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Windy, Mike, and Vinnie explore the history of movies, one musical at a time!
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Jazz Hams! The Fossepocalypse is finally over! (No more roving bands of cannibalistic jazz dancers. No more Death by Jazz Hands. No more Broadway Thunderdome. (Damn, that’s a thing I really want now.)) Join us as we finish talking about the 2002 revue FOSSE, which is also a review of our previous months of immersion …
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The post Episode 54: Broadway Revue FOSSE, Part 2 (Fossepocalypse Bonus Round) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
We’re back, Jazz Hams, with our final Fossepocalypse – the bonus round viewing of the Broadway revue FOSSE! This 1999 revue won the Tony for Best Musical that year. Originally conceived by Chet Walker (a regular dance captain for Fosse), the show toured out of town through most of 1998. The full credits are: “The …
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This is is, Jazz Hams. The official conclusion of the Fossepocalypse. (There will be one bonus round after this, but the musical filmography of Mr. Bob Fosse ends here.) We discuss John Lithgow as Michael Bennet stand in, the weird head canon of Richard Dreyfuss as Joe Gideon, and the producing shenanigans pulled to get …
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The post Episode 52: All That Jazz, Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #11.5) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
The Fossepocalypse nears its ultimate denouement as we watch Fosse’s autobiographical masterpiece ALL THAT JAZZ. The movie stands on its own (boy howdy, does it) but oh the layers when you know your Fosse work and history! The egotistical frustrations of making PIPPIN a Fosse show, the insanity of creating a Broadway show while editing …
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The post Episode 51: All That Jazz, Part 1 (Fossepocalypse #11) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Welcome back to the Fossepocalypse, Jazzhandians, with the capital city located in CHICAGO. This week’s conclusion discusses Little Mary Sunshine, Renee Zellweger as a puppet, and the showstopping Catherine Z-J. We give a lot of love to John C. Reilly as Amos (deservedly so), the slick confidence and tapping prowess of Richard Gere, and the …
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Listen up, you jazz babies! This week’s episode is a classic of stage and screen – CHICAGO. The original cast was titanic in talent: Gwen Verdon as Roxie, Chita Rivera as Velma, and Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn. The 1996 revival featured Bebe Neuwirth (yes, from Cheers) as Velma and Ann Reinking as Roxie (with …
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Welcome, listeners, to part two of our discussion of Fosse’s last dance performance on film, THE LITTLE PRINCE. In this week’s episode, we delve into Fosse’s role and performance. Stanley Donen offered Fosse complete creative control to entice him to do the film (and it’s a testament to Donen’s sure hand at the helm that …
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Jazz Hams! We’re back and we’re back in the groove! (Every other week can get weirdly confusing, y’know?) The Fossepocalypse will not be stopped and so this week we bring you Bob’s last dance performance on film – THE LITTLE PRINCE. QUIZ TIME! Director Stanley Donen (yep, that guy again) knew exactly who he wanted …
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Jazz Hams! We’re back! We apologize for missing last week. The new every-other-week schedule collided with CONvergence (Windy’s annual bacchanalia) and the bacchanalia won. We continue our discussion of PIPPIN – both its place in the Fosse oeuvre, and the particularities and peculiarities of the “movie” version we watched. It’s amazing that Fosse gave up …
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The post Episode 46: Pippin Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #8.5) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
The Fossepocalypse continues! As we begin our new bi-weekly schedule, we complete Fosse’s 1973 trifecta of drug-induced creativity: PIPPIN. Neither Mike nor Vinnie had ever seen or even really heard of this show until Windy came along with her Fossetastic ways. Even with building up to the show by watching Fosse’s works in chronological order, …
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The Fossepocalypse is lingering at the apex of Fosse’s GOT year (Grammy-Oscar-Tony) as Windy shows Mike and Vinnie the television special LIZA WITH A Z. After SWEET CHARITY flopped, Fosse feared he would never work again and started lining up projects as fast as he could get someone to say “yes” – each one the …
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The post Episode 44: Liza with a Z (Fossepocalypse #7) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Welcome back to our discussion of CABARET, with our stunt film virgin Jenny providing her insights, while Mike and Vinnie discover a deeper appreciation for the film. CABARET marks the end of Fosse and Verdon’s marriage, although they never divorced. (This particular point in their relationship is captured beautifully, and performed masterfully, in the miniseries …
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The post Episode 43: Cabaret Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #6.5) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Listeners, the Fossepocalypse continues with (arguably) the high point of Fosse’s film career – CABARET. Since all three of your hosts have seen this film before, we brought in our frequent stunt virgin Jenny. Jenny’s thoughts and reactions alone are worth a listen, but of course we’ve also got Mike making connections to SWEET CHARITY …
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Jazz hams, we continue our deep dive into the decadent depravity of Fosse with part two of our discussion of SWEET CHARITY. While this was Fosse’s film directing debut, he was unafraid to experiment and found a willing accomplice in his cinematographer, Robert Surtees. The two of them created a visually striking film that critics …
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The post Episode 41: Sweet Charity Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #5.5) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Listeners, this week is a real treat – Vinnie and Mike watch Fosse’s film directing debut SWEET CHARITY for the first time ever! This musical was Gwen Verdon’s combined “come back” and “swan song” – she had taken time off to have a child with Bob and be a mother, and at 41 wanted one …
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Fine folk of Jazzhandia, this week we wrap up DAMN YANKEES with part two of our episode. Part two is pretty much all Gwen-love. Gwen was Jack Cole’s star dancer who – like Fosse – gave up on being a movie star and headed to Broadway where she made a big splash almost instantly. DAMN …
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The post Episode 39: Damn Yankees, Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #4.5) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Jazz Hams! This week’s episode is the exact same production team delivering the goods – yet again – in DAMN YANKEES. This time with a heaping helping of Gwen Verdon! (SIDENOTE: Mike’s mic has a weird echo and we do apologize for the odd audio – it eventually corrects.) Jack Warner made a two-picture deal …
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The Fossepocalypse continues with the continuation of our discussion of THE PAJAMA GAME! Steam Heat Once a Year Day Hernando’s Hideaway There Once Was a Man Small Talk Hey There …that’s a half dozen reasons you should seek out this movie right away!
The post Episode 37: The Pajama Game, Part 2 (Fossepocalypse #3.5) appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Jazz hams, the Fossepocalypse continues with the oft-overlooked, and amazingly entertaining THE PAJAMA GAME! As we discuss in this episode, the dances created here actually predate MY SISTER EILEEN. It was his work on THE PAJAMA GAME that got him the job on EILEEN, in fact! But the movie version of PAJAMA GAME came after. …
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The post Episode 36: The Pajama Game (Fossepocalypse #3) Part 1 appeared first on A Reel Education: The Musical!.
Jazz Hams! It’s time to begin our season of devotion to the master: Bob Fosse. This is the second episode of the Fossepocalypse because way-back-when (Episode 17, November 27, 2018) we began the Fossepocalypse with KISS ME, KATE. Inspired by the impending miniseries Fosse/Verdon, we have now committed to the Fossepocalypse completely: we will watch his …
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