Bob Fosse's Dance notation for Little Me, 1962

Dance notation for Little Me, 1962
Fosse/Verdon Collection
Music Division
Gift of Gwen Verdon
(155.9)

By the time the stage version of Little Me was being fashioned in 1962, Bob Fosse's reputation as a choreographer in American musical theater was second to none, comparable only to the level of recognition accorded Jerome Robbins. Fosse's notations for stage numbers were idiosyncratic directions for patterns and movement, often including hand and finger snapping and strong angular leg movements. An example of his style in Little Me is the well remembered satiric "The Rich Kids' Rag". Fosse did a great deal of work on Little Me during its out of town tryout in Philadelphia, but, as is very often the case with shows trying out, Little Me underwent many changes. "Lafayette, We Are Here" was replaced as the opening number for the second act by: "Real Live Girl," a number on which Fosse worked exceptionally hard with tremendous success.