- Hardcover: 292 pages
- Publisher: St Martins Pr; 1 edition (Nov 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312034148
- ISBN-13: 978-0312034146
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 712,573 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading Razzle Dazzle it was extremely informative and I wasn't able to put it down for a second. I love Bob Fosse and all his work. This book took into account all his achievments and even his failures to create the realism of his dark dismal mind that created some of the best shows on Broadway & in Hollywood! It is definitly worth reading
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The best book I've ever read!
1 Feb 1999
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading Razzle Dazzle it was extremely informative and I wasn't able to put it down for a second. I love Bob Fosse and all his work. This book took into account all his achievments and even his failures to create the realism of his dark dismal mind that created some of the best shows on Broadway & in Hollywood! It is definitly worth reading
Fosse book
12 Mar 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Razzle Dazzle: The Life and Work of Bob Fosse arrived in very good condition, with a plastic covering to protect it, and I was really delighted to have it. The book itself is a good read, with terrific photos throughout, and I'd recommend it to anyone interested in Fosse's work, the history of Broadway and dance in the US. The author reproduces a lot of Fosse's interviews given to newspapers/magazines over the years but I get the impression he did do his homework and interviewed a lot of people who knew Fosse. Interestingly, the two people closest to Fosse refused to be involved in the book for some reason. I'm not sure if those people ever put together their own book about Fosse.
The passionate and complicated, the compelling Bob Fosse
5 Aug 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
There is not much out there about Bob Fosse,only three books with two being biographies, and for many he may be someone whom they just might stumble upon accidentally by watching one of his four amazing film like I did.This book is a wonderful introduction into his career and how revolutionary he was for his the time, and even now. For nearly thirty years Fosse was one of the greatest creative forces on Broadway, who embraced he roots of his young career in burlesque and vaudeville and created a style of choreography that was dynamic, exciting, and provocative.His contributions to film making can not be overlooked either. To look back at his first film, Sweet Charity, you see how he revolutionized how dance looks on film. As with any gifted artist their work sometimes becomes an expression of their own personal struggles, as they can not be express them normally in their own life. As Fosse's career exploded, dark themes such as death,his unconventional and hedonistic sexuality, as well as his compulsion for drugs and alcohol marred his personal life but how he portrayed these struggles, especially sexuality in his work, was nothing short of brilliance.For a man to "stage" his own death, in the film All That Jazz, and to have it being such a honest personal confessional,as well as one of the greatest dance routines ever filmed, shows you Fosse was a true master of creating the show stopper.
Kevin Boyd Grubb's book presents an honest and compelling view of one of the Twenty century most gift artists, who sadly may have been the last of his kind. The books also is filled with many insightful photographs and interviews that will you have you yearning for a time when Broadway was still one, if not the top driving forces of art expression and creativity in our country.
Kevin Boyd Grubb's book presents an honest and compelling view of one of the Twenty century most gift artists, who sadly may have been the last of his kind. The books also is filled with many insightful photographs and interviews that will you have you yearning for a time when Broadway was still one, if not the top driving forces of art expression and creativity in our country.
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