“ad-libbed”

The Bessie Awards

home welcome - The Bessie awards! Bebe Neuwirth was a classy host in a sparkling jeweled choker who wittily commented on her script, ad-libbed and did a snatch of the czardas from ?Coppélia? in her Manolos. She learned the dance, she said, from the 97-year-old awardee for service to the field, Frederic Franklin. And she was far from the only participant to trace a connection to that remarkable man, who had danced with Josephine Baker. The Dance