Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Rita Moreno performances. According to Wikipedia: Rita Moreno is an Academy Award-winning actress and the first and only Puerto Rican actress in history to have won an Emmy, a... [more]

Rita Moreno news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Rita Moreno performances. According to Wikipedia: Rita Moreno is an Academy Award-winning actress and the first and only Puerto Rican actress in history to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award.

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Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Rita Moreno will participate in Berkeley Repertory Theatre's In Conversation series, on April 20 at 7 pm. Columnist Jon Carroll will host the evening, in which Moreno will share her extraordinary life's path. The evening's proceeds will...  
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Entertainment will be provided by Rita Moreno, Petula Clark, Paul Williams, Stefanie Powers, Sally Kellerman, Paula West, Freda Payne, Linda Clifford, Edna Wright & Honey Cone, Valarie Pettiford, David Hernandez, Tim Hockenberry, Sony Holland, ...  
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Rita Moreno, winner of the GRAMMY, Oscar®, Tony Award® and Emmy awards, is performing for Los Angeles Latin music lovers on February 19, 2009 at the newly reopened Conga Room, L. A. LIVE. Rita will appear in a special one-night only show on February 19 at 8:00 PM at The Conga Room.  
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Hanks' previous stage work includes college productions of Cuckoo's Nest and Noises Off, and a 2002 West End run in Kenneth Lonergan's three-character play, This Is Our Youth, with Kieran Culkin and Alison Lohman. He tried out for the role of a World ...  
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The March 17 performance, which will be hosted by Jan Wahl, will feature the talents of Rita Moreno, Petula Clark, Paul Williams, Stefanie Powers, Sally Kellerman, Paula West, Freda Payne, Linda Clifford, Edna Wright & Honey Cone, Valarie Pettiford, ...  
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Play requires a brave, bare heartThe Olympian, WARita Moreno, probably best known for her role as the brave and volatile Anita in “West Side Story,” has had a career spanning theater, films, television and music. Moreno is the only woman to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, a Tony and an Oscar. ...  
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MGM film bathing beauty and box-office darling Esther Williams arrived on the Hawaiian island Kauai to film the musical, Pagan Love Song,(1950) co-starring Howard Keel, Rita Moreno, and Philip Costa. Overall, this film was fairly routine, but in it, ...  
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Olivo doesn’t make us forget Rita Moreno’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Anita, in the 1961 film, so much as give us a different take, one that makes Anita grow. Olivo is not content to play the part as a “spitfire”; her arguments with and love for Maria ...  
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Weird trivia: The Hudsons tried again in 1979 with the even-more-forgotten Bonkers!, on which Rita Moreno and Twiggy appeared. Mark Hudson, especially, has remained busy in show biz and was one of the mentors on The One, ABC’s really, really awful ...  
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Also a consummate performer, her vibrant lead dancing in "America" will temporarily, if not permanently, replace memories of Chita Rivera and Rita Moreno. Unfortunately, despite dancing up a storm, the actors playing the Jets and the Sharks are for the ...  
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We understand that the audience has to have some recognizable touchstones, but we think we've built that with our work with artists like Kushner and Mary Zimmerman, Les Waters, Naomi Iizuka, Rita Moreno. And we have every intention of fulfilling their ...  
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As the more realistic Anita -- a role in which Chita Rivera and Debbie Allen on stage and Rita Moreno in the movie have at various times dazzled -- Karen Olivo manages to be perhaps even more impressive. There are remarkable performances from Cody ...  
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I've seen it with Patti LuPone and Rita Moreno, who each brought an individual perspective. Ms. Walsh filled in at the last minute for Kate Mulgrew, but you would never know from her total immersion in the part, that she hadn't been doing it for years. ...  
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The 1961 film version featured Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood (Voiced by Marni Nixon), George Chakiris and Rita Moreno. “The fact is, Angela [Mendez, choreographer for the show] always wanted to do it,” said Sharon Cross, who does press relations for ...  
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She was especially attracted to Anita, played by Rita Moreno in the film—a fiery foil to Natalie Wood’s dewy Maria. Says Lopez, “I never wanted to be that wimpy Maria, who sits around pining for her guy. I wanted to be Anita, who danced her way to the ...  
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The Bay Area's Paula West, who is winding up a 7-week run in the Rrazz room, will be joined by the likes of Petula Clark, Rita Moreno, Freda Payne in a benefit performance for St. Jude Children's Hospital. There are not many clubs like The Rrazz Room. ...  
