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Oct 18, 2000 · Gwen Verdon. High-kicking redheaded dancer, choreographer, and actress Gwen Verdon ( b. Culver City, CA, January 13, 1925; d. Woodstock, VT, October 18, 2000 ), was acknowledged in the 1950s and ’60s to be the best dancer on Broadway. Her role as Lola in both stage and screen versions of Damn Yankees (“Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets”) is ...
Jun 4, 2020 · Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon are often hailed, respectively, as the greatest choreographer and dancer of the American theater. Their chemistry would forge some of the most heralded Broadway ...
Aug 12, 2020 · Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon is an intimate documentary of Broadway's greatest dancer, the brilliant Gwen Verdon, produced, written an...
Oct 18, 2000 · Gwen Verdon, Broadway's premier female dancer who was the seductive Lola in Damn Yankees and the saucy, love-struck Charity in Sweet Charity, died today of natural causes. She was 75.
Apr 15, 2020 · Gwen Verdon, who was dancing in movies from the age of 11, became the brightest of Broadway stars in the 1950s, winning four Tony Awards in five years for her performances -- especially her dancing -- in “Can-Can,” “Damn Yankees,” “New Girl in Town,” “Redhead.”. She later originated Tony-nominated roles in “Sweet Charity ...
Sep 14, 2021 · Gwen Verdon gets her due at the Fall for Dance Festival with “Sweet Gwen Suite,” a reimagining of three works made for TV in the late 1960s.
Oct 17, 2000 · Gwen Verdon was an American dancer and actress of stage and screen. While she originated many roles in musicals, she is also strongly identified with her second husband, director–choreographer ...
