Hello, diva lovers. I’d like to dedicate this week’s column to the memory of Gwen Verdon, who passed away earlier this week in Vermont. A four-time Tony winner for her work in Can-Can, Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town and Redhead, Verdon also appeared on Broadway in Alive and Kicking, Sweet Charity and Chicago and will be forever linked with one of Broadway’s greatest director/choreographers, her husband, the late Bob Fosse. A triple-threat star of both the stage and screen, Verdon was a legend if there ever was one, and, thankfully, some of that legendary work was preserved on film. If you’ve never seen her wonderful turn as Lola in Damn Yankees, do yourself a favor and rent the movie this weekend. Several of Verdon’s other film and TV appearances follow:
Hello, diva lovers. I’d like to dedicate this week’s column to the memory of Gwen Verdon, who passed away earlier this week in Vermont. A four-time Tony winner for her work in Can-Can, Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town and Redhead, Verdon also appeared on Broadway in Alive and Kicking, Sweet Charity and Chicago and will be forever linked with one of Broadway’s greatest director/choreographers, her husband, the late Bob Fosse. A triple-threat star of both the stage and screen, Verdon was a legend if there ever was one, and, thankfully, some of that legendary work was preserved on film. If you’ve never seen her wonderful turn as Lola in Damn Yankees, do yourself a favor and rent the movie this weekend. Several of Verdon’s other film and TV appearances follow:
