Chita Rivera

The Dramatists Guild Fund's 50th Anniversary Gala honors Tony-winning composer John Kander June 3 at the Mandarin Oriental New York. Jon Cryer hosts the evening, which begins at 6:30 PM with a cocktail reception followed by dinner and celebration at 7:30 ...  

Welcome to Part 2 of BroadwayWorld's exclusive sit down with musical theater icon John Kander, maestro to some of the most important musicals of our time. Last time, John took us through his career from his first fateful meeting with later ...  

Josh Bergasse, Tony Danza, Countess LuAnn de Lesseps, Melissa Errico, Albert Maysles, Joe Morton, Lee Roy Reams, Chita Rivera, Susan Stroman, Tamara Tunie, John Turturro, and Karen Ziemba will be among the presenters at the 30th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire ...  

Chita Rivera, Tony Danza, Susan Stroman, Albert Maysles, John Turturro, Tamara Tunie, Karen Ziemba, Melissa Errico, Lee Roy Reams, Joe Morton, Smash choreographer Josh Bergasse and Countess LuAnn de Lesseps are all set to be presenters at the ...  

Broadway veterans Chita Rivera and Susan Stroman, as well as "Grey Gardens" filmmaker Albert Maysles and "Smash" choreographer Josh Bergasse will be among the presenters of the 2012 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which will take place June 4 at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.  

David Elder, Milena Govich, Beth Leavel ... The musical features a book by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay. The series will close with Chita Rivera: My Broadway, running August 7-11.  

For the very first time, two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera brings her concert, Chita Rivera MY BROADWAY, to The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in the intimate setting of The Chase Room and performs songs from her legendary Broadway career. She will perform two shows only at 700 PM and 930 PM. All tickets are 50 general admission and can be ordered by calling 1-888-GO-NJPAC or at www.njpac.org. NJPAC is located at 1 Center Street in...  

The stars were shining, including Chita Rivera, Marge Champion, Stephen Schwartz and more, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Wednesday evening when Queens Theatre hosted its 2012 Gala Fundraiser, a star-studded celebration of the world premiere of HEAT WAVE THE Jack Cole PROJECT, a new musical homage to legendary stage and screen choreographer Jack Cole. The event raised more than 150,000 for the theatre and its programs, including its...  

On June 10, 2012, The Actor's Fund will present its 16th Annual Tony Awards party at the Skirball Center, this year honoring Jason Alexander with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement.. Scott Bakula will host the gala and this year's Honorary Celebrity Committee includes Julie Bowen, Nancy Dussault, Dann Florek, Elliott Gould, Steve Guttenberg, Garry Marshall, Chita Rivera, Susan Sarandon, Holland Taylor and Zachary Quinto. The event...  

For the very first time, two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera brings her concert, Chita Rivera: MY BROADWAY, to The New Jersey Performing Arts Center in the intimate setting of The Chase Room and will perform songs from her legendary Broadway ...  

Chita Rivera hasn’t just played some of the best-known roles in Broadway history, she originated them – from Anita in “West Side Story” and Charity Hope Valentine in “Sweet ... the two-time Tony Award winner will be on tour in “Chita Rivera: ...  

Each Tuesday, ABC Action News asks 10 questions of a Bay area leader or celebrity. They're fun questions that let you get to know the person. This week we are excited to hear from legendary Broadway star Chita Rivera!  

Chita Rivera has been a Broadway performer for six decades. She's still going strong & comes to Boston this week for a benefit for Boston Youth Moves. EDGE spoke to the iconic performer about her career.  

The two-time Tony winner, supported by a six piece orchestra led by musical director Michael Croiter for Chita Rivera: My Broadway, will perform songs from her legendary Broadway career. Ms. Rivera was last in Boston in the spring of 2007 with the ...  

Also appearing at the gala are Tony award winning Chicago choreographer Ann Reinking, Chita Rivera, Marvin Hamlisch, Janie Dee, Maria Friedman and Billy Stritch.Minnelli is rumoured to have agreed to perform a duet with Chita Rivera at the event.  

Go to YouTube, and you'll find a clip of Chita Rivera from 1982 at the Kennedy Center, where she was an honoree....  

said Rivera, on the phone from her Rockland County home outside New York ... The trip down memory lane features songs and stories from Rivera’s world on stage, which dates back to 1952’s “Call Me Madam.” It’s also a benefit, with a goal of ...  

Jon Cryer will host the event. Performances and tributes will be given by such stars as Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, Christie Brinkley, Stockard Channing, Joel Grey, Rob Marshall, Susan Stroman, Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba, and Joshua Henry.  

She created the roles of Anita in West Side Story, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and Aurora in Kiss of the Spiderwoman ... You saw that picture, huh? He and Michelle Obama have this wonderful, welcoming, caring, singular friendliness that is directed right ...  

How did that come about? A. Because I was breaking up all the furniture in the house, my mother had to put this monkey somewhere, so she put me in a wonderful ballet school, Doris Jones School of Dance, in Washington, D.C. And New York City ...  

At the 80th anniversary dinner dance for the Palm Beach Round Table, Chita Rivera had ’em dancing on the tables. OK, not really. This is Palm Beach, after all, where “dancing on the tables” is right up there with “run a marathon” on everybody’s ...  

Her electric performance as Anita in the Broadway premiere of West Side Story (1957) brought her stardom, which she repeated in London. Her career is highlighted by starring roles in Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink (Tony Award), Chicago, Jerry’s Girls ...  

A gala with special guests will precede the opening-night performance. The guest list includes many former Jack Cole stars and others. Among dance luminaries expected are Chita Rivera, Marge Champion, Donna McKechnie, Mercedes Ellington, Jacques d'Amboise and more.