num_pages: 723
description: More than a quarter-century after his death Bob Fosses 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 Fosses 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 Fosses 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 Drawing on a wealth of unpublished material and hundreds of sources  friends enemies lovers and collaborators many of whom have never spoken publicly about Fosse before  Wasson illuminates not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 Fosses 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 Fosses insatiable appetites  for spotlights women and life itself. In this sweeping richly detailed account Wassons stylish effervescent prose proves the ideal vehicle for revealing Bob Fosse as he truly was  after hours close up and in vibrant color.
language: English
title: Fosse
publisher: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt