Fosse & Verdon Book No. 13 - Scouring Books for “Fosse” & “Verdon"

In setting out to write a book about someone who would be turning 100 this year, its an unfortunate fact that many people who knew Bob and Gwen, have already passed away. My goal with my book is to share as many people’s stories as possible. So when a potential interview subject has already passed, I look for any record they may have left of their own experiences. One of the first places I looked was books! Memoirs and autobiographies to be more exact.

Here are a few of the people whose memoirs I scoured for tidbits on their working relationships with Bob and Gwen. In parentheses I have just one production that they worked on with Bob and Gwen, but many of these artists did several shows with them.

Chita Rivera (Chicago ‘75) Neil Simon (Sweet Charity ‘66) Richard Adler (Damn Yankees ‘55) Frank Loesser (How to Succeed ‘61) Tab Hunter (Damn Yankees ‘57) Cy Fuerer (Cabaret ‘72) Fred Ebb (Liza with a Z ‘72)

My already packed bookshelves got a little tighter while I researched for this book! 

Tell me, do you have a favorite dance or show-biz memoir?