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Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon (January 13, 1925 – October 18, 2000) was an American actress and dancer. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and she served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for theater and film.
The Los Angeles Dance Awards, founded in 1994, were called the "Fosse Awards", and are now called the American Choreography Awards. The Bob Fosse–Gwen Verdon Fellowship was established by their daughter, Nicole Fosse, in 2003 at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Reinking and Verdon kept Fosse's unique choreography alive after his death.
Nanette Fabray won for Love Life (1949) Mary Martin won three times: for South Pacific (1950), Peter Pan (1955), and The Sound of Music (1960) Gertrude Lawrence won for The King and I (1952) Rosalind Russell won for Wonderful Town (1953) Gwen Verdon won for Damn Yankees (1956) Diahann Carroll won for No Strings (1962) Vivien Leigh won for Tovarich (1963) Carol Channing won for Hello, Dolly!
The cast starred Verdon and Richard Kiley. The show won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical ran in a brief US tour after closing on Broadway, starring Verdon and Kiley. The tour started at the Shubert Theatre, Chicago in March 1960 and ended at the Curran Theatre, San Francisco, California, in June 1960. [5]
Fosse/Verdon is a 2019 American biographical drama miniseries, developed by Steven Levenson and Thomas Kail.Based on the biography Fosse by Sam Wasson, the series charts the troubled marriage and professional relationship of director/choreographer Bob Fosse and actress/dancer Gwen Verdon, played by Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams respectively.
Sound mixer Greg P. Russell holds the record for the most Oscar nominations without a win. He has been nominated 17 times for his work on films like The Rock, Armageddon, Memoirs of a Geisha, and ...
The show starred Gwen Verdon, John McMartin, Helen Gallagher, Thelma Oliver, James Luisi, Arnold Soboloff, Sharon Ritchie, Ruth Buzzi, and Barbara Sharma. Scenic and lighting design were by Robert Randolph and costume design was by Irene Sharaff. The production was nominated for 9 Tony Awards, winning for Fosse's choreography.
The 26th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by ABC television on April 23, 1972, from The Broadway Theatre in New York City. ... Jean Stapleton, and Gwen Verdon. ...