And everyone looked like they were having so much fun!
“This is Broadway, baby!”
I remember thinking to myself.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Julieta Cervantes
WhenFossewon Best Musical that night, I understood why.
With all that energy and style and flare, how couldn’t it?
It may have been a bit too bold, however, forDancin’co-producer Bernard Jacobs.
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Fosse cut the ballet from the originalDancin', but this time around Cilento restores it to great effect.
It also feels tame by today’s standards.
This was banned in Boston?
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What feels more revolutionary is the casting.
Fosse’s best work always had a sort of queer subtext.
Dancin’stars 22 of the best dancers Broadway has to offer and they are all gorgeous.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Julieta Cervantes
Watching them move is a sexual thrill in itself.
As far as Broadway audiences go, mine was a little rowdy.
A reaction both to elaborate postures and at-times elaborate skin-baring costumes.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Julieta Cervantes
A note about those costumes by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung:cute.
The show is produced in cooperation with Nicole Fosse, his daughter with Gwen Verdon.
A lack of plot doesn’t mean that there’s just dance after dance without context.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Julieta Cervantes
When the show hits does it hit.
Serotonin from tip to taint.
But there are a few lulls, most often when the dance isn’t the main focus.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Julieta Cervantes
The “America” section ofDancin’felt the most labored to me.
I was waiting for “Sing Sing Sing.”
visions of zoot suits and blurry YouTube videos dancing in my head.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Photo by Julieta Cervantes
It did not disappoint.
“This is Broadway, baby!”
It’s a showstopper and a surefire crowd pleaser.
‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’' at The Music Box Theatre.Julieta Cervantes
The joy of movement, after all is universal.
And even with a few missteps along the way, that joy pulses throughBob Fosse’s Dancin'.A
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