Eamon Dolan
November 2013
On Sale: November 5, 2013
Featuring: Bob Fossee
700 pages ISBN: 0547553293 EAN: 9780547553290 Kindle: B00E78ICAQ Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
More than a quarter-century after his death, Bob Fosse’s
fingerprints on popular culture remain indelible. The only
person ever to win Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same
year, Fosse revolutionized nearly every facet of American
entertainment, forever marking Broadway and Hollywood with
his iconic style — hat tilted, fingers splayed — that would
influence generations of performing artists. Yet in spite of
Fosse’s innumerable achievements, no accomplishment ever
seemed to satisfy him, and offstage his life was shadowed
in turmoil and anxiety.
Now, bestselling author Sam
Wasson unveils the man behind the swaggering sex appeal,
tracing Fosse’s untold reinventions of himself over a
career that would spawn The Pajama Game,
Cabaret, Pippin, All That Jazz, and
Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway
musicals ever. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material
and hundreds of sources — friends, enemies, lovers, and
collaborators, many of whom have never spoken publicly about
Fosse before — Wasson illuminates not only Fosse’s
prodigious professional life, but also his close and
conflicted relationships with everyone from Liza Minnelli
to Ann Reinking to Jessica Lange and Dustin Hoffman. Wasson
also uncovers the deep wounds that propelled Fosse’s
insatiable appetites — for spotlights, women, and life
itself. In this sweeping, richly detailed account, Wasson’s
stylish, effervescent prose proves the ideal vehicle for
revealing Bob Fosse as he truly was — after hours, close
up, and in vibrant color.
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