Fosse/Verdon
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The rehearsals for Chicago are finally underway, with Bob out of hospital and Gwen raring to go.
August 2019
The stress is beginning to get to Bob as the editing of Lenny overlaps with the preparations for the start of Chicago.
Three months after checking himself out of a psychiatric clinic, Bob hires a weekend house in the country to help comfort the recently bereaved Neil Simon.
Fosse is too nervous to attend the premiere of Cabaret and is woken the next morning by his friend Paddy with the reviews. Gwen is struggling with her first straight play, Children, Children.
As Fosse struggles with the editing of the film Cabaret, he has also taken on the direction of a new musical Pippin. Gwen is thrilled to be offered her first straight Broadway play.
Exploring the partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, beginning in 1966 with Fosse directing the film Sweet Charity, starring Shirley MacLaine in the role made famous by Bob's wife Gwen on Broadway.
Gwen is in Majorca with Joan to reflect on her relationship with Bob, who she has caught being unfaithful. She reflects on how she met Fosse during the show Damn Yankees when he asked to audition her.