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Monday, April 03, 2023

If you think you know Fosse, a new ‘Dancin’’ will make you think twice

Broadway News: In the pelvic tilt and hat-hidden brow of Michael Jackson, in the wrist curls and sharp shoulders of Lady Gaga, even in the quick cuts of filmmaker Baz Luhrmann, exists the mark of Bob Fosse. So if the impact of the iconic Bob Fosse is so ubiquitous in popular culture, why bring his 1978 musical “Dancin’” back to Broadway? Because the aforementioned examples — and so many others — are mere echoes of the director, choreographer, dancer — and man — that was Bob Fosse.

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