TV TIMES 15
FOSSE/
VERDON’S
G R E AT E S T
HITS
DAMN
YANKEES(1959)
Having won a
Tony award in
the role on
Broadway, Gwen
Verdon plays Lola
and partners Bob
Fosse for their number Who’s
Got the Pain.SWEET CHARITY (1966)
Bob directed Gwen in the
hit Broadway musical
but his less successful
film version starred
Shirley MacLaine
in the lead (1969).
Gwen generously
helped with the
choreography.CABARET (1972)
Gwen was on set
in Berlin for Bob
as he directed this
classic musical,
starring Liza
Minnelli, which
won him an Oscar
for Best Director.
He remains the
only person to
win a Tony, an Emmy and
an Oscar in the same year.CHICAGO (1975)
Playing the killer
Roxie Hart, Gwen starred
in the original award-
winning Broadway
production, directed and
choreographed by Bob.ALL THAT JAZZ (1980)
Bob tells his own story via that
of a fictional
womanising,
drug-addicted
dancer played
by Roy
Scheider.
It won four
Oscars, and
a third Best
Director
nomination
for Bob.Bob and
Gwen were
almost like
twins in a way
SAM ROCKWELL
DRAMA