A Broadway musical star and later choreographer, Ann Reinking reached a pinnacle in her career in June 1997 when she won the Tony Award for choreographing the revival of "Chicago". She had been dancing since her youth, and after some early training with the San Francisco Ballet, moved to New York at age 16 to study on scholarship with the Joffrey Ballet. The lure of the theater found her making her debut in "Cabaret" in 1969. After working with Michael Bennett in "Coco" (1969), Reinking first worked with Bob Fosse, who would be her mentor and off-stage paramour, as a chorus performer in
