Fosse

Sam Wasson

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9780547999227
• Print ISBN:
  9780544334618
• Subtopic: Film & Video

From "a smart and savvy reporter," a biography of the award-winning performer and director that "abounds with colorful firsthand tales" (Janet Maslin, New York Times).

Now the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams with Lin-Manuel Miranda executive producing.

The only person ever to win Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year, Bob Fosse revolutionized nearly every facet of American entertainment. His signature style would influence generations of performing artists. Yet in spite of Fosse's innumerable achievements—including  Cabaret, Pippin, All That Jazz, and  Chicago, one of the longest-running Broadway musicals ever—his offstage life was shadowed by deep wounds and insatiable appetites.

To craft this richly detailed account, best-selling author Sam Wasson has drawn on a wealth of unpublished material and hundreds of sources: friends, enemies, lovers, and collaborators, many of them speaking publicly about Fosse for the first time. With propulsive energy and stylish prose,  Fosse is the definitive biography of one of Broadway and Hollywood's most complex and dynamic icons.

An NPR Best Book of the Year

"Fascinating." — Wall Street Journal

"Spellbinding." —Entertainment Weekly

"Impeccably researched." — Vanity Fair

''Scintillating.'' — Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Powerfully told.'' —Paul Hendrickson, author of  Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost

"Highly recommended for theater or movie aficionados, aspiring performers, and fans of engrossing biography.'' — Library Journal, starred review

''Lushly researched . . . moving and memorable. . . . Graceful prose creates a richly detailed and poignant portrait.'' —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) 

"A pure joy to read, cover to cover; you read it not merely for Fosse's story, but also for Wasson's inventive way of telling it." — Booklist, starred review

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• The End
• Sixty Years
• Forty-Five Years
• Forty-One Years
• Thirty-Seven Years
• Thirty-Five Years
• Thirty-Three Years
• Thirty-Two Years
• Twenty-Eight Years
• Twenty-Seven Years
• Twenty-Four Years
• Twenty Years
• Photos I
• Sixteen Years
• Fifteen Years
• Fourteen Years
• Thirteen Years
• Twelve Years
• Eleven Years
• Nine Years
• Eight Years
• Photos II
• Seven Years
• Six Years
• Five Years
• Four Years
• Three Years
• Two Years
• One Year
• One Hour and Fifty-Three Minutes
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index
• Sample Chapter from IMPROV NATION
• Buy the Book
• About the Author