To watch Chita Rivera in her prime was to experience the rhapsody of theatricality in motion. She was a Broadway star of the old school, a classically trained dancer who conjured sumptuous lines ...
"Very simply, there was then — and is now — nobody who can sing, dance and act like Chita Rivera." Those were director Hal Prince's opening words when Chita Rivera was honored at the Kennedy ...
Broadway legend and two-time Tony winner Chita Rivera, best known for originating the role of Anita in the 1957 stage production of West Side Story, has died. She was 91. Rivera passed away ...
Auction highlights included Rivera's Tony Award for her performance in Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman which sold for $70,350 (an item originally estimated at estimated at $10,000 ...
New York institutions like Chicago on Broadway and the Apollo Theatre paid tribute to Chita Rivera. Amra-Faye Wright, who currently plays the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago, made a speech during ...