Kismet, for which he received the 1954 Donaldson Award (precursor to the Tonys) for Best Director of a Musical. The cast of Kismet included Alfred Drake, Doretta Morrow, Richard Kiley as The Caliph, and Joan Diener as Lalume, the seductive wife of the Wazir.
Marre and Diener wed in 1956, subsequently had two children, and remained married until her death in 2006. Marre is currently married to actress-lyricist Mimi Turque; they wed in 2009.
In 1956, Marre was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Director for The Chalk Garden. That same year he directed to great acclaim a revival of Shaw's Saint Joan starring Siobhan McKenna. In 1958, he directed the Jean Anouilh play, Time Remembered (translated by Patricia Moyes), which starred Helen Hayes, Richard Burton, Susan Strasberg and Sig Arno. The production won five Tony nominations including Best Play, and Hayes took home the prize for Best Actress. The same year, he directed a production of At the Grand, a musical version of Vicki Baum's 1930 novel, Grand Hotel, in Los Angeles, with Joan Diener as the opera diva who falls in love with a charming, but larcenous, faux baron. (Although the show never reached Broadway, it was revamped drastically more than thirty years later and, directed by Tommy Tune, became the hit Grand Hotel.)[citation needed]
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Andre Gregory
Andre William Gregory (born May 11, 1934) is an American theatre director, writer and actor.
Gregory studied at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with Adams House.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Gregory directed a number of avant-garde productions developed through ensemble collaboration, the most famous of which was Alice In Wonderland (1970), based on Lewis Carroll's two classic Alice books. In the course of these experiments, he founded his own theatrical company, The Manhattan Project (1968). In 1975 he directed Our Late Night, the first produced play by Wallace Shawn, which began a long working relationship between the two. Shortly afterward, Gregory's growing misgivings about the role of theatre in modern life, and what he felt was a trend toward fascism in the United States, led him to abandon theatre abruptly and leave the country. As described in My Dinner with Andre, he traveled to Poland on an invitation from Jerzy Grotowski, developed a number of experimental theatrical events for private audiences, and then spent several years in a variety of esoteric spiritual communities (such as Findhorn) developing an interest in what could be described as New Age beliefs.
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Andrei Şerban
Andrei Șerban (born June 21, 1943) is a Romanian-born American theater director. A major name in twentieth-century theater, he is renowned for his innovative and iconoclastic interpretations and stagings. Since 1992, he has been Professor of Theater at the Columbia University School of the Arts.
Born in Bucharest, he is the son of Gheorghe Șerban, a photographer, and Elpis Șerban, a teacher. As a child, he was presenting puppet shows at home and staging mock battles with his friends in Bucharest's Grădina Icoanei. From 1961 to 1968, he studied at the Theatrical and Cinematographic Art Institute in Bucharest. As a student, he directed Julius Caesar, which he now calls his "most daring production ever". Set in the Japanese Kabuki style, with a flower bridge built over the audience, and with Caesar's death performed in slow motion created an enormous scandal. After that, it became very hard for him to find a job in Romania.
In 1969, Șerban emigrated to the United States, with the help of Ellen Stewart, and a grant from the Ford Foundation. In 1970, he went to Paris to study at Peter Brook's International Centre for Theatre Research. In 1971, he staged Medea at La MaMa, E.T.C., the experimental theater club in New York City. Three years later, he directed Fragments of a Greek Trilogy (Medea, The Trojan Women, and Electra), also at La MaMa.
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Ann Reinking
Ann Reinking (born November 10, 1949) is an American actress, dancer, and choreographer. She has worked extensively in musical theatre, both as a dancer and choreographer, as well as appearing in film.
Reinking was born in Seattle, Washington where she originally trained as a ballet dancer. She studied with Marian and Illaria Ladre, a professional ballet couple who had danced for years with the Ballets Russes which later became the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
After working as a chorus girl in Coco, Wild and Wonderful, and Pippin, Reinking came to critical notice in the role of Maggie in Over Here! (Theatre World Award).
Reinking went on to originate roles in Goodtime Charley (for which she received Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations for Best Actress in a Musical) and Bob Fosse's Dancin' (Tony nomination). She also took over leads in A Chorus Line (1976), Chicago in 1977, and Sweet Charity (1986).
After retiring from performing, Reinking returned to the stage as Roxie Hart in the revival of Chicago in 1996. In 1996, she was asked to create the choreography ("in the style of Bob Fosse") for an all-star four-night-only concert staging of Chicago for City Center's annual Encores! Concert Series. When the producers could not obtain a suitable actress for the role of Roxie Hart, Reinking agreed to reprise the role again after almost 20 years. This concert staging of Chicago was a hit, and a few months later the production (in its concert staging presentation) was produced on Broadway, along with its cast: Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey, James Naughton and Marcia Lewis. In November 2009 the revival celebrated its 13th year on Broadway. The revival of Chicago won numerous Tony Awards, and Reinking won the Tony Award for Choreography. She recreated her choreography for the 1997 London transfer of Chicago which starred Ute Lemper and Ruthie Henshall.
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Bill Forsyth
Bill Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and writer best known for his films Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), and Comfort and Joy (1984), as well as his commitment to national film-making.
William David Forsyth was born 29 July 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland. After graduating Knightswood School at the age of 17, he spent eight years making short documentary films.
Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, That Sinking Feeling, made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco. The relative success of the film was carried to a far higher level by his next film Gregory's Girl in 1981. This featured some of the same young actors, in particular John Gordon Sinclair, as well as the acting debut of Clare Grogan. The film was a major hit and won 'Best Screenplay' in that year's BAFTA Awards. In 1983 he wrote and directed the successful Local Hero, produced by David Puttnam, and featuring Burt Lancaster. It was rated in the top 100 films of the 1980s in a Premiere magazine recap of the decade. Forsyth's next film was the 1984 Comfort and Joy, about a Glasgow radio DJ caught in a rivalry between ice cream companies, which again featured Clare Grogan.
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Bob Avian
Bob Avian (born December 26, 1937) is an American choreographer and a theatre producer and director.
Born in New York City, Avian's spent his early career dividing his time between dancing in such Broadway shows as West Side Story, Funny Girl, and Henry, Sweet Henry and working as a production assistant on projects like I Do! I Do! and Twigs. He first met Michael Bennett when they both appeared in Nowhere to Go But Up in 1962, and over the course of the next two decades the two collaborated on Promises, Promises, Coco, Company, Follies, Seesaw, God's Favorite, A Chorus Line, Ballroom, and Dreamgirls, Avian's first credit as a solo producer. Additional Broadway credits include Putting It Together and the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line, which he directed.
In London's West End, Avian choreographed Follies, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick, Miss Saigon, and Sunset Boulevard, repeating the assignment for the Broadway productions of the latter two. He also staged Hey, Mr. Producer!, the Cameron Mackintosh tribute.
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Bob Fosse
Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, musical theater choreographer, director, screenwriter, film editor and film director. He won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning for his direction of Cabaret (beating Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather). He was closely identified with his third wife, Broadway dancing star Gwen Verdon. She was the dancer/collaborator/muse upon whom he choreographed much of his work and, together with dancer/choreographer Ann Reinking, a significant guardian of the Fosse legacy after his death.
Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Norwegian American father, Cyril K. Fosse, and Irish-born mother, Sara Alice (Stanton), the second youngest of six children. He teamed up with Charles Grass, another young dancer, and began a collaboration under the name The Riff Brothers. They toured theatres throughout the Chicago area. Eventually Fosse was hired for Tough Situation, which toured military and naval bases in the Pacific.
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Carol Haney
Carol Haney (December 24, 1924 – May 10, 1964) was an American dancer and actress. After assisting Gene Kelly in choreographing films, Haney won a Tony Award for her role in The Pajama Game. She then shifted to choreography, being nominated for three more Tonys for her choreography work on Broadway.
Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, she opened a dancing school when she was fifteen years old. After high school, Haney left her home town for Hollywood and landed bit parts in movies until she was spotted by dancer/choreographer Jack Cole, becoming his dance partner and assistant from 1946–48.
In 1949, Haney was hired by Gene Kelly to be his assistant choreographer on MGM musical films, and she aided Kelly in some of his best work, including On the Town, Summer Stock, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain (she dubbed Kelly's taps in the title song), and Kelly's dream project, Invitation to the Dance.
Haney danced with Bob Fosse in the 1953 film version of Kiss Me, Kate, and when he landed his first Broadway choreographing assignment, The Pajama Game (1954), he recommended that Haney be cast in a small dancing part. She then impressed director George Abbott so much that Abbott combined her role with a larger part, resulting in the character of Gladys Hotchkiss. The role shot Haney to Broadway fame and won her a Tony Award and two Donaldson awards. The role of Gladys was lucky for Haney's understudy, Shirley MacLaine. A month into the run of The Pajama Game, Haney injured her leg, and MacLaine took over the role. She was spotted by Hollywood producer Hal Wallis, who had come to the show to see Haney, and MacLaine got a film contract that launched her career, while Haney never became a Hollywood star.
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Carol Reed
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949) and Oliver! (1968). He won the Palme d'Or for The Third Man and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!
The son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed, Carol Reed was born in Putney, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, an independent school. Reed served in the British Army during the Second World War, giving him many experiences which appeared in his later films.
He embarked on an acting career while still in his teens, but soon went into the role of producer/director. He worked as an Assistant Director with Basil Dean on the films Autumn Crocus, Lorna Doone and Loyalties and with Thorold Dickinson on Java Head. As director he was responsible for The Stars Look Down (1939), Kipps (1941), Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), Outcast of the Islands (1952), Our Man in Havana (1959), and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965). The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, and Our Man in Havana are based on the work of Graham Greene.
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Cholly Atkins
Charles “Cholly” Atkins (13 September 1913 – 19 April 2003) was an American dancer and vaudeville performer, who later became noted as the house choreographer for the various artists on the Motown label.
Born Charles Sylvan Atkinson, a native of Pratt City, Alabama, Atkins first found fame as one-half of a top vaudeville tap dancing act with partner Charles "Honi" Coles. After working as a freelance choreographer for The Miracles, Atkins was hired by Berry Gordy to work as a Motown choreographer in 1964, and set about developing the routines that would later become the trademark moves of other Motown acts like The Supremes, The Temptations (Atkins was also featured in the video for their hit single "Lady Soul"), The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips and others. Atkins would, in fact, continue working with Motown artists well into the 1980s. He choreographed for non-Motown artists as well, namely the dance routines of The Cadillacs in the 1950s, and the Sylvers and The O'Jays during the mid-1970s. He also worked with Detroit rock band DC Drive and is featured in the "You Need Love" video.
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Daniel Melnick
Daniel Melnick (April 21, 1932 – October 13, 2009) was an American film producer and movie studio executive who started working in Hollywood as a teenager in television and then became the producer of such films as All That Jazz, Altered States and Straw Dogs. Melnick's films won more than 20 Academy Awards out of some 80 nominations.
Melnick was born on April 21, 1932, in New York City, to Benjamin Melnick, a Jewish immigrant from Russia who was killed in a car crash when Melnick was a child. His mother, Celia, remarried, and Melnick attended the High School of Performing Arts. After high school, Melnick attended New York University. He served in the United States Army during the 1950s, where he produced entertainment for troops while stationed at New Jersey's Fort Dix and in Oklahoma.
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Danny Daniels
Danny Daniels is an American choreographer, tap dancer, and teacher.
Daniels was a featured dancer in several 1940s Broadway musicals, including Billion Dollar Baby, Street Scene, and Kiss Me, Kate; although he continued performing during the 1950s and after, including a tour with the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre, Daniels quickly moved into choreography for stage, film, and television. He won a Tony Award and an Astaire Award in 1984 for The Tap Dance Kid and received three more Tony nominations for High Spirits, Walking Happy, and the 1967 revival of Annie Get Your Gun. Notable film and television credits include Pennies from Heaven, The Night They Raided Minsky's, and Zelig, as well as specials featuring performers such as Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. In 1952, he created the Tap Dance Concerto with composer Morton Gould.
Daniels' students include Christopher Walken.
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David Lean
Sir David Lean, CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor, best remembered for big-screen epics The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984); for bringing Charles Dickens' novels to the silver screen with films such as Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948); and for the renowned romantic drama Brief Encounter (1945).
Acclaimed by directors including Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick,, Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute Sight & Sound Directors' Top Directors" poll 2002. Lean has four films in the top eleven of the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films.
David Lean was born in Croydon, Surrey (now part of Greater London), to Francis William le Blount Lean and the former Helena Tangye (niece of Sir Richard Trevithick Tangye). His parents were Quakers and he was a pupil at the Quaker-founded Leighton Park School in Reading. His younger brother, Edward Tangye Lean (1911–1974), founded the original Inklings literary club when a student at Oxford University. Lean was a half-hearted schoolboy with a dreamy nature who was labeled a "dud" of a student; he left in his mid-teens and entered his father's chartered accountancy firm as an apprentice. At age 16, his father deserted the family when he ran off with another woman, and young David would later follow a similar path after his own first marriage and child.
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Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?". Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he was one of the members of the "Rat Pack" and a major star in four areas of show business: concert stage/night clubs, recordings, motion pictures, and television.
Martin was born in Steubenville, Ohio, to Italian parents, Gaetano and Angela Crocetti (née Barra). His father was from Montesilvano, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy, and his mother was an Italian of part Neapolitan and part Sicilian ancestry. Martin was the younger of two sons. His brother was named Bill. Martin spoke only Italian until he started school. He attended Grant Elementary School in Steubenville, and took up the drums as a hobby as a teenager. He was the target of much ridicule for his broken English and ultimately dropped out of Steubenville High School in the 10th grade because he thought that he was smarter than his teachers. He delivered bootleg liquor, served as a speakeasy croupier, was a blackjack dealer, worked in a steel mill and boxed as welterweight. He grew up a neighbor to Jimmy the Greek.
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Donald Saddler
Donald Saddler (born January 24, 1920) is an American choreographer, dancer, and theatre director.
Born in Van Nuys, California, Saddler studied dance at an early age to regain his strength after a bout of scarlet fever. He spent his school vacations at the MGM studios, eventually dancing in the chorus of movie musicals such as The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Rosalie (1937), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Babes in Arms (1939), and The Wizard of Oz (1939) .
Saddler was an original member of the American Ballet Theatre, appearing in Giselle, Pillar of Fire, and Fancy Free before heading overseas to serve in World War II. When he returned, he decided to forego ballet in favor of Broadway musicals, appearing in High Button Shoes (1947) and two 1950 revues, Dance Me a Song and Bless You All, before winning his first assignment as a choreographer for Wonderful Town in 1953.
In 1958, Saddler won critical acclaim for his choreography for a Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival "dance drama" adaptation of Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, in which he also performed.
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Dorothy Stratten
Dorothy Stratten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980) was a Canadian model and actress. Stratten was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1979, Playmate of the Year in 1980 and was the second Playmate (after Lee Ann Michelle) born in the 1960s. Stratten appeared in three comedy films and at least two episodes of shows broadcast on US network television. She was murdered at age twenty by her estranged husband/manager Paul Snider, who committed suicide the same day. Her death inspired two motion pictures.
Stratten was born Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten in a Salvation Army hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Simon and Nelly Hoogstraten, who were Dutch immigrants. In 1961 her brother John Arthur was born. Her sister Louise Stratten followed in May 1968.
In 1977 she was attending Centennial High School in Coquitlam when, while working part-time at a local Dairy Queen, she met twenty-six year old Vancouver-area club promoter and pimp, Paul Snider, who romanced her. Snider later had professional nude photos taken of her which were sent to Playboy magazine. She was under age 18 at the time, and when her mother refused to sign the model release, Nelly Hoogstraten's signature was forged.
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Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters.
He first drew critical praise for the play Eh?, for which he won a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award. This was soon followed by his breakthrough movie role as the good-looking but troubled Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (1967). Since then Hoffman's career has largely been focused on cinema, with only sporadic returns to television and the stage. Some of his most notable films are Papillon, Marathon Man, Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Lenny, All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, Rain Man, Wag the Dog, and Meet the Fockers.
Hoffman has won two Academy Awards (for his performances in Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man), five Golden Globes, four BAFTAs, three Drama Desk Awards, a Genie Award, and an Emmy Award. Dustin Hoffman received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1999.
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Edwin Sherin
Edwin Sherin (born January 15, 1930) is an American theatre and television director and producer. He is the husband of actress Jane Alexander. He has directed many episodes of the television drama Law & Order, as well as directing for the stage, mainly on Broadway, including The Great White Hope.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sherin began his theatrical career as an actor, playing small roles on Broadway in A Desert Incident, Face of a Hero, and Romulus.
He met Alexander while serving as the resident director at Washington, DC's Arena Stage, where he cast her and James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope. In 1968, he directed the play and its two stars on Broadway, and the production marked the start not only of his Broadway directorial career, but a long professional and personal relationship with Alexander as well. He directed Alexander in, among other work, The First Monday in October on Broadway in 1978,Hedda Gabler at the Hartman Theatre (Connecticut) in 1981, in the American Playhouse television movie A Marriage: Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Stiegglitz, in 1991.and in the Broadway revival of The Visit.
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Fayard Nicholas
Fayard Antonio Nicholas (October 20, 1914 – January 24, 2006) was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He, along with his brother Harold, made up the Nicholas Brothers tap-dance duo who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and Hard Four (2007). Fayard Nicholas was a member of the Bahá'í Faith.
Fayard was inducted into the National Museum of Dance C.V. Whitney Hall of Fame in 2001, along with his brother Harold Nicholas.
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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola ( /ˈkoʊpələ/ KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors. He epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman, and George Lucas who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.
He co-wrote the script for Patton (1970), which won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather (1972), a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from critics and public alike. It won three Academy Awards, including his second, for Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay), and was instrumental in cementing his position as a prominent American film director.
Coppola followed it with a critically successful sequel, The Godfather Part II (1974), which became the first sequel to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. The film was highly praised and won him three Academy Awards—for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture. The Conversation, which Coppola directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. He next directed Apocalypse Now (1979); notorious for its overlong and strenuous production, but critically acclaimed for its vivid and stark depiction of the Vietnam War, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. To this day, Coppola is one of only seven filmmakers to win two Palme d'Or awards, and is the only filmmaker to win both in the same decade.
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Frankie Manning
Frankie Manning (May 26, 1914 – April 27, 2009) was an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered one of the founding fathers of the Lindy Hop.
Manning was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1914. He moved to Harlem at the age of 3, with his mother, who was also a dancer. Frankie began dancing as a child, then started attending the early evening dances for older teens at the Renaissance Ballroom. When he was older he started going to the Savoy, which was for better dancers. He frequented Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious "Kat's Corner," a corner of the dance floor in which impromptu exhibitions and competitions took place. During a dance contest in 1935, Manning and his partner Frieda Washington performed the first air step (often referred to as an aerial) in a swing dance competition against George "Shorty" Snowden and his partner Big Bea, at the Savoy Ballroom. The air step he performed was a "back to back roll" and was danced while Chick Webb played "Down South Camp Meeting", which was Manning's request after having heard the song earlier in the evening. The airstep went flawlessly to the music and astonished over 2,000 audience members watching.
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François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker, one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five films.
Truffaut was born in Paris on 6 February 1932. His mother was Janine de Montferrand. His mother's future husband, Roland Truffaut, accepted him as an adopted son and gave him his surname. He was passed around to live with various nannies and his grandmother for a number of years. It was his grandmother who instilled in him her love of books and music. He lived with his grandmother until her death when Truffaut was ten years old. It was only after his grandmother's death that he lived with his parents for the first time. The identity of Truffaut's biological father was unknown, though a private detective agency in 1968 revealed that their enquiry into the matter led to a Roland Levy, a Jewish dentist from Bayonne. Truffaut's mother's family disputed the findings but Truffaut himself believed and embraced them.
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Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.
Gene Kelly, another major innovator in filmed dance, said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire". Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Rudolf Nureyev, Sammy Davis, Jr., Michael Jackson, Gregory Hines, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.
Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Johanna "Ann" (née Geilus) and Frederic "Fritz" Austerlitz (born September 8, 1868, as Friedrich Emanuel Austerlitz). Astaire's mother was born in the United States to Lutheran German immigrants from East Prussia and Alsace, while Astaire's father was born in Linz, Austria, to Jewish parents who had converted to Catholicism.
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Fred Zinnemann
Fred Zinnemann (29 April 1907 – 14 March 1997) was an Austrian-American film director. He won two Academy Awards for directing films (From Here to Eternity and A Man for All Seasons) in many genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir, and play adaptations. Nineteen actors appearing in Zinnemann's films received Academy Award nominations for their performances: among that number are Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, Glynis Johns, Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller, Jason Robards, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Gary Cooper and Maximilian Schell.
Zinnemann was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. While growing up in Austria, he wanted to become a musician, but went on to study law. While studying at the University of Vienna, he became drawn to films and eventually became a cameraman. He worked in Germany with several other beginners (Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak also worked with him on the 1929 feature People on Sunday) before going to America to study film.
Zinnemann's penchant for realism and authenticity is evident in his first feature The Wave (1935), shot on location in Mexico with mostly non-professional actors recruited among the locals, which is one of the earliest examples of realism in narrative film. Earlier in the decade, in fact, Zinnemann had worked with documentarian Robert Flaherty, an association he considered "the most important event of my professional life".
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Garth Fagan
Gawain Garth Fagan, CD (born 3 May 1940) is a Jamaican modern dance choreographer. He is the founder and artistic director of Garth Fagan Dance, a modern dance company based in Rochester, New York.
Fagan was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Oxford educated S.W. Fagan, former Chief Education Officer of Jamaica, and Louise I. Walker. It was a gymnastics class that initially drew his attention to dance early on. While attending Excelsior High school, he studied with Ivy Baxter at the Jamaica National Dance Company and performed at the inauguration of Cuban President Fidel Castro in 1959. Fagan was educated at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with sights on becoming a psychologist.
Fagan worked at several dance companies in Detroit, and moved to Rochester New York in 1970, and there established his dance company originally named the "Bottom of the Bucket BUT ... Dance Theatre" in 1973. He has been a Professor, at State University of New York, Brockport since 1972. Fagan choreographed for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and the Limón Dance Company in the 1970s. He has studied the works of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Pearl Primus, Alvin Ailey, José Limón, and Katherine Dunham. He is also influenced by Caribbean and West African dances.
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Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Richard Holder (born 1 August 1930) is a Trinidadian actor, choreographer, director, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer and voice-over artist.
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad of African descent, Holder is a Tony-award winning stage director and costume designer. He is known for his height (6'6"), heavily-accented deep basso voice and "hearty laugh."
One of four children, Holder attended The Tranquillity School and secondary school at Queens Royal College in Port-of-Spain. At age seven, he began dancing in the company of his brother, Boscoe Holder.
In 1952, the choreographer Agnes de Mille saw Holder dance on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. She invited him to New York; he would teach at the Katherine Dunham School of Dance for two years. He was a principal dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in New York from 1955-1956.
In 1955, Holder married dancer Carmen De Lavallade, whom he met when both were in the cast of House of Flowers, a musical by Harold Arlen (music and lyrics) and Truman Capote (lyrics and book). They were the subject of a 2004 film, Carmen & Geoffrey. They live in New York City and have one son, Leo Anthony Lamont. Holder's brother was the London-based artist Boscoe Holder.
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George Abbott
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than nine decades.
Abbott was born in Forestville, New York, and later moved to the town of Salamanca, which twice elected his father mayor. In 1898, his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he attended Kearney Military Academy. Within a few years, his family returned to New York, and he graduated from Hamburg High School in 1907. Four years later, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester, where he wrote his first play, Perfectly Harmless, for the University Dramatic Club.
Abbott then went to Harvard University, where he studied playwriting under George Pierce Baker. Under his tutelage, he wrote The Head of the Family, which was performed at the Harvard Dramatic Club in 1912. He then worked for a year as assistant stage manager at the Bijou Theatre in Boston, where his play The Man in the Manhole won a contest.
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George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor ( /ˈkjuːkər/; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Camille (1936).
He was replaced as the director of Gone with the Wind (1939), but he went on to direct The Philadelphia Story (1940), Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), A Star Is Born (1954) and My Fair Lady (1964). He continued to work into the 1980s.
Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of New York City, the younger child and only son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants Victor, an assistant district attorney, and Helen Ilona (née Gross) Cukor. His parents selected his middle name in honor of Spanish–American War hero George Dewey. Unlike the Jews of Poland and Russia whose first language was Yiddish, Hungarian Jews did not adopt Yiddish as their primary language. Therefore, the Cukor family, subscribing to the norm of their country of origin, was not a Yiddish speaking household. The family was not particularly religious, pork was a staple on the dinner table, and when he started attending temple as a boy, Cukor learned Hebrew phonetically, with no real understanding of the meaning of the words or what they represented. As a result, he was ambivalent about his faith and dismissive of old world traditions from childhood, and as an adult he embraced Anglophilia to remove himself even further from his roots.
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George Roy Hill
George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director. He is most noted for directing such films as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting, which both starred the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Other notable films are Slaughterhouse-Five, The World According to Garp, The World of Henry Orient, Hawaii, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot, Funny Farm, A Little Romance with Laurence Olivier, and The Little Drummer Girl.
He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to George Roy and Helen Frances Owens Hill, part of a well-to-do Roman Catholic family with interests in the newspaper business; the family owned the Minneapolis Tribune. Hill was no relation to George W. Hill, director and cinematographer of numerous silent movies and early sound films in the 1920s and early 1930s. He was educated at The Blake School, one of Minnesota's most prestigious private schools. He had a love of flying. After school, he liked to visit the airport and his hobby was to memorize the records of World War I flying aces. He idolized U.S. pilot Speed Holman who, Hill once explained, "used to make his approach to the spectators at state fairs flying past the grandstand upside down." Hill obtained his pilot’s licence at the age of 16. Airplanes featured prominently in his later films and are frequently crashed as well — in Slaughterhouse-Five, The World According to Garp and especially The Great Waldo Pepper which showed the influence on Hill of pilots like Speed Holman.
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Gillian Gregory
Gillian Gregory is an English dancer and choreographer for stage and film.
Gregory is a patron of the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
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Gordon Davidson
Gordon Davidson (7 May 1933, Brooklyn, New York) is an American stage- and film director.
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Gower Champion
Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer.
Champion was born in Geneva, Illinois, the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice Carlisle. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he graduated from Fairfax High School. He studied dance from an early age and, at the age of fifteen, toured nightclubs with friend Jeanne Tyler billed as "Gower and Jeanne, America's Youngest Dance Team." In 1939, "Gower and Jeanne" danced to the music of Larry Clinton and his Orchestra in a Warner Brothers & Vitaphone film short-subject, "The Dipsy Doodler" (released in 1940).
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Champion worked on Broadway as a solo dancer and choreographer. After serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II, Champion met Marjorie Belcher, who became his new partner, and the two were married in 1947.
In the early 1950s, Marge and Gower Champion made seven film musicals: Mr. Music (1950, with Bing Crosby), the 1951 remake of Show Boat (with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson), 1952's Lovely to Look At (a remake of Roberta, also with Keel and Grayson), the autobiographical Everything I Have Is Yours (1952), Give a Girl a Break (1953, with Debbie Reynolds and Bob Fosse), Jupiter's Darling (1955, with Keel and Esther Williams), and Three for the Show (1955, with Betty Grable and Jack Lemmon). All were made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer except Mr. Music (Paramount) and Three for the Show (Columbia). As of January 2011, only Show Boat, Lovely to Look At, and Give a Girl a Break have been released on DVD.
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Grover Dale
Grover Dale (born July 22, 1935) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer and theatre director.
Dale was born Grover Robert Aitken in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Ronal Rittenhouse Aitken, a restaurateur, and Emma Bertha Ammon. He studied dance with teacher Lillian Jasper in McKeesport, Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1952 before he appeared in his first professional job in with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in 1953.
Dale's Broadway stage debut was in the 1956 musical, Li'l Abner as a dancer. He appeared in the original cast of West Side Story as Snowboy, a member of the Jets gang. Other stage credits include the role of Andrew in Greenwillow, in which he also understudied Anthony Perkins as Gideon Briggs; in Noel Coward's Sail Away, where he had the juvenile lead role of architect Barnaby Slade; and in Half a Sixpence, where he played Pearce, one of a quartet of 19th century London shop apprentices around whom the show is structured. He made his film debut in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. He also appeared in Half a Sixpence, The Young Girls of Rochefort, and The Landlord.
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Gwen Verdon
Gwenyth Evelyn “Gwen” Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an actress and dancer who won four Tony awards for her musical comedy performances. With flaming red hair and an endearing quaver in her voice, Verdon was a critically acclaimed dancer on Broadway in the 1950s and 1960s. She is also strongly identified with her second husband, director–choreographer Bob Fosse, remembered as the dancer–collaborator–muse for whom he choreographed much of his work and as the guardian of his legacy after his death.
Verdon was born in Culver City, California, the second child of Gertrude Lilian (née Standring; October 24, 1896 – October 16, 1956) and Joseph William Verdon (December 31, 1896 – June 23, 1978), who were British immigrants to the United States by way of Canada. Her brother was William Farrell Verdon (August 1, 1923 – June 10, 1991). The Verdon family could be described as "showpeople." Her father was an electrician at MGM Studios, and her mother was a former vaudevillian of the Denishawn dance troupe, as well as a dance teacher.
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Harold Prince
Harold Smith "Hal" Prince (born January 30, 1928) is an American theatrical producer and director associated with many of the best-known Broadway musical productions of the past half-century. He has garnered twenty-one Tony Awards, more than any other individual, including eight for directing, eight for producing the year's Best Musical, two as Best Producer of a Musical, and three special awards.
Prince wasCole was her born in New York City to Milton A. Prince, a stockbroker, and Blanche Stern. He entered the University of Pennsylvania at age 16, where he followed a liberal arts curriculum and graduated three years later. He later served two years with the United States Army in post-WWII Germany.
Prince began work in the theatre as an assistant stage manager to theatrical producer and director George Abbott. Along with Abbott, he co-produced The Pajama Game, which won the 1955 Tony Award for Best Musical. He went on to direct his own productions in 1962 beginning with A Family Affair and hit a series of unsuccessful productions.
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Helen Tamiris
Helen Tamiris (24 April 1905 – 4 August 1966) was an American choreographer, modern dancer, and teacher.
A founder of American Modern Dance, Tamiris originally trained in free movement at the Henry Street Settlement. She danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the Bracale Opera Company before studying briefly with Michel Fokine and with a disciple of Isadora Duncan. In 1927, she made her premiere as a solo modern dancer and two years later formed her own school and company. Concerned with establishing modern dance as a viable art form, Tamiris was active in organizing the young artists through the Concert Dancers League, Dance Repertory Theatre, Dancers Emergency Association, and American Dance Association. She also played an integral role in establishing the Federal Dance Project under the WPA.
Tamiris believed that each dance must create its own expressive means and as such did not develop an individual style or technique. She was one of the first choreographers to use jazz and spiritual music to explore social themes via dance. She is probably best known for her suite of dances called Negro Spirituals which was created between 1928 and 1941 and for How Long Brethren? (1937), a dance for the Federal Dance Project of the WPA that explored the problems facing African-Americans and won Dance Magazine's first award for group choreography. Tamiris also made works based on American themes working in concert dance (including Walt Whitman Suite and Salut au Monde) and musical theatre, including Annie Get Your Gun (1946), Touch and Go (1949), Flahooley (1951), Carnival in Flanders (1953), Fanny (1954), and Plain and Fancy (1955). She won a Tony Award for Touch and Go.
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Henry LeTang
Henry LeTang (June 19, 1915 – April 26, 2007) was an American theatre, film, and television choreographer and a dance instructor.
Born in the Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, LeTang was the second son of Clarence, born in Dominica, and his wife Marie, who emigrated from St. Croix. The couple owned and operated a radio and phonograph repair shop. All their children were musically inclined; in addition to his interest in dance, LeTang played the violin. At the age of seventeen, he opened his first studio, one small room with a piano. Over the ensuing decades he taught and/or worked with a multitude of entertainment personalities, including Lena Horne, Betty Hutton, Billie Holiday, Eleanor Powell, Lola Falana, Peter Gennaro, Leslie Uggams, Joey Heatherton, Chita Rivera, Ben Vereen, Debbie Allen, Hinton Battle, Savion Glover, and the Hines brothers, Maurice and Gregory.
LeTang devised dance routines for the Broadway musicals My Dear Public and Dream with Music in the mid-1940s, but his first credit as a full-fledged choreographer was the 1952 revue Shuffle Along with Eubie Blake. Twenty-six years later, he would receive Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for his work on Eubie!, a song-and-dance tribute to the musician. Additional credits include Sophisticated Ladies (1981), which earned him a second Tony nomination, and Black and Blue (1989), which finally won him the prize.
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Javier de Frutos
Javier de Frutos (b. 1963 Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan dancer and choreographer, best known for his award-winning work in the 2007 West End revival of Cabaret.
"Javier de Frutos Biography". Phoenix Dance Theatre. 14 January 2008. http://www.phoenixdancetheatre.co.uk/pages/02f_biog1.html. Retrieved 2008-09-04. [dead link]
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Jean Erdman
Jean Erdman (born 20 February 1916) is a dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director.
Erdman was born on February 20, 1916 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father, John Piney Erdman, a doctor of divinity and missionary from New England, settled in Honolulu as a minister at the non-denominational Protestant Church of the Crossroads where he preached, in both English and Japanese, to a multi-ethnic congregation. Her mother, Marion Dillingham Erdman was a member of one of the founding industrialist families of Hawaii. She enjoyed singing, often songs composed by Hawaiian composers, and with her husband, performing in amateur theatrical productions.
Erdman's earliest dance experience was of the hula, the indigenous Hawaiian dance whose lyrical swaying hip movements and hand gestures combine to create a polyrhythmic style that is both narrative and abstract. She attended the Punahou School in Honolulu where she learned, as a form of physical education, Isadora Duncan interpretive dance. Reflecting on her early dance training Erdman said these two influences taught her that dancing is an "expression of something meaningful to the dancer, not a mere series of lively steps."
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Jeff Bleckner
Jeff Bleckner (born August 12, 1943) is an American theatre and television director.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bleckner made his directorial debut off-Broadway with The Unseen Hand/Forensic and the Navigators, an evening of one-act plays by Sam Shepard, in 1970. He also directed three off-Broadway productions of works by David Rabe: the first two plays in his Vietnam War trilogy, The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones (both of which transferred to Broadway), and The Orphan. Additional Broadway credits include Paul Zindel's The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild and Herb Gardner's The Goodbye People.
Bleckner's television directing credits include Welcome Back, Kotter, Bret Maverick, The Stockard Channing Show, Knot's Landing, Dynasty, Trapper John, M.D., Lou Grant, Remington Steele, Hill Street Blues, Commander in Chief, Medium, Hawthorne and Boston Legal, in addition to numerous television movies. His most recent project is the pilot for Conspiracy, a potential series for the 2007-08 season, starring Lisa Sheridan as a Washington, D.C. attorney attempting to undercover the secrets of a pharmaceutical company she successfully defended.
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Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof. Robbins is a five time Tony Award winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He also received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story. A documentary about his life and work, Something to Dance About, featuring excerpts from his journals, archival performance and rehearsal footage and interviews with Robbins and his colleagues, premiered on PBS in 2009.
Robbins was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz, exactly one month before the end of World War I, in the Jewish Maternity Hospital in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side – a neighborhood populated by many immigrants. The Rabinowitz family lived in a large apartment house at 51 East 97th at the northeast corner of Madison Avenue. Known as "Jerry" to those close to him, Robbins was given a middle name that reflected his parents' patriotic enthusiasm for the then-president. Rabinowitz, however, translates to “son of a rabbi”, a name Robbins never liked, since it marked him as the son of an immigrant. So he took the name "Robbins".
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis.
In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, they starred in a successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. Lewis is also known for his charity fund-raising telethons and position as national chairman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).
Lewis has won several awards for lifetime achievements from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and The Venice Film Festival, and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2005, he received the Governors Award of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors, which is the highest Emmy Award presented. On February 22, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Lewis the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski (11 August 1933 - 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and innovator of experimental theatre, the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre" concepts.
Grotowski was born in Rzeszów, Poland on 11 August 1933 and died in Pontedera, Italy on 14 January 1999, aged 65.
Grotowski made his directorial debut in 1958 with the production "Gods of Rain" which introduced Grotowski's bold approach to text, which he continued to develop throughout his career, influencing many subsequent theatre artists. Later in 1958 Grotowski moved to Opole where he was invited by the theatre critic and dramaturg Ludwik Flaszen to serve as Director of the Theatre of 13 Rows. There he began to assemble a company of actors and artistic collaborators which would help him realize his unique vision. It was also there that he began to experiment with approaches to performance training which enabled him to shape the young actors - initially allocated to his provincial theatre - into the transformational artists they eventually became.
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Joan McCracken
Joan McCracken (December 31, 1917 – November 1, 1961) was an American dancer, actress, and comedian who became famous for her role as Silvie ("The Girl Who Falls Down") in the original 1943 production of Oklahoma!. By age 11, she was studying dance with Catherine Littlefield. She dropped out of high school to join Littlefield's ballet company. She was a student of George Balanchine in the first year of the School of American Ballet (SAB).
McCracken toured Europe and danced at Radio City Music Hall before creating the role of Sylvie.
She made a strong impression on the 1947 version of the movie Good News in the role of vivacious Babe Doolittle. Her number "Pass That Peace Pipe" was a standout, but her movie career never took off. According to her biographer, she told Truman Capote about her reactions to her brother's death, and he "used her violent tantrum in the Bloomer Girl dressing room as the model for a scene in his popular novella Breakfast at Tiffany's.
She was married to Jack Dunphy, whom she divorced on March 6, 1951, and then to dancer and choreographer Bob Fosse from December 1952 to 1959.
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Joe Layton
Joe Layton (May 3, 1931 – May 5, 1994) was an American director and choreographer known primarily for his work on Broadway.
Born Joseph Lichtman in Brooklyn, New York, Layton began his career as a dancer in Wonderful Town (1953), and he appeared uncredited in the ensemble of the original live TV production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1957) starring Julie Andrews. However from the start, his primary interest was in musical staging. In addition to his many legitimate theatre credits, he conceived and directed Broadway concerts for Bette Midler (1975), Diana Ross (1976), and Harry Connick, Jr. (1990).
In 1965, Layton won an Emmy Award for his work on My Name Is Barbra, the television special that introduced the public to the more sophisticated side of Barbra Streisand. It was his first of four collaborations with the star; the others were Color Me Barbra (1966), The Belle of 14th Street (1967) and Barbra Streisand ... And Other Musical Instruments (1973).
He also directed and/or produced specials for Paul Lynde, Hal Linden, Richard Pryor, and Olivia Newton-John.
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Joel Grey
Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award and Golden Globe Award. He also originated the role of the Wizard in the musical Wicked. Grey is featured in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes as Moonface Martin, which opened on April 7, 2011.
Grey was born as Joel David Katz in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Goldie "Grace" (née Epstein) and Mickey Katz, an actor, comedian and musician. Grey started his career as a child actor in the Cleveland Play House. He attended Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles.
Grey originated the role of the Master of Ceremonies in the Broadway musical Cabaret in 1966 for which he won the Tony Award. Additional Broadway credits include Come Blow Your Horn (1961), Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1962), Half a Sixpence (1965), George M! (1968), Goodtime Charley (1975), The Grand Tour (1979), Chicago (1996), Wicked (2003), and Anything Goes (2011). In November 1995, he performed as the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True a staged concert of the popular story at Lincoln Center to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. The performance was originally broadcast on Turner Network Television (TNT) in November 1995, and released on CD and video in 1996.
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John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger, CBE (16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director and actor.
Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta (née Regensburg) and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician. After St Edmund's School, Hindhead, Uppingham School and Balliol College, Oxford, he worked as an actor.
Schlesinger's acting career began in the 1950s and consisted of supporting roles in British films such as The Divided Heart and Oh... Rosalinda!!, and British television productions such as BBC Sunday Night Theatre and The Vise. He began his directorial career in 1956 with the short documentary Sunday in the Park about London's Hyde Park. In 1959 he was credited as exterior or second unit director on 23 episodes of the TV series The Four Just Men and four 30-minute episodes of the series Danger Man.
By the 1960s, he had virtually given up acting to concentrate on a directing career, and another of his earlier directorial efforts, the British Transport Films' documentary Terminus (1961), gained a Venice Film Festival Gold Lion and a British Academy Award. His first two fiction movies, A Kind of Loving (1962) and Billy Liar (1963) were set in the North of England. A Kind of Loving won the Golden Bear award at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival in 1962.
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Joseph Chaikin
Joseph Chaikin (16 September 1935–22 June 2003) was an American theatre director, playwright, and pedagogue.
The youngest of five children, Chaikin was born to a poor Jewish family living in the Borough Park residential area of Brooklyn. At the age of six, he was struck with rheumatic fever, and he continued to suffer from resulting heart complications throughout his life. At the age of ten, he was sent to the National Children's Cardiac Hospital in Florida. It was during this period of isolation he began to organize theater games with other children. After two years in Florida, his health improved, and he was returned to his family, who had moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where his father had taken a job teaching.
Chaikin briefly attended Drake University in Iowa, and then returned to New York to begin a career in theater, studying with various acting coaches, while struggling to survive working a variety of jobs. He appeared as a figurant at the Metropolitan Opera, and gradually began to be cast in legitimate stage roles, going on to work with The Living Theatre before founding in 1963 The Open Theater a theater co-operative that progressed from a closed experimental laboratory to a performance ensemble.
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Joshua Logan
Joshua Lockwood Logan III (October 5, 1908 – July 12, 1988) was an American stage and film director and writer.
Logan was born in Texarkana, Texas, the son of Susan (née Nabors) and Joshua Lockwood Logan. When he was three years old his father committed suicide. Logan, his mother, and younger sister, Mary Lee, then moved to his maternal grandparents’ home in Mansfield, Louisiana, which Logan used forty years later as the setting for his play The Wisteria Trees. Logan's mother remarried six years after his father's death and he then attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, where his stepfather served on the staff. At school, he experienced his first drama class and felt at home. After his high school graduation he attended Princeton University. At Princeton, he was involved with the intercollegiate summer stock company, known as the University Players, with fellow student James Stewart and also non-student Henry Fonda. During his senior year he served as president of the Princeton Triangle Club. Before his graduation he won a scholarship to study in Moscow with Constantin Stanislavsky, and Logan left school without a diploma.
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José Quintero
José Benjamin Quintero (15 October 1924 – 26 February 1999) was a Panamanian theatre director, producer and pedagogue best known for his interpretations of the works of Eugene O'Neill.
Quintero was born in Panama City, Panama, the third of 3 children, to Carlos Rivera Quintero, from Spain, and Consuelo Palmerola. As a boy he was an acolyte though described his childhood in other ways as a disaster—the result of a domineering and overbearing father. He was educated in the United States at Los Angeles City College, and later at the University of Southern California, where he decided on a career in theatre. After notification of his intention, his father, who wanted him to be a physician, declared him dead, leading to a seven year estrangement from his family.
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June Taylor
June Taylor (14 December 1917 - 16 May 2004) was an American choreographer, best known as the founder of the June Taylor Dancers, who were featured on Jackie Gleason's various television variety programs.
Taylor was born in Chicago, the daughter of Percival Guy Taylor and Angela Taylor. She started taking dance lessons at age eight; by age 14, she lied about her age and became one of the dancers at the Chicago nightclub, Chez Paree. At age 19, she was touring the US and Europe as a dancer in various nightclubs. She returned from London and began performing again in Chicago. Taylor collapsed on stage, ill with tuberculosis in 1938; she spent the next two years in a sanitarium. Taylor then turned to choreography, founding her own troupe of dancers in 1942; June Taylor's dancers made their first professional appearance at Chicago's Blackhawk restaurant.
She met Jackie Gleason at a Baltimore nightclub in 1946; the two became friends when Taylor helped Gleason overcome a case of stage fright. She made her television debut in 1948, on The Toast of the Town starring Ed Sullivan, where six of the original dancers appeared as The Toastettes, bringing the chorus line to television. Two years later, she joined Gleason's Cavalcade of Stars, and followed him, with sixteen dancers, to The Jackie Gleason Show, where her signature was the overhead camera shot of the dancers making kaleidoscopic geometric patterns, reminiscent of the work of Busby Berkeley.
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Karen Bruce
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Karen Bruce is a director and award winning choreographer.
Karen is currently directing Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace's Olivier award nominated Midnight Tango show at the Aldwych Theatre, in London's West End. Recent work includes choreography on Strictly Come Dancing 2011, and on the second series of So You Think You Can Dance for the BBC. Karen won an Olivier Award for her Choreography of Pacific Overtures at the Donmar Warehouse and Best Choreographer at Premios del Teatro Musical for her work on Saturday Night Fever. She is notable for her acclaimed choreography for the Take That musical, Never Forget, directing and choreographing the UK productions of Footloose The Musical and Fame on tour and in the West End.
As Director / Choreographer: Midnight Tango (Director/Choreographer, UK tour 2010/2011)/2012; Strictly Come Dancing – The Professionals (UK tour); Footloose The Musical (West End/ UK tour/ South Africa); Saturday Night Fever (Associate director/ choreographer, West End/ UK tour/ Australia/ Singapore/ Korea/ South Africa/ Spain); Fame (Shaftesbury Theatre/ UK tour); The Wedding Singer (UK tour) and Oliver! (Bermuda).
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Kenneth MacMillan
Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 1929 – 29 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977.
MacMillan was born at Dunfermline, Scotland. He grew up in Great Yarmouth, where he studied with Phyllis Adams. Later he won a scholarship to the Sadler's Wells Ballet School, where he studied for a year before, in 1946, joining Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, now known as Birmingham Royal Ballet. Whilst studying, he met and gained the support of Ninette de Valois, something he was to enjoy wholeheartedly for the rest of his life. In 1948 he moved to the Sadler's Wells Ballet, but returned to the Theatre Ballet four years later.
MacMillan began choreographing for the company's choreographic group and two promising early works, Somnambulism (1953) and Laiderette (1954) led de Valois to commission a work from the 25-year-old MacMillan. Danses concertantes was first produced in January 1955. He continued to dance, but gradually gave it up in favour of his true vocation. A string of successful works followed including Solitaire (1956), The Burrow (1958), Le baiser de la fée and The Invitation (1960), The Rite of Spring (1962), La Création du monde (1964) The Song of the Earth and his first full-length work, Romeo and Juliet (1965). The year he choreographed Romeo and Juliet, which has become one of his best-loved pieces, he was appointed resident choreographer at The Royal Ballet.
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Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by the stage name Lenny Bruce, was a Jewish-American comedian, social critic and satirist. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in New York state history. His open, free-style, dangerous and critical form of comedy which brought in politics and religion and sex in a heady mix, combined with his devil may care attitude, his epic consumption of drugs, sex and alcohol, his messy, desperate life in which he conned money in order to keep his wife from having to work as a stripper, makes him a compelling figure. He paved the way for future outspoken comedians, and he paved the way for freedom of speech. His trial for obscenity for saying the word "cocksucker", in which – after being forced into bankruptcy – he was eventually found not guilty is seen as landmark trial for freedom of speech.
Lenny Bruce was born Leonard Alfred Schneider in Mineola, New York, grew up in nearby Bellmore, and attended Wellington C. Mepham High School. His parents divorced when he was five years old, and Lenny moved in with various relatives over the next decade. His mother, Sally Marr (née Sadie Kitchenberg), was a stage performer who had an enormous influence on Bruce's career. After spending time working on a farm, Bruce joined the United States Navy at the age of 17 in 1942, and saw active duty in Europe. In May 1945 he reported to his ship's medical officer that he was experiencing homosexual urges. This led to his Dishonorable Discharge in July 1945. However, he had not admitted to or been found guilty of any breach of naval regulations and successfully applied to have his discharge changed to "Under Honorable Conditions ... by reason of unsuitability for the naval service".
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Liza Minnelli
Liza May Minnelli (born March 12, 1946) is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli.
Already established as a nightclub singer and musical theatre actress, she first attracted critical acclaim for her dramatic performances in the movies The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970); Minnelli then rose to international stardom for her appearance as Sally Bowles in the 1972 film version of the Broadway musical Cabaret, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She later made a great star turn in Arthur (1981), co-starring with Dudley Moore (in the title role) and Sir John Gielgud, who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as Arthur's snobbish but loveable butler.
While film projects such as Lucky Lady, A Matter of Time and New York, New York were less favorably received than her stage roles, Minnelli became one of the most versatile, highly regarded and best-selling entertainers in television, beginning with Liza with a Z in 1972, and on stage in the Broadway productions of Flora the Red Menace, The Act and The Rink. Minnelli also toured internationally and did shows such as Liza Minnelli: At Carnegie Hall, Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event, and Liza Live from Radio City Music Hall.
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Louis Malle
Louis Malle (30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was an award-winning French film director, screenwriter, and producer. His film, Le Monde du silence, won the Palme d'Or and Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1956. He was also nominated multiple times for Academy Awards later in his career.
Malle worked in both French cinema and Hollywood, and he produced both French and English language films. His most famous films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958), Atlantic City (1981), and Au revoir, les enfants (1987).
Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries, Nord, France. He initially studied political science at the Sciences-Po before turning to film studies at IDHEC instead.
He worked as the co-director and cameraman to Jacques Cousteau on the Oscar and Palme d'Or-winning (at the 1956 Academy Awards and Cannes Film Festival respectively) documentary The Silent World (1956) and assisted Robert Bresson on A Man Escaped (French title: Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut, 1956) before making his first feature, Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (released in the U.K. as Lift to the Scaffold and in the U.S. originally as Frantic, later as Elevator to the Gallows) in 1957. A taut thriller featuring an original score by Miles Davis, the film made an international film star of Jeanne Moreau, at the time a leading stage actress of the state Comédie-Française. Malle was 24 years old.
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Marge Champion
Marge Champion (born September 2, 1919) is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress.
Champion was born Marjorie Celeste Belcher in Los Angeles, California, to Hollywood dance director Ernest Belcher and Gladys Lee Baskette. She began dancing at an early age and became a ballet instructor at her father's studio at twelve. She was hired by Walt Disney Studios as a dance model for their animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Her movements were copied to enhance the realism of Snow White's movements. She later modelled for the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio and the Dancing Hippo in Fantasia.
As a dance team, she and husband Gower Champion (1921–1980), appeared in such MGM musicals of the 1940s and 50s as the 1951 version of Show Boat and 1952's Everything I Have Is Yours. MGM wanted the couple to remake Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films, but only one, Lovely to Look At (1952), a remark of 1935's Roberta, was completed. The couple refused to remake any of the others, the rights to which were still owned by RKO.
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Marvin Felix Camillo
Marvin Felix Camillo ( 1937, Newark, New Jersey – January 22, 1988, La Rochelle, France) is an American award-winning theatre director and actor, much noted for his founding of The Family theatre company, a group in New York largely made up of ex-convicts.
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Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne OBE (born 13 January 1960) is a British choreographer. His work includes contemporary dance and musical theatre. He has received multiple awards and award nominations, including the Laurence Olivier Award, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award, and he has also received several Honorary Doctorates of Arts from UK universities.
Matthew Bourne was born in Hackney, London in 1960. He went to William Fitt and Sir George Monoux School in Walthamstow, London. From the ages of 14 to 16 he was an avid autograph hunter, attending most West End opening nights and waiting outside Stage Doors and top London Hotels. In 1978 he left full-time education and worked in various jobs at the BBC (filing clerk), Keith Prowse Theatre Agents (selling theatre tickets) and The National Theatre (bookshop and ushering). Despite having never done a dance class, he ran and directed various amateur Dance Companies in his teenage years. In 1982 he enrolled at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance (now simply Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance) in Deptford, southeast London, where he was awarded a B.A. in Dance Theatre. For his final year (1986) he danced with the Laban Centre's Transitions Dance Company. After graduation he formed the dance company Adventures In Motion Pictures with fellow directors, and friends, Emma Gladstone and David Massingham. He has worked as a professional choreographer and director since 1987, becoming sole artistic director of AMP in 1991 and New Adventures in 2002. He now lives in Islington, London and Brighton, East Sussex.
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Mel Shapiro
Mel Shapiro is an American theatre director and writer, college professor, and author.
Trained at Carnegie-Mellon University, Shapiro began his professional directing career at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and then as resident director at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.. He was co-producing director at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and has worked as guest director at the Hartford Stage Company, the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles (where he directed the American Premiere of Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist), the National Playwright's Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada.
Shapiro's off-Broadway productions include the original staging of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, which won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play in 1971, and Rachel Owen's The Karl Marx Play for the American Place Theatre. London productions include the musicals Two Gentlemen of Verona and Kings and Clowns.
For Broadway, Shapiro co-wrote the book (with Guare) and directed the 1971 musical adaptation of Two Gentlemen of Verona and directed the 1978 revival of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off with Sammy Davis, Jr. as well as John Guare's 1979 play Bosoms and Neglect. He has staged works at Lincoln Center, including Václav Havel's The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, which won an Obie Award for Best Foreign Play and Shakespeare's Richard III. His relationship with Joseph Papp spanned six years at the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. Among his productions there are Guare's Rich and Famous, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, and John Ford Noonan's Older People.
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Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett (April 8, 1943 – July 2, 1987) was an American musical theater director, writer, choreographer, and dancer. He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven.
Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company. In 1976, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the Pulitzer Prize–winning phenomenon A Chorus Line. Bennett, under the aegis of producer Joseph Papp, created A Chorus Line based on a precedent-setting workshop process which he pioneered. He also directed and co-choreographed Dreamgirls with Michael Peters.
Bennett was born Michael Bennett DiFiglia in Buffalo, New York, the son of Helen (Ternoff), a secretary, and Salvatore Joseph DiFiglia, a factory worker. His father was Roman Catholic and his mother was Jewish. He studied dance and choreography in his teens and staged a number of shows in his local high school before dropping out to accept the role of Baby John in the US and European tours of West Side Story.
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Michael Cimino
Michael Cimino (pronounced [ˈtʃamɪnəʊ], "chi-MĒ-nō", born February 3, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and author. He is best known for directing, producing and co-writing the 1978 Academy Award-winning The Deer Hunter and the infamous Heaven's Gate. His films are characterized by their striking visual style and controversial subject matter.
Michael Cimino was born in New York City on February 3, 1939. A third-generation Italian-American, Cimino grew up in Old Westbury, Long Island. He was regarded as a prodigy at the private schools his parents sent him to, but rebelled against his parents by consorting with lowlifes, getting into fights and coming home drunk. Of this time, Cimino described himself as "always hanging around with kids my parents didn't approve of. Those guys were so alive. When I was fifteen I spent three weeks driving all over Brooklyn with a guy who was following his girlfriend. He was convinced she was cheating on him, and he had a gun, he was going to kill her. There was such passion and intensity about their lives. When the rich kids got together, the most we ever did was cross against a red light."
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Michael Kidd
Michael Kidd (August 12, 1915 – December 23, 2007) was an American film and stage choreographer.
Born Milton Greenwald in New York City on the Lower East Side, the son of Abraham Greenwald, an immigrant barber, and his wife Lillian, Michael Kidd moved to Brooklyn with his family and attended New Utrecht High School there. Becoming interested in dance after attending a modern dance performance, he went on to study under Blanche Evan, a dancer and choreographer who was a pioneer in the development of dance therapy. Nonetheless, he pursued chemical engineering at the City College of New York, which he attended from 1936 to mid-1937 before being granted a scholarship to the School of American Ballet.
His work for the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was noted for a series of energetic dances depicting ordinary frontier activities, including a barn raising. He also choreographed Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the celebrated Girl Hunt Ballet from the 1953 musical film The Band Wagon as well as the 1969 musical Hello, Dolly!
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Michael Peters
Michael Douglas Peters (August 6, 1948 – August 29, 1994) was an American choreographer.
Peters was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in New York City to an African American father and Jewish mother. His first major breakthrough came when he did choreography for Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" in 1975. He went on to stage other memorable dance sequences for music videos, including Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" (in which he has a brief cameo) and Lionel Richie's "Hello" (in which he also has a brief cameo as the dance instructor of Lionel Richie's blind love interest).
However, he was most recognized for his choreography work in Michael Jackson's videos. Especially the smash hit "Thriller", directed by John Landis, and "Beat It" directed by Bob Giraldi, which is vaguely reminiscent of West Side Story: Peters co-stars as one of two gang leaders who prepare for a dramatic showdown/knifefight, which is averted at the last moment by Jackson. Peters is dressed all in white, and wears sunglasses during the piece.
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Michael Rudman
Michael Rudman is an American theatre director.
In 1960, he graduated from Oberlin College cum laude in Government and in 1964 he received an MA in English Language and Literature at Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford University Dramatic Society.
His career began at the Nottingham Playhouse in 1964. He went on to become Director of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh from 1970 to 1973, after which he took up the post of Artistic Director at Hampstead Theatre until 1978. While he was at Hampstead, the theatre won the Evening Standard Award for Outstanding Achievement.
In 1978, he was invited to join the Royal National Theatre by Sir Peter Hall and was Director of the Lyttelton Theatre from 1979 to 1982. He continued there as an Associate Director until 1988, after which he went to the Chichester Festival Theatre as the Director for the 1990 season. From 1992 to 1994, he was Artistic Director of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. In America, he has directed three plays on Broadway. His production of Death of a Salesman at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York, won the Tony Award for best revival. He won the Drama Desk Award for The Changing Room at the Morosco Theatre and directed Hamlet in Central Park and at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in Lincoln Center, New York.
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Michael Schultz
Michael Schultz (born November 10, 1938) is an American director and producer of film and television.
Schultz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Katherine Frances (née Leslie), a factory worker, and Leo Schultz, an insurance salesman. After his undergraduate work at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Marquette University, he attended Princeton University, where in 1966 he directed his first play, a production of Waiting for Godot. He joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1968, which brought him to Broadway in 1969. His breakthrough was directing Lorraine Hansberry's To Be Young, Gifted and Black, which he restaged for television in 1972.
Schultz' earliest film projects combined low comedy with profound social comment (Honeybaby, Honeybaby and Cooley High), reaching a peak with the ensemble comedy Car Wash (1976) and Which Way is Up? (1977), starring Richard Pryor.
In 1978, Schultz took the reins of the musical Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with the largest budget ever entrusted to an African-American film director to that date. However, upon its release, the project was a commercial and critical failure. Schultz would go on to churn out profitable efforts such as Scavenger Hunt (1979) and Disorderlies (1987).
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Michael Smuin
Michael Smuin (October 13, 1938 – April 23, 2007) was a ballet dancer, choreographer and theatre director. He was co-founder and director of his own dance company, the Smuin Ballet in San Francisco.
Born in Missoula, Montana, Smuin was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre and the San Francisco Ballet, for which he served as co-artistic director from 1973 through 1985. He also choreographed for the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Washington Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Milwaukee Ballet, among others.
Smuin's Broadway credits included Little Me (1962) as a dancer, Anything Goes (1987) as a choreographer, and Sophisticated Ladies (1981) and Shogun: The Musical (1990) as choreographer and director. He also choreographed the 1995 West End production of Mack and Mabel.
Smuin's film credits included The Fantasticks, A Walk in the Clouds, The Joy Luck Club, The Cotton Club, and Rumble Fish.
Smuin collapsed and died of a heart attack while teaching company class in San Francisco.
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Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols (born Michael Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931) is a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian. He began his career in the 1950s as one half of the comedy duo Nichols and May, along with Elaine May. In 1968 he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Graduate. His other noteworthy films include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Carnal Knowledge, Working Girl, Closer and the TV mini-series Angels in America. He also staged the original theatrical productions of Barefoot in the Park, Luv, The Odd Couple and Spamalot.
Nichols is one of a small group of people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award. His other honors include the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010.
Mike Nichols was born Michael Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin, Germany, the son of Brigitte (née Landauer) and Paul Peschkowsky, a physician. His father was born in Vienna, Austria, to a Russian Jewish immigrant family that had been wealthy and lived in Siberia, leaving after the Russian Revolution and settling in Germany around 1920. His mother's family were German Jews. His maternal grandparents were anarchist Gustav Landauer and author Hedwig Lachmann. Nichols is a third cousin twice removed of scientist Albert Einstein, through Nichols' mother. He moved to the United States to flee the Nazis on April 28, 1939. His father, who had changed his name to Paul Nichols, had successfully set up a medical practice in Manhattan and the family lived near Central Park. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1944 and attended public elementary school in Manhattan (PS 87). After graduating from Walden High School, Nichols briefly attended New York University before dropping out. In 1950, he enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Chicago.
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Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš Forman (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtomaːʃ ˈforman]; born February 18, 1932), known as Miloš Forman ([ˈmɪloʃ ˈforman], English /ˈmiːloʊʃ ˈfɔərmən/), is a Czech-American director, screenwriter, professor, and an emigrant from Czechoslovakia. Two of his films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, are among the most celebrated in the history of film, both gaining him the Academy Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the same award for The People vs. Larry Flynt. He also won Golden Globe, Cannes, Berlinale, BAFTA, Cesar, David di Donatello, European Film Academy, and Czech Lion awards.
Forman was born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic), the son of Anna (née Švábová), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. His parents were Protestants. During the Nazi occupation a member of the anti-Nazi Underground named Forman's father as a member of the Underground while being interrogated by the Gestapo. His father was arrested for distributing banned books and died in Buchenwald in 1944. His mother died in Auschwitz in 1943. Forman has stated that he did not fully understand what had happened to his parents until he saw footage of the concentration camps when he was 16.
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Moss Hart
Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright and theatre director, best known for his interpretations of musical theater on Broadway.
Hart was born in New York City and grew up at 74 East 105th Street in Manhattan, “a neighborhood not of carriages and hansom cabs, but of dray wagons, pushcarts, and immigrants.” He was also raised, in relative poverty, by his English-born Jewish immigrant parents in the Bronx, New York, and in the Seagate area of Brooklyn, near Coney Island.
Early on he had a strong relationship with his Aunt Kate, with whom he later lost contact due to a falling out between her and his parents, and her weakening mental state. She piqued his interest in the theater and took him to see performances often. Hart even went so far as to create an "alternate ending" to her life in his book Act One. He writes that she died while he was working on out-of-town tryouts for The Beloved Bandit. Later, Kate became quite eccentric, vandalizing Hart's home, writing threatening letters and setting fires backstage during rehearsals for Jubilee. But his relationship with Kate was life-forming. He understood that the theater made possible "the art of being somebody else… not a scrawny boy with bad teeth, a funny name… and a mother who was a distant drudge."
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Neal Kenyon
Neal Kenyon (December 6, 1929 – December 19, 2008) was an American theatre director, choreographer, and actor.
Born in Hammond, Indiana, Kenyon graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in theatre. He began his career working in television, and then made his off-Broadway stage debut in 1958 in The Boy Friend.
He directed and choreographed both off-Broadway and Broadway shows in the 1970s. He then began a teaching career, at Florida State University (FSU) in Sarasota, Florida from 1976 to 1981, and then at FSU in Tallahassee.
Kenyon received the Drama Desk Award for directing the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea.
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Norman Maen
Norman Maen (1932 – 22 April 2008) was a director and choreographer.
Maen was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland and began his career working as a dancer in an Irish dance group. He qualified as a teacher after successfully completing his studies at Ballymena Academy and Stranmillis College, Belfast.
After qualifying in teaching, he moved to Vancouver, Canada where he worked with the Alan Lund Dancers on a weekly television series which starred Robert Goulet. Later, he went on to Broadway as a principal dancer for Jack Cole. Soon after, he returned to Ireland to become the station choreographer for RTE for three years. In 1963, he hired eight dancers to become The Norman Maen Dancers and invited television and theatre producers to an audition in London where he was offered four different offers. One of these led to his involvement with the television series This is Tom Jones for four series where he worked with celebrities such as Liza Minnelli and Juliet Prowse and won his Emmy award. He is most remembered for his Swine Lake sequence on The Muppet Show which featured Rudolf Nureyev dancing with a giant pig. During this series he worked with Minnelli and Prowse again as well as numerous others including Julie Andrews, Gene Kelly and Ethel Merman.
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Norwegian American
Norwegian Americans (Norwegian: norskamerikanere) are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and most live in the Upper Midwest. Norwegian Americans currently comprise the 10th largest American ancestry group.
Norsemen from Greenland and Iceland were the first Europeans to reach North America. Leif Ericson reached North America via Norse settlements in Greenland around the year 1000. Norse settlers from Greenland founded the settlement of L'Anse aux Meadows in Vinland, in what is now Newfoundland, Canada. These settlers failed to establish a permanent settlement.
There was a Norwegian presence in New Amsterdam (New York after 1664) in the early part of 17th century. Hans Hansen Bergen, a native of Bergen, Norway, was one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam having immigrated in 1633. Another of the first Norwegian settlers was Albert Andriessen Bradt who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1637. Pieter Van Brugh, Mayor of Albany, New York was the grandson of Norwegian immigrants. His mother's parents were Roelof Janse (1602–1637), born in Marstrandsön, a small island situated in Båhuslen province in Norway (it was ceded to Sweden in 1658) and Anneke Jans (1605–1663), born on Flekkerøy, an island situated outside the town of Kristiansand, Vest-Agder county, Norway.
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Patricia Birch
Patricia Birch is an American choreographer and director for musical theatre and film.
Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Birch began her career as a dancer in Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Goldilocks, and West Side Story (playing "Anybodys"). She has directed and choreographed music videos for Cyndi Lauper, the Rolling Stones, and Carly Simon. She earned Emmy Awards for her direction of the television specials Natalie Cole: Unforgettable and Celebrating Gershwin and, in collaboration with Michael Tilson Thomas, she staged the concert version of On the Town performed by both the London Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony.
Birch spent six years staging numbers for Saturday Night Live. She has performed as a soloist with Martha Graham and Agnes de Mille.
All credits as choreographer unless otherwise noted
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Paul Sills
Paul Sills (November 18, 1927 – June 2, 2008) was a director and improvisation teacher, and the original director of Chicago's The Second City.
Born as Paul Silverberg, his mother was teacher and writer Viola Spolin, who authored the first book on improvisation techniques, Improvisation for the Theater. Spolin in turn was the student of play therapy theorist Neva Boyd.
In 1948, Sills enrolled in the University of Chicago, where he established himself as a director, co-founding Playwright's Theater Club. There, with fellow actors Edward Asner, Byrne Piven and Zohra Lampert, they blended Spolin technique with established theater training.
In 1955, Sills and David Shepherd founded Compass Players, the first improvisational theater in the US, where he directed Shelley Berman, Mike Nichols and Elaine May. In 1959, Sills, along with partners Howard Alk and Bernie Sahlins, opened a theatre called The Second City where revues developed improvisationally were presented under Sills's direction. With early cast members Alan Arkin, Barbara Harris, Severn Darden, Mina Kolb and Paul Sand, success led to New York (a brief run on Broadway and a long one off-Broadway), London and world recognition.[citation needed]
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Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE (born 21 March 1925) is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.
Brook was born in London in March 1925, the son of Simon Brook and his wife Ida (Jansen), two Jewish immigrants. He was educated at Gresham's School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
He directed Dr Faustus, his first production, in 1943 at the Torch Theatre in London, followed at the Chanticleer Theatre in 1945 with a revival of The Infernal Machine. In 1947, he went to Stratford-upon-Avon as assistant director on Romeo and Juliet and Love's Labour's Lost. From 1947 to 1950, he was Director of Productions at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His work there included a highly controversial staging of Strauss’ Salome with sets by Salvador Dalí and also an effective re-staging of Puccini’s La Boheme using sets dating from 1899. A proliferation of stage and screen work as producer and director followed.
In 1951, Brook married the actress Natasha Parry; the couple have a daughter.
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Peter Darling
Peter Darling is an English dancer and choreographer best known for his award-winning work in Billy Elliot the Musical.
He also choreographed Matilda the Musical on Broadway and the West End.
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Peter Gennaro
Peter Gennaro (November 23, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was an American dancer and choreographer.
Gennaro was born in Metairie, Louisiana. He made his Broadway debut in the ensemble of Make Mine Manhattan in 1948. He followed this with Kiss Me, Kate (1948) and Guys and Dolls (1950). He first drew notice from theatergoers as a member of the trio that danced the Bob Fosse number "Steam Heat" in The Pajama Game (1954), and continued to hold their attention with the "Mu Cha Cha" number with Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing (1956). A year later, he broke out of the chorus line and into choreography when he collaborated with Jerome Robbins on West Side Story, notably choreographing (without credit) a majority of the "America" and "Mambo" dance sequences.
In addition to his theater chores, Gennaro worked steadily in television, appearing in and/or choreographing such shows as Your Hit Parade, The Polly Bergen Show, Judy Garland's CBS variety program, and the Kraft Music Hall. With his dance troupe he was a guest on Ed Sullivan's long-running CBS Sunday night variety show dozens of times, and he was a member of the regular repertory company on the short-lived CBS variety show The Entertainers (1964–1965), one of the stars having been John Davidson. He also served for many years as choreographer for Radio City Music Hall, staging routines for the Rockettes.
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Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough ( /ˈætənbərə/), CBE (born 29 August 1923) is an English actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. He is the current President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1982. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. As an actor he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park.
He is the elder brother of naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.
Attenborough was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, the eldest of three sons of Mary Attenborough (née Clegg) a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and wrote a standard text on Anglo-Saxon law. Attenborough was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester and at RADA. During the Second World War Attenborough served in the Royal Air Force.
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Rob Marshall
Rob Marshall (born October 17, 1960) is an American theater director, film director and choreographer. He is a six-time Tony Award nominee, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe nominee and four-time Emmy winner whose most noted work is the 2002 Academy Award for Best Picture winner Chicago.
Marshall was born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School. He attended Carnegie Mellon University and worked in the Pittsburgh theatre scene, performing with such companies as Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. He debuted in the film industry with the Emmy Award-winning TV adaptation of the musical Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. After that he went on to direct the much anticipated adaptation of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago in 2002 for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. His next feature film was the drama Memoirs of a Geisha based on the best-selling book of the same name by Arthur Golden starring Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh and Ken Watanabe. The film went on to win three Academy Awards and gross $162,242,962 at the worldwide box office. In 2009, Marshall directed Nine, an adaptation of the hit Broadway production with the same name starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Penélope Cruz, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Marshall then went on to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth chapter of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean film series starring Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penélope Cruz and Geoffrey Rush, which opened on May 20, 2011.
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Robert Alton
Robert Alton (28 January 1906 – 12 June 1957) was an American dancer and choreographer, a major figure in dance choreography of Broadway and Hollywood musicals from the 1930s through to the early 1950s. He is principally remembered today as the discoverer of Gene Kelly, for his collaborations with Fred Astaire, and for choreographic sequences he designed for Hollywood musicals such as Show Boat (1951) , The Harvey Girls (1946), and White Christmas(1954).
Born Robert Alton Hart in Bennington, Vermont, Alton studied dance with Ralph McKernan in Springfield, Massachusetts and spent his summers in New York studying with Bert French and Mikhail Mordkin. His Broadway stage dancing debut was with Mordkin's company in Take It from Me (1919), followed by Greenwich Follies (1924) and Same Day (1925) which failed to make it to Broadway.
With his wife Marjorie Fielding he created a dance act and subsequently managed a line of chorus girls in vaudeville. When his wife took a sabbatical to have a baby, he took over dance direction at St. Louis movie theatres while teaching at Clark's Dance School in St. Louis. There his students included Donn Arden and Betty Grable.
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Robert Benton
Robert Douglas Benton (born September 29, 1932) is an American screenwriter and film director.
Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has won numerous awards for both writing and directing in film. In 1959, he co-wrote the book "The IN and OUT Book" with Harvey Schmidt, published by The Viking Press. He was the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 2006 he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust.
Benton's family originally came from Northumberland in the United Kingdom, where the Bentons held a seat long before the Norman Conquest of 1066.[citation needed] Many family members settled in America, including Abigail and Isabel Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1642; George Benton, who settled in Barbados in 1669; and Robert Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1635. Benton was once a noble family, but they were deprived of their title by the Normans after the Conquest. Robert Benton still has relatives living in England who trace their origins to the seventeenth century.
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Robert Morse
Robert Morse (born May 18, 1931) is an American actor and singer. Morse is best known for his appearances in musicals and plays on Broadway. He has also acted in movies and television shows. His best known role is that of J. Pierrepont Finch in the 1961 Broadway musical, and 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He is currently known for his recurring role as Bertram Cooper on the show Mad Men.
Morse was born on May 18, 1931 in Newton, Massachusetts. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, Morse appeared on Broadway as an actor.
He created the role of Barnaby in The Matchmaker on Broadway in 1955 opposite Ruth Gordon and reprised the role in the 1958 film adaptation, this time opposite Shirley Booth. That same year, he won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for Say, Darling. Morse had to lobby David Merrick for a role in Take Me Along, as there was a question if he could, at 28, play a convincing 16 year old. He could and did. What was considered the final step toward full stardom was his performance as J. Pierrepont Finch in the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying it won him the Tony for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical in 1962. He also starred in the 1967 movie version
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Robert Redford
Charles Robert Redford, Jr. (born August 18, 1936), better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. In 2010 he was awarded French Knighthood in the Legion d'Honneur. At the height of his fame in the 1970s and 1980s, he was often described as one of the world's most attractive men and remains one of the most popular movie stars. His popular films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Downhill Racer (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Candidate (1972), The Sting (1973), The Way We Were (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), All the President's Men (1976), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Natural (1984), Out of Africa (1985), Sneakers (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993),The Last Castle and Spy Game (2001). As a filmmaker, his notable films include Ordinary People (1980), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), A River Runs Through It (1992), Quiz Show (1994), The Horse Whisperer (1998) and The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000).
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Robert Wise
Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer and editor. He twice won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, for West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles (1966).
Among his other films are The Body Snatcher; Born to Kill; The Set-Up; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Destination Gobi; Run Silent, Run Deep; I Want to Live!; The Haunting; The Andromeda Strain; The Hindenburg; and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Wise was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1971 to 1975 and later became the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Often contrasted with 'auteur' directors such as Stanley Kubrick who tended to bring a distinctive directorial "look" to a particular genre, Wise is famously viewed to have allowed his (sometimes studio assigned) story to dictate style. Later critics such as Martin Scorsese expanded that characterization, insisting that despite Wise's notorious workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan. Through whatever means, Wise's approach brought him critical success as a director in many different traditional film genres: horror, noir, western, war, science fiction, musical and drama, with many repeat successes within each genre. Wise's tendency towards professionalism led to a degree of preparedness which, though nominally motivated by studio budget constraints, nevertheless advanced the moviemaking art, with many Academy Award-winning films the result. Robert Wise received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1998.
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Roberta Sklar
Roberta Sklar is an American activist, feminist and award-winning theatre director. She is the current Director of Communications of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Sklar and long-time partner Sondra Segal, a playwright, poet, and essayist, were married in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2003.
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski (born 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers." Polanski's films have inspired diverse directors, including the Coen brothers,Atom Egoyan,Darren Aronofsky,Park Chan-wook,Abel Ferrara, and Wes Craven.
Born in Paris to Polish parents, he moved with his family back to Poland in 1937, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He survived the Holocaust and was educated in Poland and became a director of both art house and commercial films. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), made in Poland, was nominated for a United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was beaten by Federico Fellini's 8½. He has since received five more Oscar nominations, along with two Baftas, four Césars, a Golden Globe Award and the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival in France. In the United Kingdom he directed three films, beginning with Repulsion (1965). In 1968 he moved to the United States, and cemented his status by directing the Oscar-winning horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).
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Ron Field
Ronald Field (1934 – February 6, 1989) was an American choreographer, director, and dancer.
Field was born in New York City, New York where he made his Broadway debut as a child in Lady in the Dark (1941) with Gertrude Lawrence. He later danced in the ensembles of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949), Kismet (1954), and The Boy Friend (1955) before deciding to concentrate on choreography. His first two efforts Nowhere But Up (1962) and Cafe Crown (1964) were flops, but in 1966 he won his first Tony Award for his dazzling work in the smash hit Cabaret, the first of several noteworthy successes.
During rehearsals for Stephen Sondheim's trouble-plagued Merrily We Roll Along in 1981, Field was unceremoniously dismissed from the creative team. It wasn't until a revival of Cabaret in 1987 that he would have another Broadway success.
In addition to his work on Broadway, Field staged such diverse projects as Las Vegas nightclub acts, the 44th Annual Academy Awards telecast in 1972, a Hollywood Bowl concert and television special with Bette Midler in 1977, the opening ceremonies for the 1986 Los Angeles Olympics, and an acclaimed revival of Kiss Me, Kate in London's West End. He also choreographed Martin Scorsese's New York, New York (1977).
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Sanford Meisner
Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905 – February 2, 1997), also known as Sandy, was an American actor and acting teacher who developed a form of Method acting (based on the 'system' of Constantin Stanislavski) that is now known as the Meisner technique.
Born in Brooklyn, Meisner was the oldest of four children. Sanford, Jacob, Ruth, and Robert were the children of Hermann Meisner, a furrier, and Bertha Knoepfler, both Jewish immigrants who came to the United States from Hungary. In an attempt to improve Sanford's health, the family took a trip to the Catskills, where Jacob was fed unpasteurized milk. As a result, Jacob contracted bovine tuberculosis and died shortly thereafter. In an interview many years later, Meisner later identified this event as "the dominant emotional influence in my life from which I have never, after all these years, escaped." Blamed by his parents for his brother's death, the young Meisner become isolated and withdrawn, unable to cope with feelings of guilt for his brother’s death.
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Savion Glover
Savion Glover (born November 19, 1973) is an American tap dancer, actor, and choreographer. As a learning prodigy, he was taught by notable dancers from previous generations. Glover is currently interested in restoring African roots to tap. He wants to put tap back into the contemporary black context.
His great grandfather on his mother's side, Dick (King Richard) Lundy, was a short stop for the Negro Leagues. He managed eleven Negro League baseball teams, including the Newark Eagles. His grandfather, Bill Lewis, was a big band pianist and vocalist.
His grandmother, Anna Lundy Lewis, was the minister of music at Newpoint Baptists Church in Newark. She played for Whitney Houston when she was singing in the gospel choir. Anna Lundry Lewis was the one who first noticed Savion's musical talent. She once held him and hummed some rhythms to him, and he smiled and joined along.
Savion claims his style is young and funk. When asked to describe what funk is, he says it is the bass line. Funk is anything that gets one's head on beat. It is riding with the rhythm. It is a pulse that keeps one rolling with the beat.
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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLean Beaty (born April 24, 1934), known professionally as Shirley MacLaine, is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, well known for her beliefs in New Age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career. She was nominated for an Academy Award five times before winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1983 for her role in Terms of Endearment. Her younger brother is Warren Beatty.
Named after Shirley Temple, MacLaine was born in Richmond, Virginia. Her father, Ira Owens Beaty, was a professor of psychology, public school administrator, and real estate agent, and her mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a drama teacher originally from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; MacLaine's grandparents were also teachers.The family was devoutly Baptist. Her uncle (her mother's brother-in-law) was A.A. MacLeod, a Communist member of the Ontario legislature in the 1940s.
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Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen (pronounced /ˈdɔːnən/ DAWN-ən; born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are Singin' in the Rain and On the Town, both of which he co-directed with actor and dancer Gene Kelly. His other noteworthy films include Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face, Indiscreet, Damn Yankees!, Charade, and Two for the Road. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 for his body of work and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004.
Donen has been hailed by film critic David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals". He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Gene Kelly. In 1943 he went to Hollywood and worked as a choreographer for several years before he and Kelly made On the Town in 1949. He then worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed and continued to make hit films and gain critical acclaim, both as a solo director and for his work with Kelly. In 1952 Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical Singin' in the Rain, which went on to become regarded as one of the greatest films ever made. Donen's relationship with Kelly had been shaky for several years and deteriorated in 1955 during the making of their final collaboration: It's Always Fair Weather. He then broke his contract with MGM and became an independent producer of his own work in 1957. By the end of the 1950s musical films were losing popularity and Donen began to focus on comedies instead, continuing to make hit films until the late 1960s. After that his films became fewer and his last theatrical film was released in 1984. He briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002. Donen was married five times and had three children. His current long term partner is film director and comedian Elaine May.
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Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (/ˈkuːbrɪk/; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and editor. He is regarded as having been one of America's greatest filmmakers. His films, typically adaptations of novels or short stories, were noted for their "dazzling" and unique cinematography, attention to details to achieve realism and an inspired use of music scores. Kubrick's films covered a variety of genres, including war, black comedy, horror and science fiction. Kubrick was also noted for being a perfectionist, using painstaking care with scene staging and working closely with his actors.
Starting out as a photographer in New York City, he taught himself all aspects of film production and directing after graduating high school. His earliest films were made on a shoestring budget, followed by one Hollywood blockbuster, after which he spent most of the rest of his career living and filming in England. His home became his workplace where he did his writing, research, editing and management of production details. This allowed him to have almost complete artistic control, but with the rare advantage of having financial support from major Hollywood studios.
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Stephen Mear
Stephen Mear (born 1964) is an English dancer and choreographer best known for his award-winning work in musical theatre. In 2005, Mear and co-choreographer Matthew Bourne won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Choreography, for their work on the new West End musical Mary Poppins. This production later transferred to Broadway in 2006, being nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 2007. Most recently, Mear choreographed the new Broadway musical of Disney's The Little Mermaid (2007–08). In recognition of his achievements, in 2007 Mear was the recipient of a Carl Alan Award, an award voted for by leading dance organisations in the United Kingdom. In 2010, Stephen Mear won a Laurence Olivier Award for best Theatre Choreographer for his work on Hello Dolly at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, he was also a choreographer for So You Think You Can Dance (UK), in the category broadway.
Mear is openly gay. His partner is dance teacher Mark Smith, who is deaf. Mear who was co-choreographer for Mary Poppins, created the entire "sign language" combination/idea for the show's hit musical number Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, because of the knowledge of sign language he had.
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Susan Stroman
Susan Stroman (born October 17, 1954) is an American theatre director, choreographer, film director, and performer. She has won the Tony Award for both her choreography and direction, notably for the stage musical The Producers.
Stroman was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Frances and Charles Stroman. She was exposed to show tunes by her piano-playing salesman father. She began studying dance, concentrating on jazz, tap, and ballet at the age of five. She studied under James Jamieson at the Academy of the Dance in Wilmington. She majored in English at the University of Delaware. She performed, choreographed and directed at community theaters in the Delaware and Philadelphia area. After graduating in 1976, she moved to New York City. Her first professional appearance was in Hit the Deck at the Goodspeed Opera House in 1977. Her first Broadway credit was as an ensemble member in the 1979 musical Whoopee!. In 1980 she was assistant director, assistant choreographer, and dance captain for Musical Chairs. Wanting to direct and choreograph instead of perform, Stroman concentrated on creating for the theater. She worked in small venues as a director and choreographer in various industrial shows, club acts and commercials.
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Thommie Walsh
Thomas Joseph “Thommie” Walsh III (March 15, 1950 – June 16, 2007) was an American dancer, choreographer, and director.
Born in Auburn, New York, Walsh was interested in dance from the age of five, but seriously considered foregoing it as a career when he was rejected by Juilliard. He enrolled in the Boston Conservatory of Music but departed during his junior year to tour with Disney on Parade. Following that he joined the national tour of Applause, departing to accept a small role in the film version of Jesus Christ Superstar. He is the cousin of Michel Cosentino, orginially from Auburn/Weedsport, New York and Michel's daughter, Ava Cosentino, who is following in Thommie's footsteps in the dance world.
Thommie was known for his unique sense of style (Example: Checkered Vans with a Pinstriped Suit), as well as his incomparable and well known sense of humor. With such a developed reputation in the industry, Thommie was brought in as a show doctor on many of Broadway's greatest hits during the 1980s. Many numbers in Grand Hotel were actually choreographed by Thommie Walsh.
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Toby Sedgwick
Toby Sedgwick is a British movement director, actor, and theatre choreographer. He achieved critical acclaim for providing "horse choreography" for War Horse, currently playing at West End's New London Theatre and Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theatre. For the latter, Sedgwick won a 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer.
He trained at the Arts Educational (drama course)and later studied for two years at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris (where he co-founded the "The Moving Picture Mime Show")' . in London.
Sedgwick made a directorial debut with Pidgin Macbeth (1998) at the National Theatre in London. In 2006, he choreographed Hergé's Adventures Of Tintin at the Playhouse Theatre and Dick Whittington And His Cat at the Barbican. He also directed a Manchester production of The Taming of the Shrew.
Sedgwick's first major credit was providing co-direction for The 39 Steps (Criterion Theatre, West End, 2006). Acting credits include Earfull at the Battersea Arts Centre in 2007. Other credits include The Tempest (2007), His Dark Materials (2009), and Looking For Yoghurt (2009). Sedgwick had previously acted as "The Professor" in the West End musical Animal Crackers, which opened at the Lyric Theatre on 16 March 1999 and closed 15 May 1999.
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Tommy Tune
Thomas James "Tommy" Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won nine Tony Awards and the National Medal of Arts.
Tune was born in Texas to oil rig worker, horse trainer, and restaurateur, Jim Tune, and Eva Mae Clark (the family name was shortened from "Tunesmith"). He attended Lamar High School in Houston and the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He studied dance with Patsy Swayze in Houston. He went on to earn his Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1962, and take graduate courses at the University of Houston. Tune later moved to New York to start his career.
In 1965, Tune made his Broadway debut as a performer in the musical Baker Street. His first Broadway directing and choreography credits were for the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in 1978. He has gone on to direct or choreograph, or both, some eight Broadway musicals. He directed a new musical titled Turn of the Century, which premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago on September 19, 2008 and closed on November 2, 2008.
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Tony Charmoli
Tony Charmoli (born June 11, 1922), an American dancer, choreographer, and director, began dancing on Broadway in such shows as "Make Mine Manhattan" but soon began choreographing for television with "Stop the Music" in 1949. Charmoli then choreographed dance sequences for the popular "Your Hit Parade," winning his first Emmy Award in 1955. He went on to choreograph for some of the biggest stars including Dinah Shore, Lily Tomlin, Danny Kaye, Julie Andrews, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, and others. On Broadway, Tony choreographed Ankles Aweigh (1955) and Woman of the Year (1981) with Lauren Bacall. More recently he has focused his talents on directing for television, where he has directed such programs as the famous 1977 production of The Nutcracker starring Mikhail Baryshnikov, which was nominated for two Emmys (neither nomination was for Charmoli, however). He choreographed nearly all of Mitzi Gaynor's television specials in the 1970s as well as two of Shirley MacLaine's. He also worked many times with Sid and Marty Krofft, directing all seventeen episodes of Lidsville and The Bugaloos respectively, as well as their special Fol-de-Rol. He also directed the first two years of Star Search (1984–1985), and several years of Circus of the Stars, as well as John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979), winning the Directors Guild Award.
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Tony Richardson
Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director and producer.
Richardson was born in Shipley, Yorkshire in 1928, the son of Elsie Evans (Campion) and Clarence Albert Richardson, a chemist. He was Head Boy at Ashville College, Harrogate and attended Wadham College, Oxford, where his contemporaries included Kenneth Tynan, Lindsay Anderson and Gavin Lambert. He had the unprecedented distinction of being elected President of both the Oxford University Dramatic Society and the Experimental Theatre Club (the ETC), in addition to being theatre critic for the university magazine Isis.
In 1955, in his directing début, Richardson produced Jean Giraudoux's The Apollo of Bellac for Television with Denholm Elliott and Natasha Parry in the main roles.
Representative of the British "New Wave" of directors, he developed the ideas that led to the formation of the English Stage Company, along with his close friend George Goetschius and George Devine. He directed John Osborne's seminal play Look Back in Anger at the Court, writing both the theatre and playwright into British theatrical history. In the same period he directed Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. Then in 1957 he directed Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice in Osborne's The Entertainer, again at the Royal Court.
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Ulu Grosbard
Israel "Ulu" Grosbard (9 January 1929 – 19 March 2012) was a Belgian-born, naturalized American theatre and film director and film producer.
Born in Antwerp, Grosbard was the son of Rose (Tennenbaum) and Morris Grosbard, who worked in business and as a diamond merechant. Grosbard emigrated to Havana with his family in 1942. In 1948, they moved to the United States, where he earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Chicago. He studied then at the Yale School of Drama for one year before joining the United States Army, and he became a naturalized citizen in 1954.
Grosbard gravitated towards theatre when he relocated to New York City in the early 1960s. After directing The Days and Nights of BeeBee Fenstermaker off-Broadway, he earned his first Broadway credit with The Subject Was Roses, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 1964. That same year he won the Obie Award for Best Direction and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play for an off-Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play A View from the Bridge, for which Dustin Hoffman served as stage manager and assistant director.
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Wayne Cilento
Wayne Louis Cilento (born August 28, 1949) is an American dancer and choreographer. He is best known for originating the role of "Mike" in the Broadway show A Chorus Line, and later becoming one of Broadway's most prolific choreographers.
Cilento was born in the Bronx, New York City, and later moved to suburban Westchester County. Though he attended one dance class when he was seven or eight, the teacher zeroed in on him; he panicked and didn't return. When he was in high school, he saw the original production of Cabaret and was so taken with the show, he decided "I really could do that." He auditioned for his high school musicals, got the dance leads, and started taking dance class twice a week. He continued to study dance in college where he met his mentor Bill Glassman of the American Ballet Theater. "He was short and straight--someone I could use as a role model."
Not long after he married high school sweetheart Cathy Colety, Cilento made his Broadway musical debut in the chorus of Seesaw. This marked his first exposure to working with Michael Bennett as choreographer. He worked on the infamous Rachael Lily Rosenbloom and Don't You Ever Forget It, where he met many of his future A Chorus Line co-stars, and Irene when he was invited to attend Bennett's workshop sessions of A Chorus Line in 1974-5.
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William Friedkin
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. His film, Bug (2006) won the FIPRESCI prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Friedkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Rae (née Green) and Louis Friedkin, a semi-professional softball player, merchant seaman, and men's clothing salesman. After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, Friedkin became fascinated with movies. He began working for WGN-TV immediately after high school. He eventually started his directorial career doing live television shows and documentaries, including The People vs. Paul Crump which won several awards and contributed to the commutation of Crump's death sentence. As mentioned in Friedkin's voice-over commentary on the DVD re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Friedkin also directed one of the last episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour in 1965, called "Off Season".
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Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer. Since 1996, Wenders has been the president of the European Film Academy in Berlin.
Wenders was born in Düsseldorf into a traditional Catholic family. His father, Heinrich Wenders, was a surgeon. Use of the Dutch name, "Wim", a shortened version of the baptismal name "Wilhelm/Willem", reflected his mother's Dutch provenance, but the Dutch version was rejected by the civil registration authorities in 1945 as "unGerman". He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine (1963–64) and philosophy (1964–65) in Freiburg and Düsseldorf. However, he dropped out of university studies and moved to Paris in October 1966 to become a painter. Wenders failed his entry test at France's national film school IDHEC (now La Fémis), and instead became an engraver in the studio of Johnny Friedlander, an American artist, in Montparnasse. During this time, Wenders became fascinated with cinema, and saw up to five movies a day at the local movie theater.
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Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, December 1, 1935) is an award-winning American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, and playwright, whose career spans over half a century.
He began as a comedy writer in the 1950s, penning jokes and scripts for television and also publishing several books of short humor pieces. In the early 1960s, Allen started performing as a stand-up comic, emphasizing monologues rather than traditional jokes. As a comic, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he insists is quite different from his real-life personality. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Allen in fourth place on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics, while a UK survey ranked Allen as the third greatest comedian.
By the mid-1960s Allen was writing and directing films, first specializing in slapstick comedies before moving into more dramatic material influenced by European art films during the 1970s. He is often identified as part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmakers of the mid-1960s to late '70s. Allen often stars in his own films, typically in the persona he developed as a standup. The best-known of his over 40 films include the Academy Award-winners Annie Hall (1977), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Midnight in Paris (2011); and the Golden Globe-winning The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). Critic Roger Ebert has described Allen as "a treasure of the cinema."
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Fosse, Bob Filmography
- The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003)
- Chicago (2002)
- Cabaret: A Legend in the Making (1997)
- The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987)
- Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
- That's Dancing! (1985)
- The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984)
- Star 80 (1983)
- Star 80 (1983)
- Pippin: His Life and Times (1981)
- Pippin: His Life and Times (1981)
- Hello Hollywood, qui Broadway! (1981)
- Pippin: His Life and Times (1981)
- The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (1981)
- Billy Baxter Presents Diary of the Cannes Film Festival with Rex Reed (1980)
- Fred Astaire: Change Partners and Dance (1980)
- Bob Fosse: On the Set (1979)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- All That Jazz (1979)
- The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978)
- Dancin' Curtain Call: Bob Fosse (1978)
- Thieves (1977)
- The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976)
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
- Lenny (1974)
- The Little Prince (1974)
- The Little Prince (1974)
- Lenny (1974)
- The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973)
- Cabaret (1972)
- The Recreation of an Era (1972)
- Liza with a Z: A Concert for Television (1972)
- Cabaret (1972)
- Liza with a Z: A Concert for Television (1972)
- Liza with a Z: A Concert for Television (1972)
- Sweet Charity (1969)
- Sweet Charity (1969)
- Sweet Charity (1969)
- The Seasons of Youth (1961)
- The Seasons of Youth (1961)
- Damn Yankees! (1958)
- Damn Yankees! (1958)
- The Pajama Game (1957)
- My Sister Eileen (1955)
- My Sister Eileen (1955)
- White Christmas (1954)
- Kiss Me Kate (1953)
- The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
- Give a Girl a Break (1953)
- Kiss Me Kate (1953)
- The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue (1949)
Foss, Bob Filmography
- The Black Pimpernel (2007)
- Et hjørne af paradis (1997)
- La hija del Puma (1994)
- Haakon Haakonsen (1990)
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Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees - Who's Got the Pain
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Bob Fosse Sweet Charity 1969
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Big Spender
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Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from one of the greatest choreographers of all time, Bob Fosse.
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Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from one of the greatest choreographers of all time, Bob Fosse.
- published: 27 Jan 2007
- views: 1875603
- author: James Snowden
Bob Fosse - A Snake in the Grass ('Little Prince' 1974)
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- Updated: 31 Jan 2013
All of MJ's signature moves (including the moonwalk) were performed by Bob Fosse a decade earlier.
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All of MJ's signature moves (including the moonwalk) were performed by Bob Fosse a decade earlier.
- published: 22 Jun 2011
- views: 64579
- author: ChiptNalez
Bob Fosse winning an Oscar® for "Cabaret"
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Julie Andrews and George Stevens presenting Bob Fosse with the Oscar® for Directing "Cabaret" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards® in 1973.
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Julie Andrews and George Stevens presenting Bob Fosse with the Oscar® for Directing "Cabaret" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards® in 1973.
- published: 28 Sep 2009
- views: 45984
- author: Oscars
Various Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing
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Various clips of Bob Fosse dancing, with commentary by Gwen Verdon. The clips range from 1949 (The Morey Amsterdam Show) to 1962 (The Garry Moore Show).
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Various clips of Bob Fosse dancing, with commentary by Gwen Verdon. The clips range from 1949 (The Morey Amsterdam Show) to 1962 (The Garry Moore Show).
- published: 13 Jul 2011
- views: 46141
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All That Jazz de Bob Fosse
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Uma cena do filme All That jazz ,1979,protagonizado por Roy Scheider
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Uma cena do filme All That jazz ,1979,protagonizado por Roy Scheider
- published: 19 Oct 2008
- views: 271699
- author: Helda Faillace
Bob Fosse, Debbie Reynolds, Bobbby Van and Barbara Ruick Dance and Sing
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Great moment from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, the 1953 movie. While the movie is pleasant, it is raised to more memorable heights by three or four great song and dance numbers by it's talented stars, including this one. Bob Fosse is in the sweater and has the light socks. Barbara Ruick sings.
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Great moment from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, the 1953 movie. While the movie is pleasant, it is raised to more memorable heights by three or four great song and dance numbers by it's talented stars, including this one. Bob Fosse is in the sweater and has the light socks. Barbara Ruick sings.
- published: 04 Feb 2009
- views: 54739
- author: odessa108
"The Aloof" - Rich Man's Frug
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Dance from 'Sweet Charity'. Choreographed by Bob Fosse.
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Dance from 'Sweet Charity'. Choreographed by Bob Fosse.
- published: 25 Jan 2006
- views: 330078
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Smooth Criminal- Bob Fosse
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Song: "Smooth Criminal" Artist: Michael Jackson Films: The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All That Jazz, Bells Are Ringing, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Fosse: The Broadway Musical, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me Kate, The Little Prince, My Sister Eileen,The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity I first started working on this video a short time after Michael Jackson passed away and I'm so glad it's finally come together. Stupid me for choosing this video to learn FinalCut on! Anyway, this video is my tribute to the incredible dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse. I've included in this tribute: films Fosse choreographed, ones he appeared in himself, and, also, the film versions of some of the Broadway shows he choreographed (which is why films like "Chicago" and "Bells Are Ringing" are on here). All of them show the hallmarks of Fosse's iconic style (as did Michael Jackson's original "Smooth Criminal" video, actually). So, tilt your hat to the side, relax and enjoy Michael Jackson "Fosse-style"! ;)
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Song: "Smooth Criminal" Artist: Michael Jackson Films: The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All That Jazz, Bells Are Ringing, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Fosse: The Broadway Musical, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me Kate, The Little Prince, My Sister Eileen,The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity I first started working on this video a short time after Michael Jackson passed away and I'm so glad it's finally come together. Stupid me for choosing this video to learn FinalCut on! Anyway, this video is my tribute to the incredible dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse. I've included in this tribute: films Fosse choreographed, ones he appeared in himself, and, also, the film versions of some of the Broadway shows he choreographed (which is why films like "Chicago" and "Bells Are Ringing" are on here). All of them show the hallmarks of Fosse's iconic style (as did Michael Jackson's original "Smooth Criminal" video, actually). So, tilt your hat to the side, relax and enjoy Michael Jackson "Fosse-style"! ;)
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 64140
- author: xHeavyMetalPapillonx
Cabaret (1972) Musical Number 2 - Mein Herr
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- Duration: 3:34
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In 1995, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cabaret is a 1972 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, before the rise of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. Cabaret was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1973,[1] and nearly performed a clean sweep, winning 8, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joel Grey), and winning for Cinematography, Editing, Music, Art Direction (Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel) and Sound (losing Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay to The Godfather). It won 7 BAFTA awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy). * Wikipedia.com
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In 1995, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cabaret is a 1972 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, before the rise of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. Cabaret was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1973,[1] and nearly performed a clean sweep, winning 8, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joel Grey), and winning for Cinematography, Editing, Music, Art Direction (Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel) and Sound (losing Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay to The Godfather). It won 7 BAFTA awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy). * Wikipedia.com
- published: 26 Jun 2009
- views: 120259
- author: Nic0leNic0lette
Mexican Breakfast, Helpfully Explained
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
UPDATE: credit where credit's due! corey smithson, the creator of this video -- the one who came up with the amazing captions -- contacted me a few weeks ago! for some reason, youtube deleted this video from his own acount, but has so far allowed it to stay up on mine. corey has been gracious enough to allow me to keep the video up here, too -- thanks, man. according to his website, corey is a multimedia artist currently living in brooklyn, nyc. his account on youtube is /CoreyMichaelSmithson -- there are five of his videos there. you can also check more of his work at www.coreymichaelsmithson.com. his art is very intense and some videos are SERIOUSLY nsfw. no copyright malpractice intended here -- this choreography by bob fosse shows where the "inspiration" for the now infamous single l@diez (make a carbon copy of it) video came from. original url for this video www.coreymichaelsmithson.com
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UPDATE: credit where credit's due! corey smithson, the creator of this video -- the one who came up with the amazing captions -- contacted me a few weeks ago! for some reason, youtube deleted this video from his own acount, but has so far allowed it to stay up on mine. corey has been gracious enough to allow me to keep the video up here, too -- thanks, man. according to his website, corey is a multimedia artist currently living in brooklyn, nyc. his account on youtube is /CoreyMichaelSmithson -- there are five of his videos there. you can also check more of his work at www.coreymichaelsmithson.com. his art is very intense and some videos are SERIOUSLY nsfw. no copyright malpractice intended here -- this choreography by bob fosse shows where the "inspiration" for the now infamous single l@diez (make a carbon copy of it) video came from. original url for this video www.coreymichaelsmithson.com
- published: 05 Nov 2010
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- author: Lizardking73
Sweet Charity (1969) de Bob Fosse
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- Duration: 5:19
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Scène du film de Bob Fosse "Sweet Charity" (1969) aux chorégraphies éblouissantes. Le clip de Freemasons "When You Touch Me" s'en inspire directement.... Bel hommage, mais les danseurs ne sont pas à la hauteur de leurs aînés... J'aurais adoré danser sur le morceau de Freemasons avec toi, Jeep! ;-)
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Scène du film de Bob Fosse "Sweet Charity" (1969) aux chorégraphies éblouissantes. Le clip de Freemasons "When You Touch Me" s'en inspire directement.... Bel hommage, mais les danseurs ne sont pas à la hauteur de leurs aînés... J'aurais adoré danser sur le morceau de Freemasons avec toi, Jeep! ;-)
- published: 14 Feb 2009
- views: 114761
- author: Arnogogo
Bob Fosse Michael Jackson Pas de Deux
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- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 26 Jan 2013
I'm a big fan of Bob Fosse and I first saw Billie Jean dubbed over his Snake in the Grass dance on byakurengirl's channel. I've reinterpreted it as a pas de deux - I think Fosse and Jackson had similar influences, Fosse clearly being one of Michael Jackson's. Chosen by USA Press critic Armond White as Best Online Video of 2009 for a British Film Institute poll bit.ly
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I'm a big fan of Bob Fosse and I first saw Billie Jean dubbed over his Snake in the Grass dance on byakurengirl's channel. I've reinterpreted it as a pas de deux - I think Fosse and Jackson had similar influences, Fosse clearly being one of Michael Jackson's. Chosen by USA Press critic Armond White as Best Online Video of 2009 for a British Film Institute poll bit.ly
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 140318
- author: Candy Gourlay
Notorios BIG and Bob Fosse Dancing - He was Dancing to Hip Hop Music in 1955? (RESPECT Remix)
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- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 01 Feb 2013
Bob Fosse performing his own choreography (and defying physics in the process) in a number from the 1955 film "My Sister Eileen." Also featuring Tommy Rall, another incredible dancer.
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Bob Fosse performing his own choreography (and defying physics in the process) in a number from the 1955 film "My Sister Eileen." Also featuring Tommy Rall, another incredible dancer.
- published: 26 May 2009
- views: 27922
- author: QWILDER
Mein Herr - Cabaret
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- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Rachelle Rak gives a brilliant performance of "Mein Herr" in the Broadway revue "Fosse." Adapted from the Broadway musical "Cabaret." From the highly recommended 2002 DVD "Fosse". View excerpts easily at www.theBestArts.com Browse our website at www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.
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Rachelle Rak gives a brilliant performance of "Mein Herr" in the Broadway revue "Fosse." Adapted from the Broadway musical "Cabaret." From the highly recommended 2002 DVD "Fosse". View excerpts easily at www.theBestArts.com Browse our website at www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.
- published: 18 Dec 2008
- views: 178632
- author: BestArtsFosse
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
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- Duration: 5:18
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
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Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
- published: 26 Oct 2010
- views: 61832
- author: Дмитро Горошко
BOB FOSSE "BIG DEAL"
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- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Staggering dance from the end of Act 1 of BIG DEAL, a flop on Broadway which won Fosse the Tony Award for Choreography anyway.
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Staggering dance from the end of Act 1 of BIG DEAL, a flop on Broadway which won Fosse the Tony Award for Choreography anyway.
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 33641
- author: thejackieshow
there's gotta be Something Better than this
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- Duration: 6:41
- Updated: 26 Jan 2013
Sweet Charity musical Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera and Paula Kelly dance and sing their dreams of something better.
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Sweet Charity musical Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera and Paula Kelly dance and sing their dreams of something better.
- published: 03 Apr 2009
- views: 20178
- author: GusMotta50
Chicago: All Bob Fosse's Razzle Dazzle
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- Duration: 10:19
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Niles North High School 2008-2009 US History Honors Class Period 5 History Fair Project - Documentary Qualified for History Fair State Superior, but sadly, did not make it to Nationals....TT-TT Judges gave us the scores: 97 and 91. Average=94. People who qualified for nationals received a 95. Life sucks.... Nontheless...enjoy, as much as we did in making and watching, this documentary My favorite part is the ending, after the credits ;)
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Niles North High School 2008-2009 US History Honors Class Period 5 History Fair Project - Documentary Qualified for History Fair State Superior, but sadly, did not make it to Nationals....TT-TT Judges gave us the scores: 97 and 91. Average=94. People who qualified for nationals received a 95. Life sucks.... Nontheless...enjoy, as much as we did in making and watching, this documentary My favorite part is the ending, after the credits ;)
- published: 08 May 2009
- views: 97083
- author: desirez
Fosse - 2 Hours of Great Broadway in 10 Minutes
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- Duration: 9:50
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Excerpts from the Tony award-winning musical revue "Fosse", available on the highly recommended 2002 DVD. Easily view the entire version of many of these excerpts at www.theBestArts.com Browse our website at www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.
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Excerpts from the Tony award-winning musical revue "Fosse", available on the highly recommended 2002 DVD. Easily view the entire version of many of these excerpts at www.theBestArts.com Browse our website at www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.
- published: 15 Dec 2008
- views: 52132
- author: BestArtsFosse
ALL THAT JAZZ. Show time
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- Duration: 0:53
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Roy Scheider.
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George Burns, Bob Fosse, and Harrison Muller
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- Duration: 4:59
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
George Burns, Bob Fosse, and Harrison Muller on The Burns & Allen Show (1950)
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George Burns, Bob Fosse, and Harrison Muller on The Burns & Allen Show (1950)
- published: 20 Feb 2007
- views: 41569
- author: shrTube
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Liza Minnelli - (Liza With AZ, Bob Fosse, 1972)
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- Duration: 53:14
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
THE COPYRIGHT is NOT MIND.
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Charity's Soliloquy from "Sweet Charity"
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- Duration: 135:04
- Updated: 09 Dec 2012
Once again the hapless, but always hopeful, Charity Hope Valentine, played by 17 year old Rebecca "Becca" Sara Wolonick in the Pinecrest Players (Pinecrest High School, Southern Pines, NC) February 2012 presentation of "Sweet Charity." In this scene she pours her heart out to the other dance hostesses at the Fan-Dango ballroom. She has just had her life savings stolen from her by another boyfriend, but she's going to find her way back. For Charity, there is always hope. Charity is joined at the dance bar by the other hapless members of the ensemble, who have their own hopes and aspirations, as they listen to her belt out her future and dance her way to a new and better life. Marvin, her Tango partner, is played by Eli Cole. As Charity pronounces to the police in scene 1, her temporary employment has lasted for eight years. The production was directed by acting teacher, Adam W. Faw, and the music was directed by Erin Plisco. On the big screen, Charity was played by the great Shirley MacLaine, and the show is from the book by Neal Simon. It is based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini entitled "Nights of Cabiria." The music is by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and it was originally conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse. The choreography for this presentation was by Gary Taylor and Yaqshaan Medan, with supplementary choreography by Becca Wolonick herself.
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Once again the hapless, but always hopeful, Charity Hope Valentine, played by 17 year old Rebecca "Becca" Sara Wolonick in the Pinecrest Players (Pinecrest High School, Southern Pines, NC) February 2012 presentation of "Sweet Charity." In this scene she pours her heart out to the other dance hostesses at the Fan-Dango ballroom. She has just had her life savings stolen from her by another boyfriend, but she's going to find her way back. For Charity, there is always hope. Charity is joined at the dance bar by the other hapless members of the ensemble, who have their own hopes and aspirations, as they listen to her belt out her future and dance her way to a new and better life. Marvin, her Tango partner, is played by Eli Cole. As Charity pronounces to the police in scene 1, her temporary employment has lasted for eight years. The production was directed by acting teacher, Adam W. Faw, and the music was directed by Erin Plisco. On the big screen, Charity was played by the great Shirley MacLaine, and the show is from the book by Neal Simon. It is based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini entitled "Nights of Cabiria." The music is by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and it was originally conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse. The choreography for this presentation was by Gary Taylor and Yaqshaan Medan, with supplementary choreography by Becca Wolonick herself.
- published: 01 Apr 2012
- views: 660
- author: Stuart Namm
Fosse 3. (HD)
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- Duration: 23:51
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
• "Steam Heat" (from The Pajama Game) • "I Gotcha" (from Liza With a Z) • "Rich Man's Frug" (from Sweet Charity) • "Transition: Silky Thoughts" • "Cool Hand Luke" (from a 1968 Bob Hope television) • "Dancin' Dan (Me and My Shadow)" (from Dancin') • "Nowadays/The Hot Honey Rag" (from Chicago)
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• "Steam Heat" (from The Pajama Game) • "I Gotcha" (from Liza With a Z) • "Rich Man's Frug" (from Sweet Charity) • "Transition: Silky Thoughts" • "Cool Hand Luke" (from a 1968 Bob Hope television) • "Dancin' Dan (Me and My Shadow)" (from Dancin') • "Nowadays/The Hot Honey Rag" (from Chicago)
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 5626
- author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 1. (HD)
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- Duration: 28:16
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
• "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from Big Deal) • "Fosse's World" • "Bye Bye Blackbird" (from Liza with a Z) • "From the Edge" (from Dancin') • "Percussion 4" (from Dancin') • "Big Spender" (from Sweet Charity) • "Crunchy Granola Suite" (from Dancin')
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• "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from Big Deal) • "Fosse's World" • "Bye Bye Blackbird" (from Liza with a Z) • "From the Edge" (from Dancin') • "Percussion 4" (from Dancin') • "Big Spender" (from Sweet Charity) • "Crunchy Granola Suite" (from Dancin')
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 9901
- author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 4. (HD)
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- Duration: 25:38
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
Act III • "Glory" (from Pippin) • "Manson Trio" (from Pippin) • "Mein Herr" (from Cabaret) • "Take Off with Us/Three Pas de Deux" (from All That Jazz) • "Razzle Dazzle" (from Chicago) • "Who's Sorry Now?" (from All that Jazz) • "There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made" (from All that Jazz) • "Mr. Bojangles" (from Dancin')
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Act III • "Glory" (from Pippin) • "Manson Trio" (from Pippin) • "Mein Herr" (from Cabaret) • "Take Off with Us/Three Pas de Deux" (from All That Jazz) • "Razzle Dazzle" (from Chicago) • "Who's Sorry Now?" (from All that Jazz) • "There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made" (from All that Jazz) • "Mr. Bojangles" (from Dancin')
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 3052
- author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 2. (HD)
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- Duration: 23:28
- Updated: 04 Feb 2013
• "From This Moment On" (from Kiss Me, Kate) • "Transition" (inspired by Redhead) • "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" (from Dancin') Act II • "Shoeless Joe Ballet" (from Damn Yankees) • "Dancing in the Dark"
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• "From This Moment On" (from Kiss Me, Kate) • "Transition" (inspired by Redhead) • "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" (from Dancin') Act II • "Shoeless Joe Ballet" (from Damn Yankees) • "Dancing in the Dark"
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 3594
- author: MusicalFrance
My Sister Eileen (1955) Full Movie
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- Duration: 103:02
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person. Disclaimer: No copyright intended. I do not own this video.
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Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person. Disclaimer: No copyright intended. I do not own this video.
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 2578
- author: spongebobjazzpants
My Blu-Ray Collection Update 2/2/13 Blu ray and Dvd Movie Reviews
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- Duration: 22:15
- Updated: 07 Feb 2013
In this video I review and talk about all the Blu Rays and DVDS I got over the last week or so and the movies are. Wetmovie1 facebook page www.facebook.com Wetmovie1 Twitter twitter.com Paranormal Activity 4 : Directed by Henry Joost,Ariel Schulman -- Starring Kathryn Newton,Katie Featherston,Matt Shively,Alexondra Lee,Brady Allen Cabaret : Directed by BOB Fosse -- Starring Liza Minnelli,Michael York,Helmut Griem,Marisa Berenson,Joel Grey Peter Pan Diamond Edition : Directed by Clyde Geronimi,Wilfred Jackson -- Starring Bobby Driscoll,Kathryn Beaumont,Hans Conried,Bill Thompson,Heather Angel White Zombie : Directed by Victor Halperin -- Starring Bela Lugosi,Madge Bellamy,Joseph Cawthorn,Robert Frazer,John Harron Here Comes The Boom : Directed by Frank Coraci -- Starring Kevin James,Salma Hayek,Henry Winkler,Greg Germann,Joe Rogan,Gary Valentine,Charice Celeste And Jesse Forever : Directed by Lee Toland Krieger -- Starring Rashida Jones,Andy Samberg,Ari Graynor,Eric Christian Olsen,Elijah Wood,Rob Huebel Nobody Walks : Starring Olivia Thirlby,Jane Levy,Dylan McDermott,John Krasinski,Rosemarie DeWitt,Justin Kirk Jack & Diane : Directed by Bradley Rust Gray -- Starring Juno Temple,Dane DeHaan,Lou Taylor Pucci,Riley Keough,Kylie Minogue Why Stop Now : Directed by Phil Dorling,Ron Nyswaner -- Starring Jesse Eisenberg,Melissa Leo,Tracy Morgan,Isiah Whitlock Jr.,Sarah Ramos,Emma Rayne Lyle Yelling to the Sky : Directed by Victoria Mahoney -- Starring Jason Clarke,Zoë Kravitz,Tim ...
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In this video I review and talk about all the Blu Rays and DVDS I got over the last week or so and the movies are. Wetmovie1 facebook page www.facebook.com Wetmovie1 Twitter twitter.com Paranormal Activity 4 : Directed by Henry Joost,Ariel Schulman -- Starring Kathryn Newton,Katie Featherston,Matt Shively,Alexondra Lee,Brady Allen Cabaret : Directed by BOB Fosse -- Starring Liza Minnelli,Michael York,Helmut Griem,Marisa Berenson,Joel Grey Peter Pan Diamond Edition : Directed by Clyde Geronimi,Wilfred Jackson -- Starring Bobby Driscoll,Kathryn Beaumont,Hans Conried,Bill Thompson,Heather Angel White Zombie : Directed by Victor Halperin -- Starring Bela Lugosi,Madge Bellamy,Joseph Cawthorn,Robert Frazer,John Harron Here Comes The Boom : Directed by Frank Coraci -- Starring Kevin James,Salma Hayek,Henry Winkler,Greg Germann,Joe Rogan,Gary Valentine,Charice Celeste And Jesse Forever : Directed by Lee Toland Krieger -- Starring Rashida Jones,Andy Samberg,Ari Graynor,Eric Christian Olsen,Elijah Wood,Rob Huebel Nobody Walks : Starring Olivia Thirlby,Jane Levy,Dylan McDermott,John Krasinski,Rosemarie DeWitt,Justin Kirk Jack & Diane : Directed by Bradley Rust Gray -- Starring Juno Temple,Dane DeHaan,Lou Taylor Pucci,Riley Keough,Kylie Minogue Why Stop Now : Directed by Phil Dorling,Ron Nyswaner -- Starring Jesse Eisenberg,Melissa Leo,Tracy Morgan,Isiah Whitlock Jr.,Sarah Ramos,Emma Rayne Lyle Yelling to the Sky : Directed by Victoria Mahoney -- Starring Jason Clarke,Zoë Kravitz,Tim ...
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 2961
- author: wetmovie1
el principito(película completa español)
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- Duration: 81:31
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Hice el intento en la traducción.....(._.) (EL PRINCIPITO) (LITTLE PRINCE) (LE PETIT PRINCE) Una metáfora sobre la vida ,el amor ,la amistad. Película de ciencia ficción musical,(1974) letras de canciones y guion de Alan Jay Lerner música de Frederick Loewe. Dirigida y producida por Stanley Donen. Las secuencias del desierto se rodaron en Túnez. •Richard Kiley (1922-1999) como el piloto •Steven Warner (1966--) como el principito(Protagonista) •Bob Fosse (1927-1987) como la serpiente(coreografió su propia secuencia de baile) •Gene Wilder (1933--) como el zorro •Donna McKechnie (1940--) como la rosa •Joss Ackland (1928--) como el rey •Victor Spinetti (1933--) como el historiador •Clive Revill (1930--) como el hombre de negocios. Basado en la clásica novela EL PRINCIPITO (1943) escrita por el escritor y aviador francés Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944).ambientada en los años cuarenta— cuenta la historia de un aviador (Richard Kiley) que se ve obligado a hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia en el desierto del Sáhara. Allí entabla amistad con un niño, el pequeño príncipe del asteroide B-612. En los días siguientes, el piloto se entera de sus diversos viajes por todo el Sistema solar. A medida que viaja por el espacio, el Principito tiene varios extraños encuentros con adultos en diferentes planetoides, todas con una manera sesgada de ver la vida. Pero no es hasta que finalmente llega a la Tierra, que el Principito aprende las lecciones más importante de todas, principalmente ...
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Hice el intento en la traducción.....(._.) (EL PRINCIPITO) (LITTLE PRINCE) (LE PETIT PRINCE) Una metáfora sobre la vida ,el amor ,la amistad. Película de ciencia ficción musical,(1974) letras de canciones y guion de Alan Jay Lerner música de Frederick Loewe. Dirigida y producida por Stanley Donen. Las secuencias del desierto se rodaron en Túnez. •Richard Kiley (1922-1999) como el piloto •Steven Warner (1966--) como el principito(Protagonista) •Bob Fosse (1927-1987) como la serpiente(coreografió su propia secuencia de baile) •Gene Wilder (1933--) como el zorro •Donna McKechnie (1940--) como la rosa •Joss Ackland (1928--) como el rey •Victor Spinetti (1933--) como el historiador •Clive Revill (1930--) como el hombre de negocios. Basado en la clásica novela EL PRINCIPITO (1943) escrita por el escritor y aviador francés Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944).ambientada en los años cuarenta— cuenta la historia de un aviador (Richard Kiley) que se ve obligado a hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia en el desierto del Sáhara. Allí entabla amistad con un niño, el pequeño príncipe del asteroide B-612. En los días siguientes, el piloto se entera de sus diversos viajes por todo el Sistema solar. A medida que viaja por el espacio, el Principito tiene varios extraños encuentros con adultos en diferentes planetoides, todas con una manera sesgada de ver la vida. Pero no es hasta que finalmente llega a la Tierra, que el Principito aprende las lecciones más importante de todas, principalmente ...
- published: 13 Jun 2012
- views: 70514
- author: rosamelynda
All You Need Is Love Vol 7: Diamonds As Big As The Ritz (The Musical)
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- Duration: 52:02
- Updated: 10 Sep 2012
Includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers of the musical. - This is the story of how a remarkable and very different number of theatrical elements were welded together into something also remarkable and very different called "the musical". From operetta, vaudeville, variety, burlesque, revue and most importantly British music hall came "the musical". But it did not come about by accident. It was the deliberate and conscious achievement of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein (who wrote, among others, "Showboat" and "Oklahoma") and the director Rouben Mamoulian. Against considerable opposition, both critical and commercial, they created a new art form which was unique and yet familiar. This episode includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers including Bob Fosse, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein Jr., Glynis Johns and Lionel Bart.
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Includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers of the musical. - This is the story of how a remarkable and very different number of theatrical elements were welded together into something also remarkable and very different called "the musical". From operetta, vaudeville, variety, burlesque, revue and most importantly British music hall came "the musical". But it did not come about by accident. It was the deliberate and conscious achievement of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein (who wrote, among others, "Showboat" and "Oklahoma") and the director Rouben Mamoulian. Against considerable opposition, both critical and commercial, they created a new art form which was unique and yet familiar. This episode includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers including Bob Fosse, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein Jr., Glynis Johns and Lionel Bart.
- published: 12 Oct 2011
- views: 1108
- author: MVDmusicvideo
My Sister Eileen
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- Duration: 97:11
- Updated: 28 Jan 2013
My Sister Eileen is a Technicolor, musicalized remake of the 1942 comedy of the same name. It is not, however, the film version of the 1949 Broadway musical Wonderful Town, which was also based on the 1942 film. Adapted from the short stories of Ruth McKinney, the film stars Betty Garrett as aspiring writer Ruth Sherwood, and Janet Leigh as her gorgeous sister Eileen. Moving from Ohio to New York, the girls take up residence in a basement apartment, which seems to be a gathering place for every eccentric character in the Big Apple. Ruth tries to get her stories published, but handsome editor Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon) doesn't buy anything until Ruth stops trafficking in fiction and begins writing about her own experiences. Most of those experiences are predicated on the misadventures of would-be actress Eileen, who has an uncanny knack for attracting strange men--not to mention a whole heap of trouble. Dancer/choreographers Bob Fosse and Tommy Rall costar as a timid soda jerk and wise-guy reporter, respectively, but their "roles" are merely excuses for a steady stream of flashy musical numbers, penned by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. Even Jack Lemmon gets to sing in this sprightly film, which compares quite favorably to all the My Sister Eileen adaptations which went before and were still to come.
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My Sister Eileen is a Technicolor, musicalized remake of the 1942 comedy of the same name. It is not, however, the film version of the 1949 Broadway musical Wonderful Town, which was also based on the 1942 film. Adapted from the short stories of Ruth McKinney, the film stars Betty Garrett as aspiring writer Ruth Sherwood, and Janet Leigh as her gorgeous sister Eileen. Moving from Ohio to New York, the girls take up residence in a basement apartment, which seems to be a gathering place for every eccentric character in the Big Apple. Ruth tries to get her stories published, but handsome editor Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon) doesn't buy anything until Ruth stops trafficking in fiction and begins writing about her own experiences. Most of those experiences are predicated on the misadventures of would-be actress Eileen, who has an uncanny knack for attracting strange men--not to mention a whole heap of trouble. Dancer/choreographers Bob Fosse and Tommy Rall costar as a timid soda jerk and wise-guy reporter, respectively, but their "roles" are merely excuses for a steady stream of flashy musical numbers, penned by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. Even Jack Lemmon gets to sing in this sprightly film, which compares quite favorably to all the My Sister Eileen adaptations which went before and were still to come.
- published: 26 Sep 2011
- author: CrackleUK
Malý princ (1974) cz dabing
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- Duration: 84:47
- Updated: 05 Feb 2013
Muzikál Velká Británie/USA Režie: Stanley Donen Hudba: Frederick Loewe Není pohádka jako pohádka, není princ jako princ. Tenhle je skutečně jen jeden - Malý princ Antoina de Saint-Exupéryho, jedno z nejslavnějších děl moderní světové literatury je malý literární zázrak plný hlubokých myšlenek, a přestože film nemůže přenést veškerou hloubku díla, jedná se o zdařilou adaptaci. Převedeno do muzikálové podoby, film snoubí pěvecké výstupy se zdařilými trikovými sekvencemi (princova planetka) a jeden taneční výstup Hada v podání filmové legendy Boba Fosseho, autora Kabaretu a All That Jazz. Film získal dvě nominace na Oscara.
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Muzikál Velká Británie/USA Režie: Stanley Donen Hudba: Frederick Loewe Není pohádka jako pohádka, není princ jako princ. Tenhle je skutečně jen jeden - Malý princ Antoina de Saint-Exupéryho, jedno z nejslavnějších děl moderní světové literatury je malý literární zázrak plný hlubokých myšlenek, a přestože film nemůže přenést veškerou hloubku díla, jedná se o zdařilou adaptaci. Převedeno do muzikálové podoby, film snoubí pěvecké výstupy se zdařilými trikovými sekvencemi (princova planetka) a jeden taneční výstup Hada v podání filmové legendy Boba Fosseho, autora Kabaretu a All That Jazz. Film získal dvě nominace na Oscara.
- published: 10 Jun 2012
- views: 90326
- author: rejdka
Election Debate with President Clinton and Robert Dole in Hartford, Connecticut (1996)
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- Duration: 90:46
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
thefilmarchive.org October 6, 1996 The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp of New York for Vice President. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by US standards, did not renew his success of the 1992 election. Clinton benefited from an economy which recovered from the early 1990s recession and a relatively stable world stage. On November 5, 1996, President Clinton went on to win re-election with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college. In 1995, the Republican Party was riding high on the gains made in the 1994 congressional elections. In those elections, the Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich, captured the majority of seats in the United States House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years and the majority of seats in the US Senate for the first time in eight years. With the advantage of incumbency, Bill Clinton's path to renomination by the Democratic Party was uneventful. At the 1996 Democratic National Convention, Clinton and incumbent Vice President Al ...
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thefilmarchive.org October 6, 1996 The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp of New York for Vice President. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by US standards, did not renew his success of the 1992 election. Clinton benefited from an economy which recovered from the early 1990s recession and a relatively stable world stage. On November 5, 1996, President Clinton went on to win re-election with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college. In 1995, the Republican Party was riding high on the gains made in the 1994 congressional elections. In those elections, the Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich, captured the majority of seats in the United States House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years and the majority of seats in the US Senate for the first time in eight years. With the advantage of incumbency, Bill Clinton's path to renomination by the Democratic Party was uneventful. At the 1996 Democratic National Convention, Clinton and incumbent Vice President Al ...
- published: 07 May 2012
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CABARET musical Brasil com Cláudia Raia
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- Duration: 31:56
- Updated: 28 Sep 2012
Antonio Carlos Gomes acompanhou a estréia do musical Cabaret em São Paulo. Encenado pela primeira vez há exatos 45 anos, a partir do livro de Christopher Isherwood, com música de John Kander e letras de Fred Ebb, Cabaret se tornou um dos musicais de maior sucesso de todos os tempos -- não só por sua poderosa equipe de criação, mas também por ter sido uma das mais felizes transposições já realizadas do palco para as telas. Se a montagem de Harold Prince para a Broadway conquistou oito prêmios Tony, o filme de Bob Fosse não ficou atrás: levou o mesmo número de estatuetas no Oscar e, de quebra, consagrou Liza Minnelli no papel da cantora Sally Bowles. Ambientada no Kit Kat Club, uma decadente casa noturna em Berlim, em 1931, a trama gira em torno do relacionamento da inglesa Sally com o escritor americano Cliff Bradshaw.Paralelamente ao romance entre os personagens principais há ainda a relação entre uma alemã tolerante, Fräulein Schneider e um judeu, Herr Schultz.
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Antonio Carlos Gomes acompanhou a estréia do musical Cabaret em São Paulo. Encenado pela primeira vez há exatos 45 anos, a partir do livro de Christopher Isherwood, com música de John Kander e letras de Fred Ebb, Cabaret se tornou um dos musicais de maior sucesso de todos os tempos -- não só por sua poderosa equipe de criação, mas também por ter sido uma das mais felizes transposições já realizadas do palco para as telas. Se a montagem de Harold Prince para a Broadway conquistou oito prêmios Tony, o filme de Bob Fosse não ficou atrás: levou o mesmo número de estatuetas no Oscar e, de quebra, consagrou Liza Minnelli no papel da cantora Sally Bowles. Ambientada no Kit Kat Club, uma decadente casa noturna em Berlim, em 1931, a trama gira em torno do relacionamento da inglesa Sally com o escritor americano Cliff Bradshaw.Paralelamente ao romance entre os personagens principais há ainda a relação entre uma alemã tolerante, Fräulein Schneider e um judeu, Herr Schultz.
- published: 04 Nov 2011
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- author: Antonio Carlos Gomes
Roswell Incident: Department of Defense Interviews - Robert Shirkey / Walter Haut
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- Duration: 92:11
- Updated: 27 Jan 2013
1st Lt. Robert Shirkey: The base assistant operations officer. Shirkey also witnessed debris being loaded onto the B-29. "...Standing only three feet from the passing procession, we saw boxes full of aluminum-looking metal pieces being carried to the B-29. Major Marcel came along carrying an open box full of what seemed to be scrap metal. It obviously was not aluminum: it did not shine nor reflect like the aluminum on American military airplanes. And sticking up in one corner of the box being carried by Major Marcel was a small 'I-beam' with hieroglyphic-like markings on the inner flange, in some kind of weird color, not black, not purple, but a close approximation of the two. ...A man in civilian dress... was carrying a piece of metal under his left arm... This piece was about the size of a poster drawing board—very smooth, almost glass-like, with torn edges." Lt. Robert Shirkey: "Standing only three feet from the passing procession, we saw boxes full of aluminum-looking metal pieces being carried to the B-29. ...sticking up in one corner of the box carried by Major Marcel was a small 'I-beam' with hieroglyphic-like markings on the inner flange, in some kind of weird color, not black, not purple, but a close approximation of the two." "I could see the hieroglyphs clearly, the signs were in relief and stood out." Shirkey said there were other flights, another to Fort Worth, and a B-29 flight directly to Wright Field piloted by Henderson. He also said that he later learned ...
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1st Lt. Robert Shirkey: The base assistant operations officer. Shirkey also witnessed debris being loaded onto the B-29. "...Standing only three feet from the passing procession, we saw boxes full of aluminum-looking metal pieces being carried to the B-29. Major Marcel came along carrying an open box full of what seemed to be scrap metal. It obviously was not aluminum: it did not shine nor reflect like the aluminum on American military airplanes. And sticking up in one corner of the box being carried by Major Marcel was a small 'I-beam' with hieroglyphic-like markings on the inner flange, in some kind of weird color, not black, not purple, but a close approximation of the two. ...A man in civilian dress... was carrying a piece of metal under his left arm... This piece was about the size of a poster drawing board—very smooth, almost glass-like, with torn edges." Lt. Robert Shirkey: "Standing only three feet from the passing procession, we saw boxes full of aluminum-looking metal pieces being carried to the B-29. ...sticking up in one corner of the box carried by Major Marcel was a small 'I-beam' with hieroglyphic-like markings on the inner flange, in some kind of weird color, not black, not purple, but a close approximation of the two." "I could see the hieroglyphs clearly, the signs were in relief and stood out." Shirkey said there were other flights, another to Fort Worth, and a B-29 flight directly to Wright Field piloted by Henderson. He also said that he later learned ...
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 23705
- author: thefilmarchives
John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Success, Their Influence, Becoming Rich, and Politics
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- Duration: 27:26
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.... [I]n the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive". They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged their influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; programme director Rick Sklar of New York's WABC went so far as to forbid his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music. They helped to redefine the LP as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough...a giant step toward reshaping the concert business." Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion, wrote Gould. According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as ...
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Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.... [I]n the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive". They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged their influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; programme director Rick Sklar of New York's WABC went so far as to forbid his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music. They helped to redefine the LP as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough...a giant step toward reshaping the concert business." Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion, wrote Gould. According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as ...
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 6335
- author: lifeofthebeatles
Chapter 04-07 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Duration: 38:24
- Updated: 03 Feb 2013
Chapters 4-7. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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Chapters 4-7. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
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- author: CCProse
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Duration: 186:50
- Updated: 02 Feb 2013
Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
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- author: CCProse
Chapter 01-03 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Duration: 42:37
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Chapters 1-3. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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Chapters 1-3. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
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- author: CCProse
Chapter 08-09 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Duration: 52:13
- Updated: 22 Jan 2013
Chapters 8-9. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
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Chapters 8-9. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 32077
- author: CCProse
Screen Guild Theater: Allergic to Love / Vivacious Lady / Elmer the Great
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- Duration: 87:43
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Allergic to Love: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Franklin Pangbor Vivacious Lady: Ginger Rogers, Fred MacMurray, Charles Coburn Elmer the Great: Bob Hope, Rita Hayworth, Elvia Allman Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 -- May 14, 1987) was an American dancer and film actress who achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars. Appearing first as Rita Cansino, she agreed to change her name to Rita Hayworth and her natural dark brown hair color to dark red to attract a greater range of roles. Her appeal led to her being featured on the cover of Life magazine five times, beginning in 1940.[1] The first dancer featured on film as a partner of both the stars Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, Hayworth appeared in a total of 61 films over 37 years.[2] She is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest Stars of All Time. In 1937, Hayworth appeared in five minor Columbia pictures and three minor independent movies. The following year, she appeared in five Columbia B films. In 1939, Cohn pressured director Howard Hawks to use Hayworth for a small but important role as a man-trap in the aviation drama Only Angels Have Wings, in which she played opposite Cary Grant and Jean Arthur.[4] With this film's box-office success, fan mail for Hayworth began pouring into Columbia's publicity department. Cohn began to see Hayworth as his first and official new star. The studio never officially had stars under contract, except for Jean ...
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Allergic to Love: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Franklin Pangbor Vivacious Lady: Ginger Rogers, Fred MacMurray, Charles Coburn Elmer the Great: Bob Hope, Rita Hayworth, Elvia Allman Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; October 17, 1918 -- May 14, 1987) was an American dancer and film actress who achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars. Appearing first as Rita Cansino, she agreed to change her name to Rita Hayworth and her natural dark brown hair color to dark red to attract a greater range of roles. Her appeal led to her being featured on the cover of Life magazine five times, beginning in 1940.[1] The first dancer featured on film as a partner of both the stars Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, Hayworth appeared in a total of 61 films over 37 years.[2] She is listed by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 Greatest Stars of All Time. In 1937, Hayworth appeared in five minor Columbia pictures and three minor independent movies. The following year, she appeared in five Columbia B films. In 1939, Cohn pressured director Howard Hawks to use Hayworth for a small but important role as a man-trap in the aviation drama Only Angels Have Wings, in which she played opposite Cary Grant and Jean Arthur.[4] With this film's box-office success, fan mail for Hayworth began pouring into Columbia's publicity department. Cohn began to see Hayworth as his first and official new star. The studio never officially had stars under contract, except for Jean ...
- published: 30 Nov 2012
- views: 40840
- author: theradioarchive
Bob Marley Documentary 2012 / Documentário Bob Marley 2012 Legendado
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- Duration: 144:48
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Clique na Legenda do vídeo para ativar a legenda Gostou do Vídeo? Confira no canal todos os Videos: www.youtube.com Quer fazer um pedido de vídeo? mande um e-mail para: juarez@oi.com.br quer comprar ou negociar algum vídeo do canal: e-mail para: juarez@oi.com.br Obrigado pela visita Volte Sempre! todos os dias, novos vídeos.
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Clique na Legenda do vídeo para ativar a legenda Gostou do Vídeo? Confira no canal todos os Videos: www.youtube.com Quer fazer um pedido de vídeo? mande um e-mail para: juarez@oi.com.br quer comprar ou negociar algum vídeo do canal: e-mail para: juarez@oi.com.br Obrigado pela visita Volte Sempre! todos os dias, novos vídeos.
- published: 12 Dec 2012
- views: 9529
- author: apenasdocumentarios
Screen Guild Theater: Let's Face It / The North Star / I Love You Again
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- Duration: 89:06
- Updated: 06 Feb 2013
Let's Face It Bob Hope, Jane Wyman, Bill Goodwin The North Star Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Farley Granger, Jane Withers I Love You Again William Powell, Paulette Goddard, Charles Winniger Jane Wyman, born Sarah Jane Mayfield (January 5, 1917 -- September 10, 2007)[1], was an American singer, dancer, and film/television actress. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and later achieved renewed success in the 1980s as Angela Channing on Falcon Crest. She was the first wife of Ronald Reagan; they married in 1940 and divorced in June 28, 1948; Reagan was still a Democrat and had not yet made his first run for public office. In 1939, Wyman starred in Torchy Plays With Dynamite. In 1941, she appeared in You're in the Army Now, in which she and Regis Toomey had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds,[9] until Elena Undone beat it by eighteen seconds almost 70 years later, in 2010.[10] Wyman finally gained critical notice in the film noir The Lost Weekend (1945). She was nominated for the 1946 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Yearling (1946), and won two years later for her role as a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948). She was the first person in the sound era to win an acting Oscar without speaking a line of dialogue. In an amusing acceptance speech, perhaps poking fun at some of her long-winded ...
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Let's Face It Bob Hope, Jane Wyman, Bill Goodwin The North Star Walter Huston, Anne Baxter, Farley Granger, Jane Withers I Love You Again William Powell, Paulette Goddard, Charles Winniger Jane Wyman, born Sarah Jane Mayfield (January 5, 1917 -- September 10, 2007)[1], was an American singer, dancer, and film/television actress. She began her film career in the 1930s, and was a prolific performer for two decades. She received an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Johnny Belinda (1948), and later achieved renewed success in the 1980s as Angela Channing on Falcon Crest. She was the first wife of Ronald Reagan; they married in 1940 and divorced in June 28, 1948; Reagan was still a Democrat and had not yet made his first run for public office. In 1939, Wyman starred in Torchy Plays With Dynamite. In 1941, she appeared in You're in the Army Now, in which she and Regis Toomey had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds,[9] until Elena Undone beat it by eighteen seconds almost 70 years later, in 2010.[10] Wyman finally gained critical notice in the film noir The Lost Weekend (1945). She was nominated for the 1946 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Yearling (1946), and won two years later for her role as a deaf-mute rape victim in Johnny Belinda (1948). She was the first person in the sound era to win an acting Oscar without speaking a line of dialogue. In an amusing acceptance speech, perhaps poking fun at some of her long-winded ...
- published: 02 Dec 2012
- views: 48740
- author: theradioarchive
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Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees - Who's Got the Pain
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- Duration: 3:43
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
1958
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Whatver Lola Wants
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- Duration: 3:53
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Bob Fosse being interviewed about his choreographing process
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Bob Fosse being interviewed about his choreographing process
- published: 26 Oct 2007
- views: 202233
- author: mrfrumperson
Bob Fosse Sweet Charity 1969
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- Duration: 5:48
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
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Big Spender
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- Duration: 4:54
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from one of the greatest choreographers of all time, Bob Fosse.
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Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from one of the greatest choreographers of all time, Bob Fosse.
- published: 27 Jan 2007
- views: 1854851
- author: James Snowden
Bob Fosse winning an Oscar® for "Cabaret"
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- Duration: 3:12
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Julie Andrews and George Stevens presenting Bob Fosse with the Oscar® for Directing "Cabaret" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards® in 1973.
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Julie Andrews and George Stevens presenting Bob Fosse with the Oscar® for Directing "Cabaret" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards® in 1973.
- published: 28 Sep 2009
- views: 45107
- author: Oscars
Bob Fosse - A Snake in the Grass ('Little Prince' 1974)
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- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 17 Nov 2012
All of MJ's signature moves (including the moonwalk) were performed by Bob Fosse a decade earlier.
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All of MJ's signature moves (including the moonwalk) were performed by Bob Fosse a decade earlier.
- published: 22 Jun 2011
- views: 58399
- author: ChiptNalez
Various Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing
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- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Various clips of Bob Fosse dancing, with commentary by Gwen Verdon. The clips range from 1949 (The Morey Amsterdam Show) to 1962 (The Garry Moore Show).
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Various clips of Bob Fosse dancing, with commentary by Gwen Verdon. The clips range from 1949 (The Morey Amsterdam Show) to 1962 (The Garry Moore Show).
- published: 13 Jul 2011
- views: 42761
- author: respectanimals
Bob Fosse, Debbie Reynolds, Bobbby Van and Barbara Ruick Dance and Sing
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Great moment from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, the 1953 movie. While the movie is pleasant, it is raised to more memorable heights by three or four great song and dance numbers by it's talented stars, including this one. Bob Fosse is in the sweater and has the light socks. Barbara Ruick sings.
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Great moment from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, the 1953 movie. While the movie is pleasant, it is raised to more memorable heights by three or four great song and dance numbers by it's talented stars, including this one. Bob Fosse is in the sweater and has the light socks. Barbara Ruick sings.
- published: 04 Feb 2009
- views: 54030
- author: odessa108
Smooth Criminal- Bob Fosse
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- Duration: 4:19
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Song: "Smooth Criminal" Artist: Michael Jackson Films: The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All That Jazz, Bells Are Ringing, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Fosse: The Broadway Musical, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me Kate, The Little Prince, My Sister Eileen,The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity I first started working on this video a short time after Michael Jackson passed away and I'm so glad it's finally come together. Stupid me for choosing this video to learn FinalCut on! Anyway, this video is my tribute to the incredible dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse. I've included in this tribute: films Fosse choreographed, ones he appeared in himself, and, also, the film versions of some of the Broadway shows he choreographed (which is why films like "Chicago" and "Bells Are Ringing" are on here). All of them show the hallmarks of Fosse's iconic style (as did Michael Jackson's original "Smooth Criminal" video, actually). So, tilt your hat to the side, relax and enjoy Michael Jackson "Fosse-style"! ;)
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Song: "Smooth Criminal" Artist: Michael Jackson Films: The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All That Jazz, Bells Are Ringing, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Fosse: The Broadway Musical, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me Kate, The Little Prince, My Sister Eileen,The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity I first started working on this video a short time after Michael Jackson passed away and I'm so glad it's finally come together. Stupid me for choosing this video to learn FinalCut on! Anyway, this video is my tribute to the incredible dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse. I've included in this tribute: films Fosse choreographed, ones he appeared in himself, and, also, the film versions of some of the Broadway shows he choreographed (which is why films like "Chicago" and "Bells Are Ringing" are on here). All of them show the hallmarks of Fosse's iconic style (as did Michael Jackson's original "Smooth Criminal" video, actually). So, tilt your hat to the side, relax and enjoy Michael Jackson "Fosse-style"! ;)
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 62354
- author: xHeavyMetalPapillonx
Bob Fosse Michael Jackson Pas de Deux
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- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
I'm a big fan of Bob Fosse and I first saw Billie Jean dubbed over his Snake in the Grass dance on byakurengirl's channel. I've reinterpreted it as a pas de deux - I think Fosse and Jackson had similar influences, Fosse clearly being one of Michael Jackson's. Chosen by USA Press critic Armond White as Best Online Video of 2009 for a British Film Institute poll bit.ly
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I'm a big fan of Bob Fosse and I first saw Billie Jean dubbed over his Snake in the Grass dance on byakurengirl's channel. I've reinterpreted it as a pas de deux - I think Fosse and Jackson had similar influences, Fosse clearly being one of Michael Jackson's. Chosen by USA Press critic Armond White as Best Online Video of 2009 for a British Film Institute poll bit.ly
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 139070
- author: Candy Gourlay
All That Jazz de Bob Fosse
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:35
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Uma cena do filme All That jazz ,1979,protagonizado por Roy Scheider
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Uma cena do filme All That jazz ,1979,protagonizado por Roy Scheider
- published: 19 Oct 2008
- views: 265245
- author: Helda Faillace
BOB FOSSE "BIG DEAL"
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:37
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Staggering dance from the end of Act 1 of BIG DEAL, a flop on Broadway which won Fosse the Tony Award for Choreography anyway.
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Staggering dance from the end of Act 1 of BIG DEAL, a flop on Broadway which won Fosse the Tony Award for Choreography anyway.
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 32928
- author: thejackieshow
Sweet Charity (1969) de Bob Fosse
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:19
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Scène du film de Bob Fosse "Sweet Charity" (1969) aux chorégraphies éblouissantes. Le clip de Freemasons "When You Touch Me" s'en inspire directement.... Bel hommage, mais les danseurs ne sont pas à la hauteur de leurs aînés... J'aurais adoré danser sur le morceau de Freemasons avec toi, Jeep! ;-)
http://wn.com/Sweet_Charity_1969_de_Bob_Fosse
Scène du film de Bob Fosse "Sweet Charity" (1969) aux chorégraphies éblouissantes. Le clip de Freemasons "When You Touch Me" s'en inspire directement.... Bel hommage, mais les danseurs ne sont pas à la hauteur de leurs aînés... J'aurais adoré danser sur le morceau de Freemasons avec toi, Jeep! ;-)
- published: 14 Feb 2009
- views: 110857
- author: Arnogogo
Notorios BIG and Bob Fosse Dancing - He was Dancing to Hip Hop Music in 1955? (RESPECT Remix)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Bob Fosse performing his own choreography (and defying physics in the process) in a number from the 1955 film "My Sister Eileen." Also featuring Tommy Rall, another incredible dancer.
http://wn.com/Notorios_BIG_and_Bob_Fosse_Dancing_He_was_Dancing_to_Hip_Hop_Music_in_1955?_RESPECT_Remix
Bob Fosse performing his own choreography (and defying physics in the process) in a number from the 1955 film "My Sister Eileen." Also featuring Tommy Rall, another incredible dancer.
- published: 26 May 2009
- views: 27502
- author: QWILDER
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:18
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
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Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
- published: 26 Oct 2010
- views: 58808
- author: Дмитро Горошко
"The Aloof" - Rich Man's Frug
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:38
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
Dance from 'Sweet Charity'. Choreographed by Bob Fosse.
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Dance from 'Sweet Charity'. Choreographed by Bob Fosse.
- published: 25 Jan 2006
- views: 327914
- author: Lili Chin
Mexican Breakfast, Helpfully Explained
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 14 Jan 2013
UPDATE: credit where credit's due! corey smithson, the creator of this video -- the one who came up with the amazing captions -- contacted me a few weeks ago! for some reason, youtube deleted this video from his own acount, but has so far allowed it to stay up on mine. corey has been gracious enough to allow me to keep the video up here, too -- thanks, man. according to his website, corey is a multimedia artist currently living in brooklyn, nyc. his account on youtube is /CoreyMichaelSmithson -- there are five of his videos there. you can also check more of his work at www.coreymichaelsmithson.com. his art is very intense and some videos are SERIOUSLY nsfw. no copyright malpractice intended here -- this choreography by bob fosse shows where the "inspiration" for the now infamous single l@diez (make a carbon copy of it) video came from. original url for this video www.coreymichaelsmithson.com
http://wn.com/Mexican_Breakfast,_Helpfully_Explained
UPDATE: credit where credit's due! corey smithson, the creator of this video -- the one who came up with the amazing captions -- contacted me a few weeks ago! for some reason, youtube deleted this video from his own acount, but has so far allowed it to stay up on mine. corey has been gracious enough to allow me to keep the video up here, too -- thanks, man. according to his website, corey is a multimedia artist currently living in brooklyn, nyc. his account on youtube is /CoreyMichaelSmithson -- there are five of his videos there. you can also check more of his work at www.coreymichaelsmithson.com. his art is very intense and some videos are SERIOUSLY nsfw. no copyright malpractice intended here -- this choreography by bob fosse shows where the "inspiration" for the now infamous single l@diez (make a carbon copy of it) video came from. original url for this video www.coreymichaelsmithson.com
- published: 05 Nov 2010
- views: 212877
- author: Lizardking73
Beyonce confirmed that Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:57
- Updated: 04 Jan 2013
She confirmed that her Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by the famed Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse Beyonce said it on 106. She saw the video on youtube and liked the idea and that inspired her to make the video. So she didn't steal anything !!!!!!!!!!!!! OWNED !!!
http://wn.com/Beyonce_confirmed_that_Single_Ladies_video_was_indeed_inspired_by_Broadway_choreographer_Bob_Fosse
She confirmed that her Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by the famed Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse Beyonce said it on 106. She saw the video on youtube and liked the idea and that inspired her to make the video. So she didn't steal anything !!!!!!!!!!!!! OWNED !!!
- published: 18 Nov 2008
- views: 814205
- author: BeyonceStans4
Mein Herr - Cabaret
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:07
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Rachelle Rak gives a brilliant performance of "Mein Herr" in the Broadway revue "Fosse." Adapted from the Broadway musical "Cabaret." From the highly recommended 2002 DVD "Fosse". View excerpts easily at www.theBestArts.com Browse our website at www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.
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Rachelle Rak gives a brilliant performance of "Mein Herr" in the Broadway revue "Fosse." Adapted from the Broadway musical "Cabaret." From the highly recommended 2002 DVD "Fosse". View excerpts easily at www.theBestArts.com Browse our website at www.theBestArts.com for more great dance, music and musical theatre performances.
- published: 18 Dec 2008
- views: 176163
- author: BestArtsFosse
Cabaret (1972) Musical Number 2 - Mein Herr
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:34
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
In 1995, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cabaret is a 1972 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, before the rise of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. Cabaret was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1973,[1] and nearly performed a clean sweep, winning 8, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joel Grey), and winning for Cinematography, Editing, Music, Art Direction (Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel) and Sound (losing Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay to The Godfather). It won 7 BAFTA awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy). * Wikipedia.com
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In 1995, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Cabaret is a 1972 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York and Joel Grey. The film is set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic in 1931, before the rise of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. Cabaret was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 1973,[1] and nearly performed a clean sweep, winning 8, including Best Director (Bob Fosse), Best Actress (Liza Minnelli), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Joel Grey), and winning for Cinematography, Editing, Music, Art Direction (Rolf Zehetbauer, Hans Jürgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel) and Sound (losing Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay to The Godfather). It won 7 BAFTA awards, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Actress, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy). * Wikipedia.com
- published: 26 Jun 2009
- views: 116998
- author: Nic0leNic0lette
Chicago: All Bob Fosse's Razzle Dazzle
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- Duration: 10:19
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Niles North High School 2008-2009 US History Honors Class Period 5 History Fair Project - Documentary Qualified for History Fair State Superior, but sadly, did not make it to Nationals....TT-TT Judges gave us the scores: 97 and 91. Average=94. People who qualified for nationals received a 95. Life sucks.... Nontheless...enjoy, as much as we did in making and watching, this documentary My favorite part is the ending, after the credits ;)
http://wn.com/Chicago_All_Bob_Fosse's_Razzle_Dazzle
Niles North High School 2008-2009 US History Honors Class Period 5 History Fair Project - Documentary Qualified for History Fair State Superior, but sadly, did not make it to Nationals....TT-TT Judges gave us the scores: 97 and 91. Average=94. People who qualified for nationals received a 95. Life sucks.... Nontheless...enjoy, as much as we did in making and watching, this documentary My favorite part is the ending, after the credits ;)
- published: 08 May 2009
- views: 95787
- author: desirez
Bob Fosse inspire Michael Jackson's moves
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Bob Fosse was an American musical theater choreographer/director, and film director who won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning for his direction of Cabaret. (Wiki) +.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+. In 1974 he choreographed his own moves for the role of "The Snake" in the film version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince." Now watch and tell me if Bob Fosse dances like MJ? It's simply amazing. This movie came out in 1974, while "Billy Jean" came out in 1982.
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Bob Fosse was an American musical theater choreographer/director, and film director who won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning for his direction of Cabaret. (Wiki) +.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+.+.*.+. In 1974 he choreographed his own moves for the role of "The Snake" in the film version of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince." Now watch and tell me if Bob Fosse dances like MJ? It's simply amazing. This movie came out in 1974, while "Billy Jean" came out in 1982.
- published: 25 Nov 2010
- views: 16275
- author: david emmanuelle
Lenny - Lenny Bruce hard words
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:56
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
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53:14
Liza Minnelli - (Liza With AZ, Bob Fosse, 1972)
THE COPYRIGHT is NOT MIND....
published: 05 Jul 2012
author: carrotnoseman
Liza Minnelli - (Liza With AZ, Bob Fosse, 1972)
THE COPYRIGHT is NOT MIND.
- published: 05 Jul 2012
- views: 9001
- author: carrotnoseman
135:04
Charity's Soliloquy from "Sweet Charity"
Once again the hapless, but always hopeful, Charity Hope Valentine, played by 17 year old ...
published: 01 Apr 2012
author: Stuart Namm
Charity's Soliloquy from "Sweet Charity"
Once again the hapless, but always hopeful, Charity Hope Valentine, played by 17 year old Rebecca "Becca" Sara Wolonick in the Pinecrest Players (Pinecrest High School, Southern Pines, NC) February 2012 presentation of "Sweet Charity." In this scene she pours her heart out to the other dance hostesses at the Fan-Dango ballroom. She has just had her life savings stolen from her by another boyfriend, but she's going to find her way back. For Charity, there is always hope. Charity is joined at the dance bar by the other hapless members of the ensemble, who have their own hopes and aspirations, as they listen to her belt out her future and dance her way to a new and better life. Marvin, her Tango partner, is played by Eli Cole. As Charity pronounces to the police in scene 1, her temporary employment has lasted for eight years. The production was directed by acting teacher, Adam W. Faw, and the music was directed by Erin Plisco. On the big screen, Charity was played by the great Shirley MacLaine, and the show is from the book by Neal Simon. It is based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini entitled "Nights of Cabiria." The music is by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and it was originally conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse. The choreography for this presentation was by Gary Taylor and Yaqshaan Medan, with supplementary choreography by Becca Wolonick herself.
- published: 01 Apr 2012
- views: 660
- author: Stuart Namm
23:51
Fosse 3. (HD)
• "Steam Heat" (from The Pajama Game) • "I Gotcha" (from Liza With a Z) • "Rich Man's Frug...
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 3. (HD)
• "Steam Heat" (from The Pajama Game) • "I Gotcha" (from Liza With a Z) • "Rich Man's Frug" (from Sweet Charity) • "Transition: Silky Thoughts" • "Cool Hand Luke" (from a 1968 Bob Hope television) • "Dancin' Dan (Me and My Shadow)" (from Dancin') • "Nowadays/The Hot Honey Rag" (from Chicago)
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 5626
- author: MusicalFrance
28:16
Fosse 1. (HD)
• "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from Big Deal) • "Fosse's World" • "Bye Bye Blackbird...
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 1. (HD)
• "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from Big Deal) • "Fosse's World" • "Bye Bye Blackbird" (from Liza with a Z) • "From the Edge" (from Dancin') • "Percussion 4" (from Dancin') • "Big Spender" (from Sweet Charity) • "Crunchy Granola Suite" (from Dancin')
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 9901
- author: MusicalFrance
25:38
Fosse 4. (HD)
Act III • "Glory" (from Pippin) • "Manson Trio" (from Pippin) • "Mein Herr" (from Cabaret)...
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 4. (HD)
Act III • "Glory" (from Pippin) • "Manson Trio" (from Pippin) • "Mein Herr" (from Cabaret) • "Take Off with Us/Three Pas de Deux" (from All That Jazz) • "Razzle Dazzle" (from Chicago) • "Who's Sorry Now?" (from All that Jazz) • "There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made" (from All that Jazz) • "Mr. Bojangles" (from Dancin')
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 3052
- author: MusicalFrance
23:28
Fosse 2. (HD)
• "From This Moment On" (from Kiss Me, Kate) • "Transition" (inspired by Redhead) • "I Wan...
published: 11 Feb 2012
author: MusicalFrance
Fosse 2. (HD)
• "From This Moment On" (from Kiss Me, Kate) • "Transition" (inspired by Redhead) • "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" (from Dancin') Act II • "Shoeless Joe Ballet" (from Damn Yankees) • "Dancing in the Dark"
- published: 11 Feb 2012
- views: 3594
- author: MusicalFrance
103:02
My Sister Eileen (1955) Full Movie
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fam...
published: 22 Oct 2012
author: spongebobjazzpants
My Sister Eileen (1955) Full Movie
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is!), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person. Disclaimer: No copyright intended. I do not own this video.
- published: 22 Oct 2012
- views: 2578
- author: spongebobjazzpants
22:15
My Blu-Ray Collection Update 2/2/13 Blu ray and Dvd Movie Reviews
In this video I review and talk about all the Blu Rays and DVDS I got over the last week o...
published: 02 Feb 2013
author: wetmovie1
My Blu-Ray Collection Update 2/2/13 Blu ray and Dvd Movie Reviews
In this video I review and talk about all the Blu Rays and DVDS I got over the last week or so and the movies are. Wetmovie1 facebook page www.facebook.com Wetmovie1 Twitter twitter.com Paranormal Activity 4 : Directed by Henry Joost,Ariel Schulman -- Starring Kathryn Newton,Katie Featherston,Matt Shively,Alexondra Lee,Brady Allen Cabaret : Directed by BOB Fosse -- Starring Liza Minnelli,Michael York,Helmut Griem,Marisa Berenson,Joel Grey Peter Pan Diamond Edition : Directed by Clyde Geronimi,Wilfred Jackson -- Starring Bobby Driscoll,Kathryn Beaumont,Hans Conried,Bill Thompson,Heather Angel White Zombie : Directed by Victor Halperin -- Starring Bela Lugosi,Madge Bellamy,Joseph Cawthorn,Robert Frazer,John Harron Here Comes The Boom : Directed by Frank Coraci -- Starring Kevin James,Salma Hayek,Henry Winkler,Greg Germann,Joe Rogan,Gary Valentine,Charice Celeste And Jesse Forever : Directed by Lee Toland Krieger -- Starring Rashida Jones,Andy Samberg,Ari Graynor,Eric Christian Olsen,Elijah Wood,Rob Huebel Nobody Walks : Starring Olivia Thirlby,Jane Levy,Dylan McDermott,John Krasinski,Rosemarie DeWitt,Justin Kirk Jack & Diane : Directed by Bradley Rust Gray -- Starring Juno Temple,Dane DeHaan,Lou Taylor Pucci,Riley Keough,Kylie Minogue Why Stop Now : Directed by Phil Dorling,Ron Nyswaner -- Starring Jesse Eisenberg,Melissa Leo,Tracy Morgan,Isiah Whitlock Jr.,Sarah Ramos,Emma Rayne Lyle Yelling to the Sky : Directed by Victoria Mahoney -- Starring Jason Clarke,Zoë Kravitz,Tim ...
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 2961
- author: wetmovie1
81:31
el principito(película completa español)
Hice el intento en la traducción.....(._.) (EL PRINCIPITO) (LITTLE PRINCE) (LE PETIT PRINC...
published: 13 Jun 2012
author: rosamelynda
el principito(película completa español)
Hice el intento en la traducción.....(._.) (EL PRINCIPITO) (LITTLE PRINCE) (LE PETIT PRINCE) Una metáfora sobre la vida ,el amor ,la amistad. Película de ciencia ficción musical,(1974) letras de canciones y guion de Alan Jay Lerner música de Frederick Loewe. Dirigida y producida por Stanley Donen. Las secuencias del desierto se rodaron en Túnez. •Richard Kiley (1922-1999) como el piloto •Steven Warner (1966--) como el principito(Protagonista) •Bob Fosse (1927-1987) como la serpiente(coreografió su propia secuencia de baile) •Gene Wilder (1933--) como el zorro •Donna McKechnie (1940--) como la rosa •Joss Ackland (1928--) como el rey •Victor Spinetti (1933--) como el historiador •Clive Revill (1930--) como el hombre de negocios. Basado en la clásica novela EL PRINCIPITO (1943) escrita por el escritor y aviador francés Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944).ambientada en los años cuarenta— cuenta la historia de un aviador (Richard Kiley) que se ve obligado a hacer un aterrizaje de emergencia en el desierto del Sáhara. Allí entabla amistad con un niño, el pequeño príncipe del asteroide B-612. En los días siguientes, el piloto se entera de sus diversos viajes por todo el Sistema solar. A medida que viaja por el espacio, el Principito tiene varios extraños encuentros con adultos en diferentes planetoides, todas con una manera sesgada de ver la vida. Pero no es hasta que finalmente llega a la Tierra, que el Principito aprende las lecciones más importante de todas, principalmente ...
- published: 13 Jun 2012
- views: 70514
- author: rosamelynda
52:02
All You Need Is Love Vol 7: Diamonds As Big As The Ritz (The Musical)
Includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers of the musical. -...
published: 12 Oct 2011
author: MVDmusicvideo
All You Need Is Love Vol 7: Diamonds As Big As The Ritz (The Musical)
Includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers of the musical. - This is the story of how a remarkable and very different number of theatrical elements were welded together into something also remarkable and very different called "the musical". From operetta, vaudeville, variety, burlesque, revue and most importantly British music hall came "the musical". But it did not come about by accident. It was the deliberate and conscious achievement of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein (who wrote, among others, "Showboat" and "Oklahoma") and the director Rouben Mamoulian. Against considerable opposition, both critical and commercial, they created a new art form which was unique and yet familiar. This episode includes interviews and performances from some of the genres main movers including Bob Fosse, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rogers, Oscar Hammerstein Jr., Glynis Johns and Lionel Bart.
- published: 12 Oct 2011
- views: 1108
- author: MVDmusicvideo
97:11
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen is a Technicolor, musicalized remake of the 1942 comedy of the same name....
published: 26 Sep 2011
author: CrackleUK
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen is a Technicolor, musicalized remake of the 1942 comedy of the same name. It is not, however, the film version of the 1949 Broadway musical Wonderful Town, which was also based on the 1942 film. Adapted from the short stories of Ruth McKinney, the film stars Betty Garrett as aspiring writer Ruth Sherwood, and Janet Leigh as her gorgeous sister Eileen. Moving from Ohio to New York, the girls take up residence in a basement apartment, which seems to be a gathering place for every eccentric character in the Big Apple. Ruth tries to get her stories published, but handsome editor Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon) doesn't buy anything until Ruth stops trafficking in fiction and begins writing about her own experiences. Most of those experiences are predicated on the misadventures of would-be actress Eileen, who has an uncanny knack for attracting strange men--not to mention a whole heap of trouble. Dancer/choreographers Bob Fosse and Tommy Rall costar as a timid soda jerk and wise-guy reporter, respectively, but their "roles" are merely excuses for a steady stream of flashy musical numbers, penned by Jule Styne and Leo Robin. Even Jack Lemmon gets to sing in this sprightly film, which compares quite favorably to all the My Sister Eileen adaptations which went before and were still to come.
- published: 26 Sep 2011
- author: CrackleUK
84:47
Malý princ (1974) cz dabing
Muzikál Velká Británie/USA Režie: Stanley Donen Hudba: Frederick Loewe Není pohádka jako p...
published: 10 Jun 2012
author: rejdka
Malý princ (1974) cz dabing
Muzikál Velká Británie/USA Režie: Stanley Donen Hudba: Frederick Loewe Není pohádka jako pohádka, není princ jako princ. Tenhle je skutečně jen jeden - Malý princ Antoina de Saint-Exupéryho, jedno z nejslavnějších děl moderní světové literatury je malý literární zázrak plný hlubokých myšlenek, a přestože film nemůže přenést veškerou hloubku díla, jedná se o zdařilou adaptaci. Převedeno do muzikálové podoby, film snoubí pěvecké výstupy se zdařilými trikovými sekvencemi (princova planetka) a jeden taneční výstup Hada v podání filmové legendy Boba Fosseho, autora Kabaretu a All That Jazz. Film získal dvě nominace na Oscara.
- published: 10 Jun 2012
- views: 90326
- author: rejdka
90:46
Election Debate with President Clinton and Robert Dole in Hartford, Connecticut (1996)
thefilmarchive.org October 6, 1996 The United States presidential election of 1996 was a c...
published: 07 May 2012
author: thefilmarchived
Election Debate with President Clinton and Robert Dole in Hartford, Connecticut (1996)
thefilmarchive.org October 6, 1996 The United States presidential election of 1996 was a contest between the Democratic national ticket of President Bill Clinton of Arkansas and Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee and the Republican national ticket of former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas for President and former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp of New York for Vice President. Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by US standards, did not renew his success of the 1992 election. Clinton benefited from an economy which recovered from the early 1990s recession and a relatively stable world stage. On November 5, 1996, President Clinton went on to win re-election with a substantial margin in the popular vote and electoral college. In 1995, the Republican Party was riding high on the gains made in the 1994 congressional elections. In those elections, the Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich, captured the majority of seats in the United States House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years and the majority of seats in the US Senate for the first time in eight years. With the advantage of incumbency, Bill Clinton's path to renomination by the Democratic Party was uneventful. At the 1996 Democratic National Convention, Clinton and incumbent Vice President Al ...
- published: 07 May 2012
- views: 116927
- author: thefilmarchived
31:56
CABARET musical Brasil com Cláudia Raia
Antonio Carlos Gomes acompanhou a estréia do musical Cabaret em São Paulo. Encenado pela p...
published: 04 Nov 2011
author: Antonio Carlos Gomes
CABARET musical Brasil com Cláudia Raia
Antonio Carlos Gomes acompanhou a estréia do musical Cabaret em São Paulo. Encenado pela primeira vez há exatos 45 anos, a partir do livro de Christopher Isherwood, com música de John Kander e letras de Fred Ebb, Cabaret se tornou um dos musicais de maior sucesso de todos os tempos -- não só por sua poderosa equipe de criação, mas também por ter sido uma das mais felizes transposições já realizadas do palco para as telas. Se a montagem de Harold Prince para a Broadway conquistou oito prêmios Tony, o filme de Bob Fosse não ficou atrás: levou o mesmo número de estatuetas no Oscar e, de quebra, consagrou Liza Minnelli no papel da cantora Sally Bowles. Ambientada no Kit Kat Club, uma decadente casa noturna em Berlim, em 1931, a trama gira em torno do relacionamento da inglesa Sally com o escritor americano Cliff Bradshaw.Paralelamente ao romance entre os personagens principais há ainda a relação entre uma alemã tolerante, Fräulein Schneider e um judeu, Herr Schultz.
- published: 04 Nov 2011
- views: 3029
- author: Antonio Carlos Gomes
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Shaun Evaristo - Carnival 2011
My 2011 Carnival piece. An open slot for the show came about very last minute and I decide...
published: 09 Nov 2011
author: Shaun Evaristo
Shaun Evaristo - Carnival 2011
My 2011 Carnival piece. An open slot for the show came about very last minute and I decided to take up the opportunity. Luckily with a great cast of dancers (my awesome friends), I was able to get the show done in a few rehearsals. The whole team was down for all my ideas and also willing to dip into the emotion and motivation behind each piece.
Inspired by Prince and a bit of Bob Fosse, I wanted to take their level of artistry into my realm of choreography and creativity. To me, they had such a huge presence on film and on stage and it was great to take myself there. In particular, the level of sexuality of Prince. His agenda is not masculine or feminine, gay or straight, just all around sexy and sensual. I feel that sexuality is very taboo sometimes and I just wanted to touch base on that, utilizing music that really has that essence to it.
My goal was to just open up, explore and express. We are all human and we all experience different feelings. This is just my way of putting how I feel out into the universe.
Special thanks to all that supported and all my friends who danced and helped out. I love you guys!
enjoy.
Choreography: Shaun Evaristo
Assistant Choreographer: JekaJane Kalotkin
Assistant: Grace Stewart
Dancers: Lyle Beniga, Johnny Erasme, Michael Fallorina, Shingo Okamoto, Koharu Sugawara, Ami Saitoh, Non Hiramoto, Grace Stewart, JekaJane Kalotkin
Filmed by Sean Hsieh from That's Fresh
Shout out to Movement Lifestyle and Amanda Suk for the Studio space
Thank you to Carrie and Paulette of Choreographer's Carnival for the opportunity!
3:16
Beyoncé Copycat Vs. Gwen Verdon (Choreography by Bob Fosse)
When we found this video of the 60's superstar comtemporary dancer Gwen Verdon, it strange...
published: 29 Oct 2010
author: Street Blabber
Beyoncé Copycat Vs. Gwen Verdon (Choreography by Bob Fosse)
When we found this video of the 60's superstar comtemporary dancer Gwen Verdon, it strangely reminded us something... Then we put the famous soundtrack of Beyoncé's Single Ladies on it, and suddenly it seemed obvious... Don't you think ?
Beyoncé's Copycat of Bob Fosse choreographer.
Soundtrack is not owned by us but gently lent by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Beyoncé Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (c) (C) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
4:34
Im Addicted (Bob Fosse choreography)
published: 19 Apr 2012
author: markus la
Im Addicted (Bob Fosse choreography)
Youtube results:
92:11
Roswell Incident: Department of Defense Interviews - Robert Shirkey / Walter Haut
1st Lt. Robert Shirkey: The base assistant operations officer. Shirkey also witnessed debr...
published: 27 Aug 2012
author: thefilmarchives
Roswell Incident: Department of Defense Interviews - Robert Shirkey / Walter Haut
1st Lt. Robert Shirkey: The base assistant operations officer. Shirkey also witnessed debris being loaded onto the B-29. "...Standing only three feet from the passing procession, we saw boxes full of aluminum-looking metal pieces being carried to the B-29. Major Marcel came along carrying an open box full of what seemed to be scrap metal. It obviously was not aluminum: it did not shine nor reflect like the aluminum on American military airplanes. And sticking up in one corner of the box being carried by Major Marcel was a small 'I-beam' with hieroglyphic-like markings on the inner flange, in some kind of weird color, not black, not purple, but a close approximation of the two. ...A man in civilian dress... was carrying a piece of metal under his left arm... This piece was about the size of a poster drawing board—very smooth, almost glass-like, with torn edges." Lt. Robert Shirkey: "Standing only three feet from the passing procession, we saw boxes full of aluminum-looking metal pieces being carried to the B-29. ...sticking up in one corner of the box carried by Major Marcel was a small 'I-beam' with hieroglyphic-like markings on the inner flange, in some kind of weird color, not black, not purple, but a close approximation of the two." "I could see the hieroglyphs clearly, the signs were in relief and stood out." Shirkey said there were other flights, another to Fort Worth, and a B-29 flight directly to Wright Field piloted by Henderson. He also said that he later learned ...
- published: 27 Aug 2012
- views: 23705
- author: thefilmarchives
27:26
John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Success, Their Influence, Becoming Rich, and Politics
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, a...
published: 29 Dec 2012
author: lifeofthebeatles
John Lennon and Paul McCartney on the Beatles' Success, Their Influence, Becoming Rich, and Politics
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original.... [I]n the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive". They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged their influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; programme director Rick Sklar of New York's WABC went so far as to forbid his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music. They helped to redefine the LP as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough...a giant step toward reshaping the concert business." Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion, wrote Gould. According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as ...
- published: 29 Dec 2012
- views: 6335
- author: lifeofthebeatles
38:24
Chapter 04-07 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Chapters 4-7. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript,...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: CCProse
Chapter 04-07 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Chapters 4-7. Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. Playlist for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: www.youtube.com The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 25697
- author: CCProse
186:50
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed ca...
published: 14 Nov 2011
author: CCProse
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson
Classic Literature VideoBook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. Audio courtesy of Librivox. Read by David Barnes. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free audiobook at Librivox: librivox.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde free eBook at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org View a list of all our videobooks: www.ccprose.com
- published: 14 Nov 2011
- views: 296195
- author: CCProse
3:43
Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees - Who's Got the Pain
1958...
published: 27 Jun 2009
author: matkapolka2222
Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees - Who's Got the Pain
1958
- published: 27 Jun 2009
- views: 322097
- author: matkapolka2222
3:53
Whatver Lola Wants
Bob Fosse being interviewed about his choreographing process...
published: 26 Oct 2007
author: mrfrumperson
Whatver Lola Wants
Bob Fosse being interviewed about his choreographing process
- published: 26 Oct 2007
- views: 202233
- author: mrfrumperson
5:48
Bob Fosse Sweet Charity 1969
...
published: 26 Sep 2009
author: Abeille5dd
Bob Fosse Sweet Charity 1969
- published: 26 Sep 2009
- views: 74634
- author: Abeille5dd
4:54
Big Spender
Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from o...
published: 27 Jan 2007
author: James Snowden
Big Spender
Big Spender Sequence from Sweet Charity/ This is one of my favorite dance sequences from one of the greatest choreographers of all time, Bob Fosse.
- published: 27 Jan 2007
- views: 1854851
- author: James Snowden
3:12
Bob Fosse winning an Oscar® for "Cabaret"
Julie Andrews and George Stevens presenting Bob Fosse with the Oscar® for Directing "Cabar...
published: 28 Sep 2009
author: Oscars
Bob Fosse winning an Oscar® for "Cabaret"
Julie Andrews and George Stevens presenting Bob Fosse with the Oscar® for Directing "Cabaret" at the 45th Annual Academy Awards® in 1973.
- published: 28 Sep 2009
- views: 45107
- author: Oscars
3:06
Bob Fosse - A Snake in the Grass ('Little Prince' 1974)
All of MJ's signature moves (including the moonwalk) were performed by Bob Fosse a decade ...
published: 22 Jun 2011
author: ChiptNalez
Bob Fosse - A Snake in the Grass ('Little Prince' 1974)
All of MJ's signature moves (including the moonwalk) were performed by Bob Fosse a decade earlier.
- published: 22 Jun 2011
- views: 58399
- author: ChiptNalez
8:03
Various Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing
Various clips of Bob Fosse dancing, with commentary by Gwen Verdon. The clips range from 1...
published: 13 Jul 2011
author: respectanimals
Various Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing
Various clips of Bob Fosse dancing, with commentary by Gwen Verdon. The clips range from 1949 (The Morey Amsterdam Show) to 1962 (The Garry Moore Show).
- published: 13 Jul 2011
- views: 42761
- author: respectanimals
3:20
Bob Fosse, Debbie Reynolds, Bobbby Van and Barbara Ruick Dance and Sing
Great moment from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, the 1953 movie. While the movie is pleasant...
published: 04 Feb 2009
author: odessa108
Bob Fosse, Debbie Reynolds, Bobbby Van and Barbara Ruick Dance and Sing
Great moment from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, the 1953 movie. While the movie is pleasant, it is raised to more memorable heights by three or four great song and dance numbers by it's talented stars, including this one. Bob Fosse is in the sweater and has the light socks. Barbara Ruick sings.
- published: 04 Feb 2009
- views: 54030
- author: odessa108
4:19
Smooth Criminal- Bob Fosse
Song: "Smooth Criminal" Artist: Michael Jackson Films: The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All Th...
published: 05 Apr 2011
author: xHeavyMetalPapillonx
Smooth Criminal- Bob Fosse
Song: "Smooth Criminal" Artist: Michael Jackson Films: The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, All That Jazz, Bells Are Ringing, Cabaret, Chicago, Damn Yankees, Fosse: The Broadway Musical, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Kiss Me Kate, The Little Prince, My Sister Eileen,The Pajama Game, Sweet Charity I first started working on this video a short time after Michael Jackson passed away and I'm so glad it's finally come together. Stupid me for choosing this video to learn FinalCut on! Anyway, this video is my tribute to the incredible dancer/choreographer Bob Fosse. I've included in this tribute: films Fosse choreographed, ones he appeared in himself, and, also, the film versions of some of the Broadway shows he choreographed (which is why films like "Chicago" and "Bells Are Ringing" are on here). All of them show the hallmarks of Fosse's iconic style (as did Michael Jackson's original "Smooth Criminal" video, actually). So, tilt your hat to the side, relax and enjoy Michael Jackson "Fosse-style"! ;)
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 62354
- author: xHeavyMetalPapillonx
2:09
Bob Fosse Michael Jackson Pas de Deux
I'm a big fan of Bob Fosse and I first saw Billie Jean dubbed over his Snake in the Grass ...
published: 18 Jul 2009
author: Candy Gourlay
Bob Fosse Michael Jackson Pas de Deux
I'm a big fan of Bob Fosse and I first saw Billie Jean dubbed over his Snake in the Grass dance on byakurengirl's channel. I've reinterpreted it as a pas de deux - I think Fosse and Jackson had similar influences, Fosse clearly being one of Michael Jackson's. Chosen by USA Press critic Armond White as Best Online Video of 2009 for a British Film Institute poll bit.ly
- published: 18 Jul 2009
- views: 139070
- author: Candy Gourlay
2:35
All That Jazz de Bob Fosse
Uma cena do filme All That jazz ,1979,protagonizado por Roy Scheider...
published: 19 Oct 2008
author: Helda Faillace
All That Jazz de Bob Fosse
Uma cena do filme All That jazz ,1979,protagonizado por Roy Scheider
- published: 19 Oct 2008
- views: 265245
- author: Helda Faillace
4:37
BOB FOSSE "BIG DEAL"
Staggering dance from the end of Act 1 of BIG DEAL, a flop on Broadway which won Fosse the...
published: 09 Feb 2010
author: thejackieshow
BOB FOSSE "BIG DEAL"
Staggering dance from the end of Act 1 of BIG DEAL, a flop on Broadway which won Fosse the Tony Award for Choreography anyway.
- published: 09 Feb 2010
- views: 32928
- author: thejackieshow
5:19
Sweet Charity (1969) de Bob Fosse
Scène du film de Bob Fosse "Sweet Charity" (1969) aux chorégraphies éblouissantes. Le clip...
published: 14 Feb 2009
author: Arnogogo
Sweet Charity (1969) de Bob Fosse
Scène du film de Bob Fosse "Sweet Charity" (1969) aux chorégraphies éblouissantes. Le clip de Freemasons "When You Touch Me" s'en inspire directement.... Bel hommage, mais les danseurs ne sont pas à la hauteur de leurs aînés... J'aurais adoré danser sur le morceau de Freemasons avec toi, Jeep! ;-)
- published: 14 Feb 2009
- views: 110857
- author: Arnogogo
4:56
Notorios BIG and Bob Fosse Dancing - He was Dancing to Hip Hop Music in 1955? (RESPECT Remix)
Bob Fosse performing his own choreography (and defying physics in the process) in a number...
published: 26 May 2009
author: QWILDER
Notorios BIG and Bob Fosse Dancing - He was Dancing to Hip Hop Music in 1955? (RESPECT Remix)
Bob Fosse performing his own choreography (and defying physics in the process) in a number from the 1955 film "My Sister Eileen." Also featuring Tommy Rall, another incredible dancer.
- published: 26 May 2009
- views: 27502
- author: QWILDER
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5:53
Shaun Evaristo - Carnival 2011
My 2011 Carnival piece. An open slot for the show came about very last minute and I decide...
published: 09 Nov 2011
author: Shaun Evaristo
Shaun Evaristo - Carnival 2011
My 2011 Carnival piece. An open slot for the show came about very last minute and I decided to take up the opportunity. Luckily with a great cast of dancers (my awesome friends), I was able to get the show done in a few rehearsals. The whole team was down for all my ideas and also willing to dip into the emotion and motivation behind each piece.
Inspired by Prince and a bit of Bob Fosse, I wanted to take their level of artistry into my realm of choreography and creativity. To me, they had such a huge presence on film and on stage and it was great to take myself there. In particular, the level of sexuality of Prince. His agenda is not masculine or feminine, gay or straight, just all around sexy and sensual. I feel that sexuality is very taboo sometimes and I just wanted to touch base on that, utilizing music that really has that essence to it.
My goal was to just open up, explore and express. We are all human and we all experience different feelings. This is just my way of putting how I feel out into the universe.
Special thanks to all that supported and all my friends who danced and helped out. I love you guys!
enjoy.
Choreography: Shaun Evaristo
Assistant Choreographer: JekaJane Kalotkin
Assistant: Grace Stewart
Dancers: Lyle Beniga, Johnny Erasme, Michael Fallorina, Shingo Okamoto, Koharu Sugawara, Ami Saitoh, Non Hiramoto, Grace Stewart, JekaJane Kalotkin
Filmed by Sean Hsieh from That's Fresh
Shout out to Movement Lifestyle and Amanda Suk for the Studio space
Thank you to Carrie and Paulette of Choreographer's Carnival for the opportunity!
3:16
Beyoncé Copycat Vs. Gwen Verdon (Choreography by Bob Fosse)
When we found this video of the 60's superstar comtemporary dancer Gwen Verdon, it strange...
published: 29 Oct 2010
author: Street Blabber
Beyoncé Copycat Vs. Gwen Verdon (Choreography by Bob Fosse)
When we found this video of the 60's superstar comtemporary dancer Gwen Verdon, it strangely reminded us something... Then we put the famous soundtrack of Beyoncé's Single Ladies on it, and suddenly it seemed obvious... Don't you think ?
Beyoncé's Copycat of Bob Fosse choreographer.
Soundtrack is not owned by us but gently lent by SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.
Beyoncé Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (c) (C) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
4:34
Im Addicted (Bob Fosse choreography)
published: 19 Apr 2012
author: markus la
Im Addicted (Bob Fosse choreography)
Youtube results:
5:18
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)...
published: 26 Oct 2010
author: Дмитро Горошко
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
Bob Fosse - Rich Man's Frug (Sweet Charity)
- published: 26 Oct 2010
- views: 58808
- author: Дмитро Горошко
3:35
Mexican Breakfast, Helpfully Explained
UPDATE: credit where credit's due! corey smithson, the creator of this video -- the one wh...
published: 05 Nov 2010
author: Lizardking73
Mexican Breakfast, Helpfully Explained
UPDATE: credit where credit's due! corey smithson, the creator of this video -- the one who came up with the amazing captions -- contacted me a few weeks ago! for some reason, youtube deleted this video from his own acount, but has so far allowed it to stay up on mine. corey has been gracious enough to allow me to keep the video up here, too -- thanks, man. according to his website, corey is a multimedia artist currently living in brooklyn, nyc. his account on youtube is /CoreyMichaelSmithson -- there are five of his videos there. you can also check more of his work at www.coreymichaelsmithson.com. his art is very intense and some videos are SERIOUSLY nsfw. no copyright malpractice intended here -- this choreography by bob fosse shows where the "inspiration" for the now infamous single l@diez (make a carbon copy of it) video came from. original url for this video www.coreymichaelsmithson.com
- published: 05 Nov 2010
- views: 212877
- author: Lizardking73
2:57
Beyonce confirmed that Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse
She confirmed that her Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by the famed Broadway chore...
published: 18 Nov 2008
author: BeyonceStans4
Beyonce confirmed that Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse
She confirmed that her Single Ladies video was indeed inspired by the famed Broadway choreographer Bob Fosse Beyonce said it on 106. She saw the video on youtube and liked the idea and that inspired her to make the video. So she didn't steal anything !!!!!!!!!!!!! OWNED !!!
- published: 18 Nov 2008
- views: 814205
- author: BeyonceStans4
photo: US Army / Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton
06 Feb 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "The art of war is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin." Sun Tzu, "The Art of War," 4th Century BCE. During confirmation hearings for the next U.S. Defense Secretary, it was appalling to observe several senators haggling with Chuck Hagel over whether the surge during the disastrous U.S.-Iraqi preemptive war and military occupation was a success or not ... The U.S....(size: 6.2Kb)
photo: AP / Jerome Delay
06 Feb 2013
GAO, Mali. French-led forces have killed hundreds of Islamists in fighting to reclaim northern Mali and with the rebels' last bastion secured, France said Tuesday it will begin withdrawing its troops from March ... The defence ministry said the Islamists died in French air strikes on vehicles transporting fighters and equipment, and in "direct combat in Konna and Gao", key central and northern towns ... "The combat isn't over ... - AFP. ....(size: 4.8Kb)
photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub
06 Feb 2013
A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, triggering a small tsunami and prompting alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled. By News Wires (text). ... Damage reports were limited, and there were no reports of casualties. The quake struck 340 km (211 miles) east of Kira Kira in the Solomons, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said ... Hot spot ... (REUTERS). Date created ... ....(size: 8.1Kb)
photo: AP / Vahid Salemi
05 Feb 2013
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Cairo, marking the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. Ahmadinejad flew into the capital, Cairo, to attend a summit of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC), which begins on Wednesday. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi kissed the Iranian leader as he got off the plane on Tuesday ... "My wish is bigger than this ... Iran does not recognise Israel ... ....(size: 17.9Kb)
photo: US Navy / U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Baltz
06 Feb 2013
As many as 54 countries have been complicit in CIA's extraordinary rendition operations in which terrorism suspects were held in secret prisons overseas or turned over to foreign governments for interrogation, a human rights organisation has said in a report ... The report by the Open Society Justice Initiative said its information was based on "credible public sources" and "reputable human rights organisations" ... Agencies ... ....(size: 18.7Kb)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
07 Feb 2013
Flight attendants and pilots are doing double takes -- even more than usual -- when they see actress Tamara Tunie settling into her seat, adjusting her tray table or reaching for the overhead compartment. Thanks to a new musical she's producing, Ms ... We saw "Flight" and you were so great and it was so good.' ". To which she responded ... Ms ... It was great ... ... Ms ... Bob Fosse's film is being re-released to mark its 40th anniversary ... ....(size: 8.4Kb)
RoadRunner
06 Feb 2013
The musical tour de force Les Misérables has been both a commercial and critical success, but what are its actual chances of snagging the Oscar for Best Picture? If history is any indication, the odds are not in its favor ... Chicago (2002) ... Chicago reinvigorated the musical in Hollywood by showing how Bob Fosse-style musical and dance numbers are enjoyable and relevant in the 21st Century ... Oliver! (1968) ... The Sound of Music (1965) ... "Maria."...(size: 7.0Kb)
m&c;
05 Feb 2013
Life is a cabaret, old chum, come to the Cabaret on Blu-ray. Bob Fosses award winning anti-musical finally makes its high definition debut and the results are spectacular. Its a show you dont want to miss. So come to the Cabaret!! ... Bob Fosse takes a different tack with Cabaret in that the musical numbers only take place in the ......(size: 3.4Kb)
IMDb
05 Feb 2013
On March 27, 1973, "Cabaret" won eight Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Liza Minnelli, Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey and Best Director for Bob Fosse....(size: 1.0Kb)
Philadelphia Daily News
05 Feb 2013
Pippin opened in 1972 under the direction of Bob Fosse and ran for five years, winning five Tonys ... Directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, the Broadway original version starred Ben Vereen as the Leading Player, an emcee-like role that won him a best-actor Tony ... who was in the original Pippin, has choreographed the dance parts in a Fosse style....(size: 12.5Kb)
The Los Angeles Times
05 Feb 2013
The original Broadway version of "Pippin," directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, debuted in 1972; it ran for five years and won five Tonys. Now "Pippin" will return to the Great White Way this March for the first time in more than 30 years. The show is a continuation of sorts of the just-ended “Pippin” revival at the American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts ... The legend of Fosse lives on in the new Broadway revival ... 0 ... .....(size: 34.3Kb)
Huffington Post
05 Feb 2013
"Cabaret" anniversary Blu-ray includes this great clip. On March 27, 1973, "Cabaret" won eight Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Liza Minnelli, Best Supporting Actor for Joel Grey and Best Director for Bob Fosse ... I still have Tinnitus from it ... To celebrate the release, the studio has released this exclusive look at one of the disc's special features -- a look at the extensive choreography Fosse devised for the musical classic ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)
IMDb
05 Feb 2013
Lexington Herald-Leader
05 Feb 2013
Two new DVD releases feature an Oscar-nominated film and a very different role for a popular actor. -"Flight," Grade (B-plus). A heroic pilot's substance abuse comes into question when he crashes an airplane. Star Denzel Washington received an Oscar nomination for lead actor for his role ... Washington is one of a handful of actors capable of playing such a complicated role ... Bob Fosse's film is being re-released to mark its 40th anniversary....(size: 4.8Kb)
The Examiner
05 Feb 2013
San Diego Musical Theatre invites you to see the merry murderesses as they “razzle dazzle” you with their upcoming production of “Chicago”, February 15 – March 3, 2013!. This sharp satire follows Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart as they search for fame, fortune and an acquittal in “Chicago”! With a clever score and staging based on the iconic Bob Fosse come see what “All that Jazz” is about ... and Sunday at 2.00 p.m ... Tweet. 0 Email. PrintReport ... ....(size: 7.1Kb)
Newsday
04 Feb 2013
"Pippin" opened in 1972 under the direction of Bob Fosse and ran for five years, winning five Tonys ... Directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, the Broadway original version starred Ben as the Leading Player, an emcee-like role that won him a best-actor Tony ... Walker, who was in the original "Pippin," has choreographed the dance parts in a Fosse style....(size: 2.8Kb)
Seattle Post
04 Feb 2013
"Pippin" opened in 1972 under the direction of Bob Fosse and ran for five years, winning five Tonys ... Directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, the Broadway original version starred Ben Vereen as the Leading Player, an emcee-like role that won him a best-actor Tony ... who was in the original "Pippin," has choreographed the dance parts in a Fosse style....(size: 2.4Kb)
Star Tribune
04 Feb 2013
"Pippin" opened in 1972 under the direction of Bob Fosse and ran for five years, winning five Tonys ... Directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, the Broadway original version starred Ben Vereen as the Leading Player, an emcee-like role that won him a best-actor Tony ... "Pippin," has choreographed the dance parts in a Fosse style....(size: 2.8Kb)
| Bob Fosse | |
|---|---|
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| Born | Robert Louis Fosse (1927-06-23)June 23, 1927 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | September 23, 1987(1987-09-23) (aged 60) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Resting place | Cremated;[1] ashes scattered in the Atlantic Ocean off the shores of Quogue, New York 40°48′N 72°36′W / 40.8°N 72.6°W / 40.8; -72.6 |
| Occupation | Actor, choreographer, dancer, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1947–1986 |
| Spouse |
Mary Ann Niles (m. 1949–1951) «start: (1949)–end+1: (1952)»"Marriage: Mary Ann Niles to Bob Fosse" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Bob_Fosse) |
Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, musical theater choreographer, director, screenwriter, film editor and film director. He won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning for his direction of Cabaret (beating Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather). He was closely identified with his third wife, Broadway dancing star Gwen Verdon. She was the dancer/collaborator/muse upon whom he choreographed much of his work and, together with dancer/choreographer Ann Reinking, a significant guardian of the Fosse legacy after his death.
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Early life and career[link]
Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Norwegian American father, Cyril K. Fosse, and Irish-born mother, Sara Alice (Stanton), the second youngest of six children.[2][3] He teamed up with Charles Grass, another young dancer, and began a collaboration under the name The Riff Brothers. They toured theatres throughout the Chicago area. Eventually Fosse was hired for Tough Situation, which toured military and naval bases in the Pacific.
Fosse moved to New York with the ambition of being the new Fred Astaire. His appearance with his first wife and dance partner Mary Ann Niles (1923–1987) in Call Me Mister brought him to the attention of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Fosse and Niles were regular performers on Your Hit Parade during its 1950-51 season, and during this season Martin and Lewis caught their act in New York's Pierre Hotel and scheduled them to appear on the Colgate Comedy Hour. His early screen appearances included Give A Girl A Break, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis and Kiss Me Kate, all released in 1953. A short sequence that he choreographed in the latter (and danced with Carol Haney) brought him to the attention of Broadway producers.[4]
Although Fosse's acting career in film was cut short by premature balding, which limited the roles he could take, he was reluctant to move from Hollywood to theatre. Nevertheless, he made the move, and in 1954, he choreographed his first musical, The Pajama Game, followed by George Abbott's Damn Yankees in 1955. It was while working on the latter show that he first met the red-headed rising star whom he was to marry in 1960, Gwen Verdon.
Verdon won her first Tony Award for Best Actress for Damn Yankees (she had won previously for best supporting actress in Can-Can). (Fosse appears in the film version of Damn Yankees, which he also choreographed, in which Verdon reprises her stage triumph as "Lola"; they partner each other in the mambo number, "Who's Got the Pain".) In 1957 Fosse choreographed New Girl in Town, again directed by George Abbott, and Verdon won her second Leading Actress Tony. In 1960, Fosse was, for the first time, both director and choreographer of a musical called simply Redhead.[5] With Redhead, Verdon won her third Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical; the show won the Tony for best musical and Fosse carried off the award for best choreography. Fosse was to partner star Verdon as her director/choreographer again with Sweet Charity and again with Chicago. (Fosse was to win the Tony for Best Direction of a Musical in 1973 with Pippin.) Fosse performed a memorable song and dance number in Stanley Donen's 1974 film version of The Little Prince, and in 1977, Fosse had a small role in the romantic comedy Thieves.
Fosse developed a jazz dance style that was immediately recognizable, exuding a stylized, cynical sexuality. Other notable distinctions of his style included the use of turned-in knees, sideways shuffling, rolled shoulders, and jazz hands.[6] With Astaire as an influence, he used props such as bowler hats, canes and chairs. His trademark use of hats was influenced by his own self-consciousness. According to Martin Gottfried in his biography of Fosse, "His baldness was the reason that he wore hats, and was doubtless why he put hats on his dancers."[7] He used gloves in his performances because he did not like his hands. Some of his most popular numbers include "Steam Heat" (The Pajama Game) and "Big Spender" (Sweet Charity). The "Rich Man's Frug" scene in Sweet Charity is another example of his signature style. Although he was replaced as the director/choreographer for the short-lived 1961 musical The Conquering Hero, he quickly took on the job of choreographer of the 1961 musical hit How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which starred Robert Morse.[7][8]
Later career[link]
Fosse directed five feature films. His first, Sweet Charity in 1969, starring Shirley MacLaine, is an adaptation of the Broadway musical he had directed and choreographed. Fosse shot the film largely on location in Manhattan. His second film, Cabaret, won eight Academy Awards, including Best Director, for which he won over Francis Ford Coppola for The Godfather starring Marlon Brando. The film was shot on location in Berlin; Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey both won Oscars for their roles.
Fosse went on to direct Lenny in 1974, a biopic of comic Lenny Bruce starring Dustin Hoffman. The film was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director Oscars, among other awards. But just as Fosse picked up his Oscar for Cabaret, his Tony for Pippin, and an Emmy for directing Liza Minnelli's television concert, Liza with a Z, his health suffered and he underwent open-heart surgery.
In 1979, Fosse co-wrote and directed a semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz, which portrayed the life of a womanizing, drug-addicted choreographer-director in the midst of triumph and failure. All That Jazz won four Academy Awards and earned Fosse his third Oscar nomination for Best Director. It also won the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival. In the summer and fall of 1980, working with All That Jazz executive producer Daniel Melnick, Fosse commissioned documentary research for a follow-up feature having to do with the motivations that compel people to become performers, but he found the results uninspiring and abandoned the project.[citation needed]
In All That Jazz, Fosse not only toyed with the notion of his own death, but immortalized the two people who would perpetuate the Fosse legacy, Gwen Verdon and Ann Reinking. Reinking appears in the film as the protagonist's lover/protege/domestic-partner. She, like Verdon, would be responsible for keeping Fosse's trademark choreography alive after Fosse's death. Reinking played the role of Roxie Hart in the highly successful New York revival of Chicago, which opened in 1996. She choreographed the dances "in the style of Bob Fosse" for that revival, which is still running on Broadway as of November 2011. In 1999, Verdon served as artistic consultant on a plotless Broadway musical designed to showcase examples of classic Fosse choreography. Called simply Fosse, the three-act musical revue was conceived and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking and choreographed by Reinking and Chet Walker. Verdon and Fosse's daughter, Nicole, received a "special thanks" credit. The show won a Tony for best musical.[9] Many credit him to be the sole engineer toward Michael Jackson's career for his work on The Little Prince (1974). Many say Michael Jackson may have copied Bob Fosse's choreography and the wardrobe Bob's character had on The Little Prince. In many ways Fosse is credited as the back hand innovators to the careers of many dancers around the world.
His final film, 1983's Star 80, was a controversial biopic about slain Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten. The film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning article on the same topic. The film was nominated for several awards, and was screened out of competition at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival.[10] In 1986 he directed and choreographed the unsuccessful Broadway production of Big Deal, which he also wrote.
Innovations[link]
Fosse was an innovative choreographer and had multiple achievements in his life. For Damn Yankees, he took a great deal of inspiration from the "father of theatrical jazz dance", Jack Cole.[7] He also took influence from Jerome Robbins. New Girl in Town gave Fosse the inspiration to direct and choreograph his next piece because of the conflict of interest within the collaborators. During that piece, the first he'd directed as well as choreographed, Redhead, Fosse utilized one of the first ballet sequences in a show that contained five different styles of dance; Fosse's jazz, a cancan, a gypsy dance, a march, and an old-fashioned English music hall number. Fosse utilized the idea of subtext and gave his dancers something to think about during their numbers. He also began the trend of allowing lighting to influence his work and direct the audience's attention to certain things. During Pippin, Fosse made the first ever television commercial for a Broadway show.[4]
In 1957, both Verdon and Fosse were studying with Sanford Meisner to develop a better acting technique for themselves. According to Michael Joosten, Fosse once said: "The time to sing is when your emotional level is too high to just speak anymore, and the time to dance is when your emotions are just too strong to only sing about how you feel."[11]
Personal life and death[link]
Fosse was first married in 1949 to dance partner Mary Ann Niles. The marriage lasted until 1951. Fosse's second marriage was to dancer Joan McCracken (December 1952-59).[12] His third wife was dancer/actress Gwen Verdon in 1960; they had one daughter, Nicole Providence Fosse, who is also a dancer. He separated from Verdon in the 1970s, but they remained legally married until his death. Verdon never remarried.[7][13][14] During rehearsals for The Conquering Hero in 1961, it became known that Fosse had epilepsy, when he suffered a seizure on the stage.[7]
On September 23, 1987, it was reported that Bob Fosse had collapsed in his room at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, and later died.[citation needed] It was subsequently learned that he actually died from a heart attack at George Washington University Hospital. He died as the revival of Sweet Charity was opening at the nearby National Theatre.[15] Fosse was cremated. In late September, his wife and daughter took his ashes to Quogue, New York, where Fosse had been openly living with his girlfriend of four years, and scattered his ashes in the Atlantic Ocean.[1]
His first wife, and former dance partner, Mary Ann Niles, died one month later from lung cancer, aged 64.[16]
Honors and awards[link]
Fosse earned many awards, including the Tony Award for Pippin and Sweet Charity, the Academy Award for Cabaret and the Emmy Award for Liza with a "Z". He was the first person to win all three awards in the same year (1973). He is also the only person to have won all three awards in the category of "Best Director".[citation needed]
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Bob Fosse Way in Chicago.
His semi-autobiographical film, All That Jazz (1979), won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. It portrays a chain-smoking choreographer driven by his Type A personality. In 1999, the revue Fosse won a Tony Award for best musical, and in 2001 the show earned Fosse (together with Ann Reinking) a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer.
Bill Henry's 1990 documentary of Fosse's work (Dance In America: Bob Fosse Steam Heat), was produced for an episode of the PBS program Dance in America: Great Performances. The production won an Emmy Award that year. There was a resurgence of interest in Fosse's work following revivals of his stage shows, the Broadway show Fosse, and the film release of Chicago (2002). Rob Marshall's choreography for the film emulates the Fosse style but avoids using specific moves from the original. In 2007, Bob Fosse was inducted, posthumously, into the National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame.[17]
Legacy[link]
Fosse was inducted into the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, New York on 27 April 2007. The Los Angeles Dance Awards, founded in 1994, were called the "Fosse Awards", and are now called the American Choreography Awards. A length of Paulina Street in Chicago at roughly 4400 North received the honorary designation of "Bob Fosse Way".
Influence on Beyonce's 'Single Ladies' video[link]
Fosse's influence extended into the Noughties when, in 2008, the Beyonce Knowles video for Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it) used many of the dance moves that were originally choreographed by Fosse nearly forty years earlier in 1969 for a music video of 'Mexican Breakfast' by Fosse's wife, the actress and dancer, Gwen Verdon.[18]
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Knowles said:
'I saw a video [Mexican Breakfast] on YouTube. [The dancers] had a plain background and it was shot on the crane; it was 360 degrees, they could move around. And I said, 'This is genius.' We kept a lot of the Fosse choreography and added the down-south thing — it's called J-Setting, where one person does something and the next person follows. So it was a strange mixture ... It's like the most urban choreography, mixed with Fosse — very modern and very vintage.'.[19][20]
Work[link]
Stage productions[link]
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Filmography[link]
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References[link]
- ^ a b Gottfried, Martin (2003). All His Jazz: the Life and Death of Bob Fosse. Da Capo Press. pp. 449–50. ISBN 0-306-81284-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=n4PRP3xLUzcC. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ^ "Hardcover in Brief". The Washington Post. 18 November 1990. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1159456.html. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
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- ^ a b "Bob Fosse Biography" pbs.org, accessed January 27, 2010
- ^ 'Redhead' pbs.org, accessed January 27, 2010
- ^ Cutcher, Jenai (2005). Bob Fosse, The Rosen Publishing Group, ISBN 1-4042-0446-6, pp. 21, 27
- ^ a b c d e Gottfried, Martin (1998). All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse. Da Capo Press. pp. 49, 65, 81, 85, 104, 116, 124–125, 130, 139. ISBN 0-306-80837-4.
- ^ "That's Dancin: Fosse on Broadway, How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" www.pbs.org
- ^ IBDb profile
- ^ "Berlinale: 1984 Programme". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1984/02_programm_1984/02_Programm_1984.html. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ Joosten, Michael.Dance and Choreography (2009), The Rosen Publishing Group, ISBN 1-4358-5261-3 Dance and Choreography, p. 4
- ^ Sagolla, Lisa Jo. The girl who fell down: a biography of Joan McCracken (2003), UPNE, ISBN 1-55553-573-9, p. 204: "They were wed in a simple civil ceremony by New York's deputy chief clerk at 3:30pm on December 30, 1952"
- ^ Berkvist, Robert."Gwen Verdon, Redhead Who High-Kicked Her Way to Stardom, Dies at 75"The New York Times, originally published October 19, 2000, accessed August 8, 2009
- ^ Pacheo, Patrick."Remembering Gwen Verdon -- Bob Fosse's inspiration was perhaps Broadway's greatest dancer" www.ew.com, Nov. 03, 2000, accessed August 8, 2009
- ^ Irvin Molotsky (1987-09-24). "Bob Fosse, Director and Choreographer, Dies". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEEDC123AF937A1575AC0A961948260. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ Gottfried, Martin.All His Jazz (2003), Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-81284-3 All His Jazz, p. 452
- ^ National Museum of Dance Hall of Fame
- ^ http://FunnyOrDie.com/m/2o6u
- ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (March 10, 2009). "Beyoncé talks world tour, new videos". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/03/10/beyonce-tour/. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^ "TV.com: The Ed Sullivan Show, June 1, 1969". TV.com. CBS Interactive. http://www.tv.com/shows/the-ed-sullivan-show/june-1-1969-smokey-robinson-and-the-miracles-lesley-gore-gwen-verdon-107144/. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
- ^ "Liza with a 'Z". The Internet Movie Database. 2008. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256153. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
Further reading[link]
- Beddow, Margery (1996). Bob Fosse's Broadway. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. ISBN 0-435-07002-9.
- Grubb, Kevin Boyd (1989). Razzle Dazzle: The Life and Work of Bob Fosse. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-03414-8.
External links[link]
- Bob Fosse at the Internet Broadway Database
- Bob Fosse at the Internet Movie Database
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| Persondata | |
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| Name | Fosse, Bob |
| Alternative names | Fosse, Robert Louis |
| Short description | Choreographer, director, screenwriter |
| Date of birth | June 23, 1927 |
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Date of death | September 23, 1987 |
| Place of death | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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