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- CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN BUT WAS STRAIGHT, EXPERT CLAIMSALSO: MARC JABS’ MARAL PROPOSAL WAS SO WRONG WAS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY MICHAEL MTOAPRIL 9, 2018/1:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3295PX;WIDTH:5100PX;}AMERIN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE (1927 - 1987) WORKS OUT ROUT ALONE AT THE BROADWAY ARTS STUD (1755 BROADWAY AT 55TH STREET), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 30, 1980. (PHOTO BY JACK VARTOOGIAN/GETTY IMAG)BY MICHAEL MTOAPRIL 9, 2018 / 1:37 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN BUT WAS STRAIGHT, EXPERT CLAIMS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-04-09T17:37:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-04-09T17:37:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANY TIME YOU SEE A TWISTG, SEXILY WRHG DANCER’S “FOSSE HAND,” YOU N THANK THE LATE, GREAT CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE (1927-87), WHOSE SHOWMANSHIP DAZZLED RISK-TAKG SHOWS LIKE SWEET CHARY AND CHIGO, AND WHO ALSO WON ACCLAIM FOR HELMG STYLIZED AND FLUENTIALLY DARK FILMS LIKE CABARET, LENNY, AND ALL THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHOR-LIBRARY CURATOR KEV WKLER’S NEW BOOK, BIG DEAL, BOB FOSSE AND DANCE THE AMERIN MIL, TAK THE TIME TO GIV THE HAND A HAND. TO CELEBRATE S RELEASE, I ASKED WKLER TWO GAY-RELATED QUTNS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WAS FOSSE’S GIFT TO THE LGBT WORLD, CREATIVELY SPEAKG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOSSE WAS WELL-KNOWN FOR CELEBRATG THE SEXUALY OF HIS AMAZONIAN FEMALE DANCERS. BUT HE SIARLY CELEBRATED THE MEN HIS SHOWS, CREATG SEXY, DYNAMIC ROL FOR MALE DANCERS SHOWS LIKE LTLE ME, PIPP, AND CHIGO. FOSSE MONSTRATED A SOPHISTITN AND PERCEPTN ABOUT THE PLEXI OF SEXUAL ATTRACTN REGARDLS OF ORIENTATN. IN ALL THAT JAZZ, A SGLE LOOK BETWEEN A PRODUCER AND A YOUNG MALE DANCER SPEAKS AS MUCH ABOUT THE POWER DYNAMIC AND ATTRACTN BETWEEN THEM AS AN ENTIRE SUBPLOT CHARTG THE VOLVEMENT OF JOE GION (FOSSE'S STAND-) WH A FEMALE DANCER. SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTYAMERIN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE (1927 - 1987), CIR 1950. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, NATURALLY: WAS FOSSE PERSONALLY STRAIGHT OR BI OR…?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOSSE WAS RELENTLSLY HETEROSEXUAL, BUT AFTER PIPP OPENED 1972, HE HAD THIS TO SAY: "ALWAYS BEFORE, IF I FOUND A MALE DANCER THAT I KNEW WAS HOMOSEXUAL, I WOULD KEEP SAYG, 'NO, YOU N’T DO THAT, DON’T BE SO MTY THERE.' THIS TIME, I ED THE KD OF PEOPLE THEY WERE TO GIVE THE SHOW A KD OF DIVIDUALY, AND THEY WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT , I THK HELPED THE SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS A BOLD STATEMENT NSIRG THE SUAL, UNQUTNED HOMOPHOBIA OF THE TIME. THIS MOST HETEROSEXUAL OF DIRECTOR-CHOREOGRAPHERS WAS NOT SHY ADMTG HIS OWN ANXIETI ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY DURG HIS YOUTH. IN A 1980 TERVIEW AFTER DARK, HE ADMTED, "THERE WERE MANY MEN I FOUND REALLY ATTRACTIVE. I SOMETIM THOUGHT, 'IS THERE SOME LATENT TENNCY ME I’M UNAWARE OF?' BUT I NEVER FOUND A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME, NEVER." FOSSE’S ANKNS WAS STARTLG. NO OTHER FIGURE OF HIS STATURE THE MIL THEATER