FOSSE Reinking/Neuwirth
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- Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth had already co-starred on Broadway in "Sweet Charity" and "Chicago" when, in the spring of 2001, they co-starred once again by joining the 1999 Best Musical Tony winner, "Fosse." Reinking was co-conceiver/co-choreographer/co-director of the show, and this would be Reinking's last Broadway appearance. Included here are "Mein Herr," "Steam Heat," "Dancing in the Dark" and more.
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
I was lucky enough to work with Ann. She was one of the most gracious, humble and kindest person I have ever worked with. I invited her to come to Duke University, where I was guest directing a muscial, to do a master class> We had 300 people come take the class and she made everyone feel so wonderful and worthy to be there. Class act!!!!!!
When were you at Duke?? What musical did you direct?
@@StacyMoscotti I was at Duke 77- 81 I directed Music Man 83
@@StacyMoscotti I also directed Sweet Charity and we used Ann's Top hat from the Broadway production
She was a great inspiration for me.
I saw an interview where Ann said female dancers have a career "up til 35 maybe.. the greats like Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera go up to 50", well there she is as the Great she was. Incredible.
RIP Ann. Broadway misses you.
Ann's performance in Mein Herr brilliantly conveys the intention of the choreographer! Instead of a stylistic interpretation of Fosse, which is difficult in itself, she goes deeper, and for the first time I am moved and shaken by this piece, instead of only pleased by Fosse's obvious mastery of choreography. Brava!
Thanks it's great to see both Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking, both true masters of Bob Fosse's choreography, performing: pure joy. They make it all seem effortless.
i am so enamored with all the Fosse dancers. All of them. But
madly completely in love with Ann
Reinking. She just flows. sometime like a slow spring sometimes like a whitewater rapid.
Amazing!! Ann Reinking is one of the most enduring and under appreciated talents of the modern stage. Thank you so much for posting this.
Ann Reinking has the "Elusive' "IT”' Factor''.. She has it. ...
WOW!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!!! Ms. Reinking will be GREATLY missed - RIP!!
ANN in the last two is definitely the MASTER!
I love Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth.
Reinking! Goddess of the stage!
I’ve been hoping for almost two decades for any footage of Bebe and Ann in Fosse, this is a godsend. Thank you so much!
I'm so glad I was able to provide this. Of course Reinking is seen briefly in the commercially released "Fosse" video, but not in anything seen here.
Thanks so much for posting this! I remember this performance!! I knew Annie (and got work in the biz because of Annie). My family had so much history with her too. I really miss her.
I wish whomever shot this would have STOPPED zooming in on Bebe! Let’s see her DANCE (we know what she looks like). That said, so pleased this was posted!
News flash - Ann Reinking rules!
hearing Ann sing LIfe is Just a Bowl of Cherries is one of the highlights of my theater life....I wish I could hear it again..it was sang as if she were talking to Fosse...brilliant (I don't know why they didn't have her do the video...) if you ever run into it please let me know ,....thanks for all the beautiful memories
that was actually sung at Fosse's memorial service. Gwen, Ann, and Nicole were front and center. even being a sad occasion the performances were knock out
First time I've seen "Mein Herr" performed and not thought LIZA!... Reinking gives it sort of a Dietrich feel and brings out the Weimer of it all. Thank you as always, Aurora!
zjchaise right!? Same for me!
The first time this number has made sense to me. Wow!
No offense to Anne, who I love, but Liza’s Sally could sing better. Ironically, the character wasn’t really supposed to be that good, but you can’t fault either. I was a teenager when Pippin opened and I first saw Fosse’s choreography. I saw Pippin four times (with the masterful Ben Vereen - wonderful dancer), Jill Clayburgh, and John Rubinstein. I was hooked. Still am.
Lynn Stuart funny how that works with Liza being a singer first & foremost while Anne is first & foremost a dancer
@@momstu1ify , You're right. In the Stage musical, Sally is a Heroin Addict chasing a gay man.
Ann Renking was was a Performance Genius
This is absolutely breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing!
Delighted that you enjoyed it.
so incredible!!! thank you so much for sharing
Amazing!! Thank you so much!
This is a real gem! Thank you so much for sharing it!!!!
What a treasure to find online. Thank you!!
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much.
thanks
I saw the show when they were in it. Great memory
I actually saw her in the show when she first starred in it. She actually did the full role and she was sooo good. Her and Ben turned Dancing Dan into an AMAZING duet. I was pissed when they didn't add it in the DVD and that she didn't do mein herr
"She" and Ben, not Her.
Fantastic
it is a great gift
You are so welcome.
WOW!!!!!
I may be condemned by Verdon and Rivera devotees, but, to my eye, there never has been--and possibly never will be--a pair of Fosse dancers who better embody the style or complement each other than Reinking and Neuwirth. Ann's grace and fluidity and Bebe's athleticism and precision are breathtaking alone, but, when combined, they are superlative.
Wonderful comment, so glad you liked this.
Only thing that comes close Ann and Ben Vereen they also did this show together plus did Pippin together
Minnelli was virtually a kid when she originally performed the number in the movie, and she played Sally as a neophyte. Reinking plays Sally as a woman with experience.
Ann is the best.
@@rosemorris7912 Poor Lisa Minelli couldn't stop jiggling. She just wasn't up to the Fosse choreography.
I like the way "Dancing in the Dark" starts as a waltz and then switches to the standard 4-4.
Cool Hand Luke!
remember that time they filmed this revue and then put ann in two numbers? so we had to find her playing them here? wild
Thanks for making that point---exactly why I put these clips up.
do you have any footage of Valerie Pittiford in Fosse I saw the show with her and she was AWSOME
In FolliesFan clip of Ms. Minnelli rehearsing "Chicago" with Ms. Rivera, Mr. Fosse's head is visible as he evaluates their precision standing in front of the stage.
This dented brain is adding his head shadow at the bottom of the monitor in these numbers as well. Seems proper.
Peace be with you...Lukerdog
Boy can that Ken Allen dance. WoW!
Sad news about Ann Reinking :-( May she rest in peace.
hey aurora spiderwoman, thanks for posting this. My wife was on that stage! She tore her acl just days before they filmed the show for dvd, so she does not appear on it. Any chance you can post the show you have here in it's entirety?
If Fosse had directed a revival of Cabaret could see Ann as Sally and Bebe as Fritzie obviously in the late 80s if he didn’t die
Not enamored of the filming of "Change Your Ways"- too much close-up on Bebe and not nearly enough of showing how she can move.
Indeed. If you're filming someone dancing, maybe get their legs in the shot?
Well, I saw FOSSE on Broadway, with Ben Veeren as the show moderator and Ann Reinking appeared only at the "Intro" and " Big Spender".Bebe Neuwirth was not there. I have the DVD that shows exactly the performance that I saw on Broadway. It means that Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth also went through some other performaces inside the show?
They were both in it for a while then Bebe left and Ann did some later shows with Ben. Owing to injury, I believe, she didn’t appear in as many numbers by then. She did “Dancin’ Dan” with Ben but it was cut from the DVD owing to clearance issues with the music publishers, but it was in the show. Who sang/did what changed all the time to play to the strengths and genders of the principal performers.
Scrumptious! Does anyone know in what year this was filmed?
2001, and Ann's final Broadway appearance.
Aurora, dear, can you share what year this show was? I saw "Fosse" around 2000 -2002, I think? I can't remember exactly when it was (have some memory loss due to having cancer, and some memories are fuzzy or gone) and could have been like 98 or 99 even. Anyway, would love to know. Helps piece back my memories. Cheers, Carmen, SF Bay Area.
Reinking and Neuwirth were together in "Fosse" in 2001.
why is the SPOTLIGHT - literally - MORE ON ANNE THAN BEBE - just wondering
why was the camera person soo focused on bebe? pull back so we can see the choreography please.
Thank you so much! Did Ann and Bebe start as leading ladies in Fosse? Was this on the tour before Broadway?
No, neither one of them opened the show in1999. Ann first went on to play opposite Ben Vereen. But for just a month in 2001, Ann and Bebe joined together.
@@auroraspiderwoman5886 I think Anne joined before Ben. I remember because Eugene was still doing Dancing Dan then when Ben came they turned it into an AMAZING duet that they foolishly left off the DVD.
I adore Ann Reining but Liza. That's all
Fantastic. -------I have such admiration for dancers ! ----------------------WolfSky9, 72 y/o
How did I miss this? I’m a Fosse aficionado! I’m a Northern California and San Francisco bay area that is and I travel to Los Angeles to see Fosse’s during out of town tryouts. Then I went to New York that December inside in previews. I had so many preconceive notion‘s about which should’ve been in the show and how to show should’ve worked that although I cherished it I didn’t love it wholeheartedly. Watching this I get a new angle for example I never really liked Valerie Pettiford in her role as sort of the shows Grande Dame! Reinking here knocks the same number Mein Herr our of the Park. But that Cool Hand Luke! WowZie! I am a choreographer and I have restaged this choreography more than once of course I’m not Fosse trained per se but I’m known for making the audience Fosse converts. I like to think I bring great care to the work. I’ve also done steam heat with that when I had some of my own flair but it’s pretty faithful! But these two in Cool Hand Luke are just jaw-dropping!
