Bob Fosse

Bob Fosse (  1927 – 1987 ), ballarí i coreògraf.

Fosse said that from a director’s point of view there were only three types of show songs:

• I Am songs – Any song that explains a character, a group of characters, or a situation.
• I Want songs – These tell us what characters desire, what motivates them. Most love songs fit into this category.
• New songs – This includes any number that does not fit the other two categories, usually because they serve special dramatic needs.

The Pajama game 1957

Damm Yankees 1958

1961 How to succed

Sweet Charity (1969) music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. Un èxit a Broadway i un fracàs de taquilla al cine. If they could see me now.

Cabaret (1972), music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb

Willkommen

Cabarett

Mein Herr

The Little Prince ,  musical de 1974, Stanley Donen