Productions1 on Broadway
| 1978 | Broadhurst Theatre Original. March 27, 1978 · Bob Fosse | 1,774 performances |
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To be sure, Dancin' proved a dead-end as far as the book musical was concerned. Yet that limitation proved no obstacle to its commercial success-or to the later success of shows by others similarly made of virtually nothing but dance: Stomp (1994, choreography: Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas ), Bring in 'Da Noise/… book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p624
Dancin’ ultimately ran more than four years, tallying 1,774 performances. Next to Pippin, it was Fosse’s longest-running show, as well as his most successful touring property. book:big-deal-bob-fosse-and-dance-in-the-american-musical-kevin-winkler-oxford-univer#p251
Verdon, Reinking, and Fosse collaborated again on the hit Broadway revue Dancin'. book:i-m-the-greatest-star-broadway-s-top-musical-legends-from-1900-to-today-robert-v#p262
When Fosse returned to Broadway later in the 1970s, it was with a show titled Dancin ’ that although calling itself a musical was really a dance pro-gram. It contained almost no dialogue and relatively little singing, was three acts of pure Fosse-style Broadway show dancing. book:broadway-the-golden-years-jerome-robbins-and-the-great-long-robert-emmet-new-yor#p183
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