Question | Answer |
Born in the Jewish Immigrant Hospital in 1918 | Jerome Robbins |
Parents owned a corsett shop and worked with many Vaudvillians | Jerome Robbins |
1st Big Hit: "On the Town" directed and choreographed along with Leonard Bernstein | Jerome Robbins |
The King and I | Jerome Robbins |
The Pajama Game | Jerome Robbins |
Peter Pan | Jerome Robbins |
Bells are Ringing (with Bob Fosse | Jerome Robbins |
West Side Story | Jerome Robbins |
Gypsy | Jerome Robbins |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Jerome Robbins |
Fiddler on the Roof | Jerome Robbins |
Tony- Best Choreography- High Button Shoes | Jerome Robbins |
Tony- Best Choreography- West Side Story | Jerome Robbins |
Tony- Best Choreography and Best Director- Fiddler on the Roof | Jerome Robbins |
Tony- Best Director- Jerome Robbin's Broadway | Jerome Robbins |
Originally born Jerome Robbins Robinowitz, but changed it to avoid ethnic stereotyping | Jerome Robbins |
Got a ton of people black listed by the House of Comittee of UnAmerican Activities | Jerome Robbins |
Dad was a Vaudeville performer who got______ into Vaudeville and Burlesque | Bob Fosse |
Attended Fredrick Weaver Ballet School (only boy in his class) | Bob Fosse |
Style: dance should naturally come from a walk or a stroll | Jerome Robbins |
Enlisted in Navy and performed all over the world in WWII | Bob Fosse |
Big Break: Choreographed The Pajama Game | Bob Fosse |
Damn Yankees | Bob Fosse |
Sweet Charity | Bob Fosse |
Pippin | Bob Fosse |
Chicago | Bob Fosse |
Tony- Best Choreography- Damn Yankees | Bob Fosse |
Tony- Best Choreography- Sweet Charity | Bob Fosse |
Tony- best Choreography and Best Direction- Pippin | Bob Fosse |
Tony- Best Choreography- Chicago | Bob Fosse |
Isolation and lingering movement. Very bent, twisted shapes | Bob Fosse |
Used cigarettes and top hats | Bob Fosse |
Acting Career cut short due to balding | Bob Fosse |
First to recieve a Tony, Emy, and Academy Award in one year- 1973 | Bob Fosse |
son of an oil rig worker in Texas | Tommy Tune |
Moved to NYC and got a job at his very first audition for the chorus of "Baker Street" | Tommy Tune |
Big Break: Directed and Choreographed Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Tommy Tune |
Nine | Tommy Tune |
My One and Only | Tommy Tune |
Grand Hotel | Tommy Tune |
The Will Rodgers Follies | Tommy Tune |
Old-style musical, lots of Vaudeville moves, clean definition and flow | Tommy Tune |
Tony-BC-A Day in Hollywood/Night in Ukraine | Tommy Tune |
Tony-BDM- Nine | Tommy Tune |
Tony-BAM- My One and Only | Tommy Tune |
Tony- BC The Will Rodgers Follies | Tommy Tune |
A high school auditorium in Texas is named after him | Tommy Tune |
6 foot and 6 and a half inches tall | Tommy Tune |