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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Essential Portrait of a Master; Written in CrayolaBy Kathy BarthwayFirst let me get this out of the way: Thats just a small downpayment for all the apostrophes that were left out of the Kindle edition. I will happily place these in their rightful places in this and ANY OTHER E-BOOK for a very modest fee if anyone at would like to employ me. It was clearly scanned and never even proofread; in addition to the complete lack of apostrophes; "garbage" characters in the middle of words abound.But on to the book itself. Martin Gottfried is one of those theatre writers I read as a kid; and back then I devoured his work because its so chock-full of information. It still is chock-full of information; but 30 years later his prose is quite the slog. If you ever wondered about the height; hair color and vocal timbre of every single major AND minor Broadway figure of the mid-20th Century; this book was MADE for you. Gottfried spent many years working for newspapers; and "reportorial" is the most complimentary adjective I can apply to his writing. His clunky style didnt make me stop reading; though; because like everything else he ever wrote; this book is exhaustively researched and reported. Could he have left a whole bunch of it out (like the long; richly detailed anecdotes from his childhood dance partner)? Yup. But luckily its a book and not a dinner conversation; so I skipped over it.Bottom line: If youre interested in Fosse specifically; or even just in 20th Century musicals in general; youll learn a lot from reading this book. Its written about as artfully as a Common Core math book; but its worth the effort.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fosse Is Essential; and this book is Essential FosseBy Ralph CookOne of at least four major print-works on Bob Fosse; and deeply insightful to theatre and film-making; the others; "Fosse" by Sam Wasson; "Hoofing on Broadway" by Richard Kislan; and The Fosse Style" by Derba McWaters; foreword by Ben Vereen." If youre writing for Musical Theatre this piece is essential. Some subtle prejudices of the author do sneak through. Of course; a complete library of the DVDs of his work are also a necessity. Cheers! This is good reading.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob FosseBy Dr. Roy SchreiberAll His Jazz: The Life And Death Of Bob FosseNot many writers can deal with a large volume of detail and still maintain reader interest. Mr. Gottfried can and does. That said; I did note two places where a bit of proofreading would have been useful. The first is relatively minor: the corner of Franklin and Highland is in Hollywood and not West Hollywood. The second was annoying for personal reasons. In the movie; All That Jazz; Frankie Mann played the comic who talks about the stages of dealing with death; not the individual cited in the text. Why is this annoying to me? Frankie Mann (stage name for Frank Schreiber) is my cousin. I lost track of him in the late 1950s and was pleasantly surprised to see him pop up twenty years later in this movie.