NEW YORK (AP) -- Gwen Verdon, Broadway's premier female dancer who was the seductive Lola in "Damn Yankees" and the saucy, love-struck Charity in...

...The show was the hit of 1926 and two movies are based on it. The 1975 musical production stared Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon as the two murderesses and ran for 936 performances on Broadway. The 1996 revival is still running on Broadway and...

...Broadway reflected their personal taste and quirks. Musical comedy also lost the greatest dancer of its golden age, Gwen Verdon, who died in October at 75. Spring 2001's most anticipated show: "The Producers," a musical version of the Mel...