WAS DISCSG THIS TOPIC, EHER AS PERTAED TO HIM OR TO HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MAN FELY HAD SOME MAGIC TO DO, AND ALL THAT JAZZ, EVEN IF HIS OWN PERSONAL FOSSE HANDS DIDN’T SEEM TO STRAY OM THE STRAIGHT LANDSPE. AND Y, A STRAIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER DO HAPPEN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEIGE IS THE NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEIGE IS BACK—NOT JT THE LOR, THE EVENT—AND MORE THAN JT THE HANDS WILL BE GAY. THE DOOR-OUTDOOR SOIREE AT B BAR (A TRENDY RTRANT ON THE BOWERY) BROUGHT THRONGS OF GAYS OUT FOR SWILLG, SCHMOOZG, AND EVEN SOME DANCG, RRYG ON ALL THE WAY OM 1994 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE ORIGAL HOSTS, THE FANCY AND SPIRED ERICH CONRAD, IS VG PEOPLE TO E TO THE SAME VENUE ON MAY 1 TO CELEBRATE A RETURN TO BEIGE, SUBTLED THE R OF SPRG. (OTHER NAM VOLVED THE BASH THROUGH THE YEARS CLUD BILLY ERB, AKA BILLY BEYOND, WHO I HEAR WILL DJ; THE LATE, SOIGNE EDWIGE, AND DJ JON JON BATTL.) IT WAS A MAGIL CLUB THAT FILLED A WHOLE LOT OF TUDAYS WH POSSIBILY, AND I HEAR THAT WHILE THIS RETURN WON’T BE WEEKLY, ULD BE MONTHLY, LIKE A REGULAR VISOR FOR ONE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF CLICKS, LIKE EVERYTHG ELSE OM THE ‘90S SEEMS TO BE DOG, ONE N ONLY S BACK AND WA FOR THE EVABLE PLAID PARTY. AND THE SIGHT ALONE OF CONRAD (WHO’S ALSO HOSTED AT THE MARIME, THE PARAMOUNT, AND THE STANDARD) HOLDG URT WH HIS TOWER OF SEAFOOD TRAYS WILL MAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC OF THE VAMPIRE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THE GROOMS MIGHT NOT NECSARILY WEAR BEIGE TO THEIR WEDDG, BUT ANY SE, WAS FAB TO LEARN THAT MARC JABS PROPOSED TO BOYIEND CHARLY DEANC AT A NY CHIPOTLE THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC HAS LONG BEEN QUE SAVVY ABOUT PLAYG THE MEDIA, AND SCE HE’S ATTRACTED TO CELEBRATG SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CELEBS, ’S NO WONR HE LIK CHIPOTLE, WHICH HAS HAD S OWN SETBACKS. AND AS I SAID TO A IEND, “WOULD YOU BE TALKG ABOUT THIS IF HE’D DONE AT A FOUR-STAR RTRANT?” OF URSE MARC MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE ON THE MONEY IF HE’D PROPOSED AT A DIG INN, 7-11, POPEYE’S OR DUNK’ DONUTS, BUT, AS HAS BEEN SPECULATED, THIS EVENT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH PROMOTN FOR NATNAL BURRO DAY. OKAY, YOU HEATHEN CYNICS? HH! ANYWAY, NGRATS, MARC AND CHARLY—THOUGH I BET PAYLS DON’T SPONSOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- BROADWAY LEGEND JOEL GREY MEMOIR REVEALS SECRET GAY AFFAIR WH HIS TEMPLE'S NTOR, SEX PLAY AS A CHILD WH
CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN BUT WAS STRAIGHT, EXPERT CLAIMSALSO: MARC JABS’ MARAL PROPOSAL WAS SO WRONG WAS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY MICHAEL MTOAPRIL 9, 2018/1:37 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3295PX;WIDTH:5100PX;}AMERIN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE (1927 - 1987) WORKS OUT ROUT ALONE AT THE BROADWAY ARTS STUD (1755 BROADWAY AT 55TH STREET), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 30, 1980. (PHOTO BY JACK VARTOOGIAN/GETTY IMAG)BY MICHAEL MTOAPRIL 9, 2018 / 1:37 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ATTRACTN TO MEN BUT WAS STRAIGHT, EXPERT CLAIMS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-04-09T17:37:50.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-04-09T17:37:50.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL MTO","KEYWORDS":"MTO UNFILTERED","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANY TIME YOU SEE A TWISTG, SEXILY WRHG DANCER’S “FOSSE HAND,” YOU N THANK THE LATE, GREAT CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE (1927-87), WHOSE SHOWMANSHIP DAZZLED RISK-TAKG SHOWS LIKE SWEET CHARY AND CHIGO, AND WHO ALSO WON ACCLAIM FOR HELMG STYLIZED AND FLUENTIALLY DARK FILMS LIKE CABARET, LENNY, AND ALL THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AUTHOR-LIBRARY CURATOR KEV WKLER’S NEW BOOK, BIG DEAL, BOB FOSSE AND DANCE THE AMERIN MIL, TAK THE TIME TO GIV THE HAND A HAND. TO CELEBRATE S RELEASE, I ASKED WKLER TWO GAY-RELATED QUTNS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WAS FOSSE’S GIFT TO THE LGBT WORLD, CREATIVELY SPEAKG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOSSE WAS WELL-KNOWN FOR CELEBRATG THE SEXUALY OF HIS AMAZONIAN FEMALE DANCERS. BUT HE SIARLY CELEBRATED THE MEN HIS SHOWS, CREATG SEXY, DYNAMIC ROL FOR MALE DANCERS SHOWS LIKE LTLE ME, PIPP, AND CHIGO. FOSSE MONSTRATED A SOPHISTITN AND PERCEPTN ABOUT THE PLEXI OF SEXUAL ATTRACTN REGARDLS OF ORIENTATN. IN ALL THAT JAZZ, A SGLE LOOK BETWEEN A PRODUCER AND A YOUNG MALE DANCER SPEAKS AS MUCH ABOUT THE POWER DYNAMIC AND ATTRACTN BETWEEN THEM AS AN ENTIRE SUBPLOT CHARTG THE VOLVEMENT OF JOE GION (FOSSE'S STAND-) WH A FEMALE DANCER. SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTYAMERIN ACTOR, DIRECTOR AND CHOREOGRAPHER BOB FOSSE (1927 - 1987), CIR 1950. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND, NATURALLY: WAS FOSSE PERSONALLY STRAIGHT OR BI OR…?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOSSE WAS RELENTLSLY HETEROSEXUAL, BUT AFTER PIPP OPENED 1972, HE HAD THIS TO SAY: "ALWAYS BEFORE, IF I FOUND A MALE DANCER THAT I KNEW WAS HOMOSEXUAL, I WOULD KEEP SAYG, 'NO, YOU N’T DO THAT, DON’T BE SO MTY THERE.' THIS TIME, I ED THE KD OF PEOPLE THEY WERE TO GIVE THE SHOW A KD OF DIVIDUALY, AND THEY WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT , I THK HELPED THE SHOW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS A BOLD STATEMENT NSIRG THE SUAL, UNQUTNED HOMOPHOBIA OF THE TIME. THIS MOST HETEROSEXUAL OF DIRECTOR-CHOREOGRAPHERS WAS NOT SHY ADMTG HIS OWN ANXIETI ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY DURG HIS YOUTH. IN A 1980 TERVIEW AFTER DARK, HE ADMTED, "THERE WERE MANY MEN I FOUND REALLY ATTRACTIVE. I SOMETIM THOUGHT, 'IS THERE SOME LATENT TENNCY ME I’M UNAWARE OF?' BUT I NEVER FOUND A BIG PROBLEM FOR ME, NEVER." FOSSE’S ANKNS WAS STARTLG. NO OTHER FIGURE OF HIS STATURE THE MIL THEATER WAS DISCSG THIS TOPIC, EHER AS PERTAED TO HIM OR TO HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MAN FELY HAD SOME MAGIC TO DO, AND ALL THAT JAZZ, EVEN IF HIS OWN PERSONAL FOSSE HANDS DIDN’T SEEM TO STRAY OM THE STRAIGHT LANDSPE. AND Y, A STRAIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER DO HAPPEN, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:75%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEIGE IS THE NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEIGE IS BACK—NOT JT THE LOR, THE EVENT—AND MORE THAN JT THE HANDS WILL BE GAY. THE DOOR-OUTDOOR SOIREE AT B BAR (A TRENDY RTRANT ON THE BOWERY) BROUGHT THRONGS OF GAYS OUT FOR SWILLG, SCHMOOZG, AND EVEN SOME DANCG, RRYG ON ALL THE WAY OM 1994 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE ORIGAL HOSTS, THE FANCY AND SPIRED ERICH CONRAD, IS VG PEOPLE TO E TO THE SAME VENUE ON MAY 1 TO CELEBRATE A RETURN TO BEIGE, SUBTLED THE R OF SPRG. (OTHER NAM VOLVED THE BASH THROUGH THE YEARS CLUD BILLY ERB, AKA BILLY BEYOND, WHO I HEAR WILL DJ; THE LATE, SOIGNE EDWIGE, AND DJ JON JON BATTL.) IT WAS A MAGIL CLUB THAT FILLED A WHOLE LOT OF TUDAYS WH POSSIBILY, AND I HEAR THAT WHILE THIS RETURN WON’T BE WEEKLY, ULD BE MONTHLY, LIKE A REGULAR VISOR FOR ONE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF CLICKS, LIKE EVERYTHG ELSE OM THE ‘90S SEEMS TO BE DOG, ONE N ONLY S BACK AND WA FOR THE EVABLE PLAID PARTY. AND THE SIGHT ALONE OF CONRAD (WHO’S ALSO HOSTED AT THE MARIME, THE PARAMOUNT, AND THE STANDARD) HOLDG URT WH HIS TOWER OF SEAFOOD TRAYS WILL MAKE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC OF THE VAMPIRE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THE GROOMS MIGHT NOT NECSARILY WEAR BEIGE TO THEIR WEDDG, BUT ANY SE, WAS FAB TO LEARN THAT MARC JABS PROPOSED TO BOYIEND CHARLY DEANC AT A NY CHIPOTLE THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARC HAS LONG BEEN QUE SAVVY ABOUT PLAYG THE MEDIA, AND SCE HE’S ATTRACTED TO CELEBRATG SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CELEBS, ’S NO WONR HE LIK CHIPOTLE, WHICH HAS HAD S OWN SETBACKS. AND AS I SAID TO A IEND, “WOULD YOU BE TALKG ABOUT THIS IF HE’D DONE AT A FOUR-STAR RTRANT?” OF URSE MARC MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE ON THE MONEY IF HE’D PROPOSED AT A DIG INN, 7-11, POPEYE’S OR DUNK’ DONUTS, BUT, AS HAS BEEN SPECULATED, THIS EVENT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH PROMOTN FOR NATNAL BURRO DAY. OKAY, YOU HEATHEN CYNICS? HH! ANYWAY, NGRATS, MARC AND CHARLY—THOUGH I BET PAYLS DON’T SPONSOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
To celebrate s release, I asked Wkler two gay-related qutns:What was Fosse’s gift to the LGBT world, creatively speakg? Fosse was relentlsly heterosexual, but after Pipp opened 1972, he had this to say: "Always before, if I found a male dancer that I knew was homosexual, I would keep sayg, 'No, you n’t do that, don’t be so mty there.
"It was a bold statement nsirg the sual, unqutned homophobia of the time. This most heterosexual of director-choreographers was not shy admtg his own anxieti about homosexualy durg his youth.
BROADWAY LEGEND JOEL GREY MEMOIR REVEALS SECRET GAY AFFAIR WH HIS TEMPLE'S NTOR, SEX PLAY AS A CHILD WH
And y, a straight choreographer do happen, Is the New BeigeBeige is back—not jt the lor, the event—and more than jt the hands will be gay. The door-outdoor soiree at B Bar (a trendy rtrant on the Bowery) brought throngs of gays out for swillg, schmoozg, and even some dancg, rryg on all the way om 1994 to of the origal hosts, the fancy and spired Erich Conrad, is vg people to e to the same venue on May 1 to celebrate a return to Beige, subtled The R of Sprg.
16 — the 83-year-old actor chronicl what was like to hi his homosexualy durg the '40s, '50s and '60s when beg gay uld get you one of many revealg anecdot, Grey scrib how at the tenr age of jt 10 years old he had his first sexual enunter wh his siarly aged Burton and soon after enjoyed a relatnship wh Jerry, the 16-year-old elevator operator who worked his apartment, as teen Los Angel, Grey had sex wh his girliend's mother and embarked on an affair wh a ntor named Pl at his parent's temple.