# Fosse/Verdon (2019)

> A miniseries tracing the romantic and creative partnership of choreographer Bob Fosse and Broadway dancer Gwen Verdon and the price they paid for their art.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/69466

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 50 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama
- Created by: Steven Levenson, Thomas Kail
- Network: FX
- Cast: Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Aya Cash, Evan Handler, Nate Corddry, Kelli Barrett, Rick Holmes
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8746478/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: bittersweet, glamorous, intimate, melancholic, sardonic

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the miniseries positively, praising its dramatization of the Fosse and Verdon partnership and its dance-driven staging.

## Synopsis

Fosse/Verdon (2019) is an FX limited series created by Steven Levenson and Thomas Kail, a one-season biographical drama of eight episodes. Sam Rockwell plays filmmaker and choreographer Bob Fosse, and Michelle Williams plays Gwen Verdon, the Broadway dancer who was his creative and romantic partner. Norbert Leo Butz as playwright Paddy Chayefsky and Aya Cash as Joan Simon appear among the principal supporting figures around them. The engine of the series is the push and pull between two artists whose ambition makes them both collaborators and competitors, as each stage production, film set and rehearsal room becomes a battleground for credit and control. Each episode moves through the rehearsals, opening nights and private arguments that shaped their work, and the non linear structure moves between decades of their partnership. Set in mid century New York and the Broadway and Hollywood worlds of American entertainment, the series carries a bittersweet, sharply observed tone, combining glamour with intimate heartbreak and a deep fascination with dance. Fans of All That Jazz and Judy will find resonance in its showbiz backdrop and its portrait of talent that consumes the people who love it.

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