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The revival of the 1978 Bob Fosse revue is eager to seduce you.
True to Fosses style, itll do anything to c’mon.
To that end,Dancinimmediately abandons any pretense to a plot.
The group performance of Dancin Man, serving as the Act One finale, makes it all explicit.
I wanna be a dancin man, the ensemble sings, while I can.
(Fosses daughter Nicoleis involved in both productions.)
A little trip down the rabbit hole after seeing them very quickly reveals telling anecdotes.
Fosses work is charged by this love of and cruelty toward the dancers body.
He feels for it and wants to push it to its extreme.
Dancin, as revived and revised, softens that edge while remaining charged.
The new lineup is intentionally more inclusive and edits some of Fosses inherent chauvinism.
But this is still a show about pushing the body hard, and the cast ofDancinobviously relishes that challenge.
By then, they all look thrilled and exhausted, admirable and vulnerable.
Thats part of the seduction: Theyre pushing themselves to their limits in the name of a good show.
Its almost disappointing to exit afterward into a Times Square that isnt full of graffiti and porno theaters.
Dancinis at the Music Box Theatre.
