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Ann Reinking, the Broadway star whose elegant style, mesmerising physicality and piercing gaze lit up musicals including Chicago, has died at the age of 71. Her former co-star Chita Rivera was among those paying tribute and said that Reinking’s “spirit and razzle-dazzle will be with me for ever”. Reinking’s manager, Lee Gross, said that she died on Saturday while visiting family in Seattle.
Reinking had parts in Cabaret, Pippin and Goodtime Charley (as Joan of Arc) before taking over the role of the ambitious, murderous Roxie Hart in Chicago in 1977. Twenty years later, she reprised the role and won a Tony award for choreographing the revival of that musical in its originator Bob Fosse’s style. She and Fosse had a long relationship on and off the stage; she starred in his show Dancin’ and directed and co-choreographed a Broadway revue celebrating his work. Their lives are explored in the acclaimed mini-series Fosse/Verdon, in w
Updated: 15 Dec 2020, 10:37
BROADWAY actress and choreographer Anne Reinking who starred in Chicago has died aged 71.
Reinking died Saturday while visiting family in Seattle, said her manager, Lee Gross and cause of death was disclosed.
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Reinking was well-known as the star of the Broadway show Chicago and a Tony-Winning Choreographer.
Tributes poured in from the Broadway community, including from Tony Yazbeck, who called her an “absolute inspiration”.
Bernadette Peters took to Twitter to say her “heart was broken” and Billy Eichner said “she was one of the most mesmerizing people Ive ever seen on stage. A singular genius. RIP”.
Born in Seattle in 1949, Ann trained as a ballet dancer, but made her debut on stage at a young age with a more bold style of dance.
Ann Reinking dead: Tony-winning ‘Chicago’ star, Bob Fosse collaborator dies at 71
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
FILE - Ann Reinking holds her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical Chicago at the 51st annual Tony Awards on June 1, 1997, in New York.AP Photo/Richard Drew, File
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NEW YORK (AP) Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 71.
Reinking died Saturday while visiting family in Seattle, said her manager, Lee Gross. No cause of death was disclosed.
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