Big Deal: Bob Fosse and Dance in the American Musical (Broadway Legacies) Social dancing, 1950s Gretchen Wyler, Gwen Verdons replacement as Lola, leads the dancers, down on their knees or lifted high, in Damn Yankeess late night, louche Two Lost Souls Photo by FriedmanAbeles, Museum of the City of New York The New York Public Library Fosse, on ladder, rehearses the female dancers, playing Japanese soldiers, in The Conquering Heros controversial, The Battle Left to right: Margery Beddow, Shellie Farrell, Patricia Ferrier, Reby Howells, Betty Linton, and Marlene Dell Photo by FriedmanAbeles, Museum of the City of New York The New York Public Library The full ensemble, wedged together like typewriter keys, at the conclusion of A Secretary is Not a Toy in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Donna McKechnie is second from far left Photo by FriedmanAbeles Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts The FanDango Ballroom workers form a Fosse amoeba to stalk a potential client in Big Spender from Sweet Charitys 1986 Broadway revival Left to right: Mimi Quillin, Jan Horvath, Christine Colby, Allison Williams, Allison Reneé Manson (hidden), Kirsten Childs, Bebe Neuwirth, Jane Lanier, Alice Everett Cox (partially hidden), and Stephanie Pope Photo by Martha Swope Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Pippins Players first appear out of darkness as disembodied hands under the direction of Ben Vereen Photo by Martha Swope Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Virtuosos of the fans: Fosse perfected his fan dance with Chicagos All I Care About Center: Jerry Orbach standing, Cheryl Clark, below Back, left to right: Candy Brown, Michon Peacock, Graciela Daniele, Charlene Ryan, and Pamela Sousa Photo by Martha Swope Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts In Percussion I from Dancin, Fosse references the three muses posed in ascending arabesques in George Balanchines Apollo Back to front: Kim Noor, Rita A Sullivan, and Robin Alpert Photo by Martha Swope Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Where theres smoke, theres Fosse, promised Big Deals television commercial Here, Jules Fisher lights Peter Larkins porous stage deck from below, creating an erotic inferno for Nows the Time to Fall in Love Photo by Martha Swope Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Social dancing, 1930s The last great Fosse number, Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar from Big Deal Left to right: Roumel Reaux, George Russell, Wayne Cilento, Bruce Anthony Davis, and Frank Mastrocola Photo by Martha Swope Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts