Broadway Puzzler #14

Considered by Broadway experts in hindsight to be singly responsible for making the dance director a central figure in many Broadway musicals.

Who is this person?

It could be Balanchine, but as a former dancer of his, as exalted as his place was in dance history, in Broadway it was a mere blip. Yes, he did insist that the word choreography be used, but I would nominate Robert Alton to be the more important figure of the two. I also danced in Robert Alton shows, and while his choroegrphy was never as inventive as Balanchine's, it was fun and witty. Or it could be Jerome Robbins. depends on your point of view!

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Agnes DeMille

Gower Champion?

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Bingo!

Sueleen used her powers of deductive reasoning and threw her hat into the "Steam Heat" number--Robert Louis Fosse it is.

Dance Director turned Choreorgrapher turned Director/Auteur.

Congratulations Sueleen.

Yours for a better Broadway!