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Broadway legend Chita Rivera has died at age 91. “It is with immense personal sorrow that I announce the death of the beloved Broadway icon Chita Rivera,” her friend Merle Frimark shared in a ...
Chita Rivera. Chita Rivera, the Broadway icon and beloved star of West Side Story, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman, has died.She was 91. The news was confirmed by her daughter, Lisa Mordente ...
Chita Rivera, the pioneering Broadway legend who dazzled in productions such as West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Chicago, has died, ET can confirm. She was 91."It is with immense ...
The Broadway-bound musical closed on the road but in 1964, Rivera returned to Broadway in Bajour [13] and television in The Outer Limits [14]. After seeing her perform in the musical, music producer Norman Petty approached her in New York and inquired about recording with him. Her first single was released in 1965 on the Dot Records label, with ...
Rivera’s illustrious stage career spanned seven decades and more than two-dozen shows. She originated the roles of Anita in West Side Story and … Broadway Legend Chita Rivera Dead at 91
In 1981, there was a short-lived Broadway sequel, Bring Back Birdie, starring Donald O'Connor and returning original cast member Chita Rivera. It closed after 31 previews and four performances. It closed after 31 previews and four performances.
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life was conceived by Chita Rivera in 2003, while she appeared in the musical Nine on Broadway.Since Rivera's next project, the Public Theater production of The Visit, had been canceled, Rivera approached that show's book writer, Terrence McNally, with the idea of a musical based upon her life.
Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actor who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice, in a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal ...