2013: Used by Permission of the Johnny Mercer Foundation, Inc. Mercer and Harry Warren © 1951, 1952 Warner Chappell Music, Inc. The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows: Read moreįor information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to or to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 3 Park Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10016. The book offers a great view into musical making and movie making.
He was considered a genius and greatly admired by those he worked with. Fosse was very open about everything he did and kept no secrets from his various wives and lovers who sometimes worked together with Fosse. All were consensual Fosse knew he had a problem in that he couldn't stay with one woman but it never comes off as mean, seedy or deceitful.
His leading ladies normally slept with him as did the young girls he would select for the chorus but it was never seedy. He was a womanizer despite having had several wives but the ex-wives continued to like and respect Fosse. There is more detail than I need on each production that he was involved in, but it is the arc of his life that interested me. I have no great affinity for choreographers so I wouldn't normally pick up this book except that it received a good review in the NY Times and I do like so many of the musicals that Fosse choreographed and even directed.
With propulsive energy and stylish prose, Fosse is the definitive biography of one of Broadway and Hollywood’s most complex and dynamic icons.įOSSE is a great read. To craft this richly detailed account, best-selling author Sam Wasson has drawn on a wealth of unpublished material and hundreds of sources: friends, enemies, lovers, and collaborators, many of them speaking publicly about Fosse for the first time. Yet in spite of Fosse’s innumerable-including Cabaret, Pippin, All That Jazz, and Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway musicals ever-his offstage life was shadowed by deep wounds and insatiable appetites. His signature style would influence generations of performing artists.
The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year, Bob Fosse revolutionized nearly every facet of American entertainment. Wasson has taken complete control of his subject.” - Wall Street Journal “Wasson is a smart and savvy reporter, and his book abounds with colorful firsthand tales.” - Janet Maslin, New York Times Now the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams with Lin-Manuel Miranda executive producing.
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