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Fresh Air, Scott Simon and Gwen Verdon
- Narrated by: Terry Gross
- Length: 42 mins
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Fresh Air, Scott Simon and Gwen Verdon
Narrated by:
Terry Gross
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Summary
The host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, Scott Simon and remembering dancer Gwen Verdon on this edition of Fresh Air. Simon's written a memoir, Home & Away: Memoir of a Fan. Fresh Air remembers dancer Gwen Verdon. She died today at the age of 75. She became an overnight Broadway sensation in 1953 as a dancer in Can Can, for which she won her first Tony Award. Later she created her most memorable roles in Bob Fosse's Damn Yankees as the seductress Lola, Sweet Charity as the taxi dancer Charity, and Chicago as the chorus girl Roxie. Verdon was also Fosse's third wife. (Original Broadcast Dates: October 19, 2000 and May 5, 1993)
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