All of that is so interesting, and I'm really glad you liked this.
aurora spiderwoman 🦋🙏🏾🌸
What makes it real special is they compliment each other and worked with Bob and possibly Gwen personally so they bring out the little nuances that make Fosse unique
tomgallowitz I dunno there’s also that something extra that Anne & Bebe have. Anne is in the Mein Herr number originally played on Broadway by Valarie Pettiford. Someone who also worked with Fosse but lacked the spark that these 2 have. Of course Anne was a Fosse muse and helped stage this show. So yeh, ultimately a good point!
Chocolate Souljah Again they compliment each other and have chemistry which is why they were a great Roxie and Velma respectively
Wie heißen diese Schuhe?
Well, here we go: 1: Bebe Neuwirth "Steam Heat" - Her hat was a little bit too big, and the part with the rolling down with her hat did not work. But: she is 100% professional and knows how to deal with it and : 2. The song was too high for her, with Meg Gillentine one hears the right pitch from the song. But again: Bebe did it wonderfully. 3: Ann Reinking "Cool Hand Luke"- it uses to be a terzet, what happened? only two on the stage ? OK, OK the two on the stage are Bebe and Ann, makes sense :-)))) 4: "There'll Be Some Changes Made" - Nice to see Rachelle Rak there, and who ist the second background performer? 5 - Again an octave lower as original ( watch with Dana Moore in the main rolle). But Bebe did an amazing interpretation from the story. A sad story. BRAVA :-)))) THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this :-)))))
Thanks for all of this--interesting analysis.
@Thomas Buttig #4: the other performer completing the trio is Jenny-Lynn Suckling :)
@@igetallthemailaha Thank you so much
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@@auroraspiderwoman5886 Thank you for writing me
@@igetallthemailaha Thank you so much
16:50 the poster for Wicked.
Was this on a cruise ship?
Ken Alan is fucking adorable 😍
Seriously Ann Reinking is way better.
no one can do it like Liza
I disagree. Valerie and Ann are amazing.
steam heat .. saw too many mess ups
Someone has to learn how to shoot dance on video... this sucks. Why all closeups of faces when their bodies are doing incredible things? It's like bad soft porn.
How come Ann didn’t perform more in the official recoding of Fosse? No t no shade to Rachelle Rak (cuz she’s a queen) but Ann performed this so much better than her. Also let it be known that Ken Alan tap dancing is the most adorable thing on the planet. K bye.
I too have wondered about that official DVD; it seems that it could have been planned better.
I believe she injured her ankle and was out of the numbers that required much dancing. I saw her with Vereen. IIRC she was in Big Spender and not much else. On the other hand , Vereen seemed to be in everything!
I saw Ann Reinking in "A Chorus Line" at the Pantages in Los Angeles in 1976 or 1977. All I could think through the whole performance was, "Please, Somebody pull her hair out of her face!". There is not one dance teacher that did not constantly emphasize the importance of having one's hair out of one's face during a performance. I am not kidding. Her hair was parted down the middle and was always covering her face. Very distracting. Was she shy? I don't think so! I had seen Donna McKechnie on Broadway. Reinking was good, but I guess I was spoiled!
the whole role of Cassie was altered for Ann specific instructions from Michael Bennett to do it a certain way
@@skipp4295, I don't understand. Ann was a kid when I saw her in the touring company at the Pantages in L.A. in 1976. I saw Donna who was in her 30s in the original on Broadway!
re: Anne Reinking in A CHORUS LINE?
Posted: 9/28/06 at 3:04pm
Annie replaced Donna when most of the original line went out west to open the LA company. She also tied the skirt on the other side because it showed off her leg better when she did battments and fluttered more in the turning section in TMATM. Every Cassie in the original run followed suit with the skirt. It is interesting to me especially since the logo has it tied on the right where Donna tied it (as well as Charlotte) but every photo since Donna it is tied on the left.
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an
@@lisacooks several Cassies take the skirt off during the number. Wanda Reichart, Vicki Fredricks, Cheryl Clark, and Laurie Gamache all pulled the skirt. They split the cast where half went to LA half stayed in NYC.
@@skipp4295 , This has Nothing to do with my comment about Reinking's HAIR in "A Chorus Line". I am POSITIVE that NO Director/ Choreographer would encourage any performer to make sure that her face was COMPLETELY covered by her hair throughout one's entire performance...ESPECIALLY while trying to deliver lines! The audience NEVER saw Reinking's face during the performance that I saw in L.A. No facial expression...constantly slumped over. Donna McKecknie was even better when she performed "The Music and the Mirror" when she was at least 50.
LIZA OWNS THIS .....SOWY !!!!!
Liza Minnelli couldn't do the subtle movement isolations required for Fosse's choreography; she flung her arms around and jiggled too much.
@@MisterJeffy I disagree
Reinking seems to be loaded with testosterone.
Menopause!