Fosse [DVD]

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The electricity of one of Broadway’s greatest talents springs to life in Fosse, a tribute to the man behind such favorites as Cabaret, Chicago, Sweet Charity, and Pippin. A seductive mixture of physically aggressive dance moves and dazzling visual style, Bob Fosse’s approach to theater revolutionized how we experience music and dance, while his mixture of cynicism and sentiment remains timely decades after his death. Join one of Fosse’s most gifted collaborators, Ann Reinking, as she and a wild, gyrating cast take you through such memorable standards as “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries,” “Steam Heat,” “Mein Herr,” and the unforgettable “Big Spender.” So pull up a seat, put on your dancin’ shoes, and get ready for a tune-studded show guaranteed to deliver plenty of “Razzle Dazzle!” Songs: Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, Bye Bye Blackbird, From the Edge, Percussion 4, Big Spender, Crunchy Granola Suite, From This Moment On, Transition/Dance Elements, I Wanna Be a Dancin’ Man, Shoeless Joe Ballet, Dancing in the Dark, Steam Heat, I Gotcha, Rich Man’s Frug, Silly Thoughts, Cool Hand Luke, Nowadays, The Hot Honey Rag, Glory, Manson Trio, Mein Herr, Take Off with Us/Three Pas de Deux, Razzle Dazzle, Who’s Sorry Now, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Mr. Bojangles, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (reprise), Sing Sing Sing. 118 minutes.

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The 1999 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, Fosse celebrates the work of director-choreographer Bob Fosse, one of Broadway’s and film’s truly innovative and distinctive talents. While Fosse’s protégé Ann Reinking (also the co-choreographer) and frequent collaborator Ben Vereen are the headliners, the dance revue was conceived as an ensemble piece, so the 32-member cast gets plenty of chances to shine. The nearly two-hour performance features re-creations of dazzling numbers from such milestones as Cabaret (“Mein Herr”), Chicago (“Nowadays”), Sweet Charity (“Big Spender”), The Pajama Game (“Steam Heat”), Dancin’ (“I Wanna Be a Dancin’ Man”), and All That Jazz (“There’ll Be Some Changes Made,” among others, but not the stunning “On Broadway” sequence). Reinking, Vereen, and another Fosse collaborator, cast member Dana Moore, also share their memories in interview segments. Filmed in live performance, Fosse stands as a memorial to one man’s striking vision, an essential record of many classic routines, and simply a whole lot of fun to watch. –David Horiuchi