Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Golden Age

Gwen Verdon has become synonymous with Beyonce and "Single Ladies"and hence forth more popular for "Mexican breakfast" the routine that inspired the video. The choreography for Mexican Breakfast" was done by her husband Bob Fosse whom I happen to love and admire. He's perhaps the most famous American theater Choreographer and for damn good reason.
He's responsible for "Sweet charity","Cabaret","All that Jazz and more. He has truly been an inspiration to me as a performer and choreographer and his wife Gwen was a favorite of mine growing up as well. They have a great interview together in which they talk about her performance in "Damn Yankees". I love the movie and the interview is from 1964 and was probably buried in some film stack before Rick Mackay found it and put it into his Documentary
"Broadway : The Golden Age".It's a Lovely Documentary that any Broadway lover should have I think. Here's the clip i've been ranting about .



Lots-o-love
JaZze

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