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(Or see the original movie, with Rita Moreno, pictured above, if you prefer.) These and more cultural activities after the jump... Cult films have a long history of attracting audiences to jeer at their bizarre scripts, horrible acting, and cheap sets. ...  
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Famed actress/dancer Rita Moreno, on hand for the "Latino Fashion Week" last year, sat down with Theresa Gutierrez to discuss how her challenges as a Latina actress trying to break into Hollywood mirror some of the challenges faced by Latino designers ...  
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Mar 12, 2009 (The Chronicle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- CFI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- What do Rita Moreno and Robert Culp have in common? For one thing, they're Hollywood legends. For another, they will appear ...  
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Next Tuesday marks the club's first anniversary, and the event will be celebrated by a gala party featuring a starry roster of performers including Rita Moreno, Petula Clark, Paul Williams, Sally Kellerman, Paula West, Freda Payne, Linda Clifford, ...  
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Rita Moreno starred as "Olive" Madison and Sally Struthers as "Florence" Ungar. Tony Shalhoub, now well-known as TV's "Monk," made his Broadway debut, as one of the two male versions of the original's Pigeon Sisters - named Manolo and Jesus (Shalhoub's ...  
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Vocalists who have shared the stage or studio with him include Lainie Kazan, Rita Moreno and Eartha Kitt. The CD is paired with Live at Birdland, a DVD featuring many of the same songs during the CD's release party. Burr is accompanied by a variable ...  
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It stars Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris and was photographed in Super Panavision 70. "West Side Story" follows the story of rival gangs — The Sharks and The Jets — and the romance between Maria and Tony. ...  
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As part of New York's Fashion Week last February, Brandon performed with Liza Minnelli and Rita Moreno for First Lady Laura Bush at the Red Dress Collection Fashion Show. During the summer Brandon and his musical director, Ray Fellman, are the hosts of ...  
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Davis plays Lamont’s confidante, Zelda Zanders, (played by Rita Moreno in the film), and doubles as a member of the dancing troupe. She has only a few lines of dialogue, but displays an amazing stage awareness. Throughout the show she conveyed the ...  
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Don’t even try telling Rita Moreno that her days of getting on top of a piano to belt out a song are over. Moreno, 77, put on a cabaret show recently in Los Angeles. It was her first such show there in nearly three decades. “There is no cabaret in an ...  
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Rita Moreno, winner of the GRAMMY, Oscar®, Tony Award® and Emmy awards, is performing for Los Angeles Latin music lovers on February 19, 2009 at the newly reopened Conga Room, LA LIVE. Rita will appear in a special one-night only show on February 19 at ...  
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How far we have comeNewsOK.com, OKI know it had most people you'd expect to be there: Rita Moreno, Oscar-winning actress; Tito Puente, musical icon; Cesar Chavez, labor organizer. But for a little adopted Latina in Wichita, Kan., I was hurt, yes hurt, that my heritage was being ...  
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LatinaJanet Manrara Could… Go… All…The...Way!Latina, NYI'm not at all surprised that Janette can dance, (she's Latin, after all), and we all know that we Latin people can dance (see Ricky Martin, Shakira, Rita Moreno, and J-Lo). What did surprise me was when Janette admitted that she has no training ...  
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Seacrest Village Retirement Communities hosted Let’s Party on Broadway featuring Rita Moreno on Feb. 21 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla. The $600000 raised will be used for housing and health care for the elderly. Sponsors included California Bank ...  
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... Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose (2007) and now Cruz, who also becomes the sixth Hispanic person to win an Oscar after José Ferrer, Rita Moreno and Del Toro (born in Puerto Rico), Anthony Quinn (Mexico), plus fellow Spaniard Javier Bardem. ...  
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Rita Moreno, a community health educator at the Martinez Street Women's Center, started her holistic health practices when her daughter became chronically ill and was told nothing could be done. By Giselle Guadron in Pulse By Laura Garcia in Pulse.  
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Acclaimed columnist Jon Carroll will host an evening in conversation with Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Rita Moreno to discuss her successful career Monday, April 20, 2009 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley. ...  
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By Leslie Katz SAN FRANCISCO – Entrepreneur Robert Kotonly and co-owner Rory Paull celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Rrazz Room, a nightclub in San Francisco’s Hotel Nikko, with a Tuesday benefit featuring Rita Moreno, Petula Clark, ...  
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"West Side Story" won 10 of its 11 Oscar nominations, including best picture and the supporting actress award for eventual grand slam winner Rita Moreno. (The 1962 film of "The Music Man" won just one of its six Oscar nods — musical score. ...  
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Apart from being the Old Continental Bathhouse, home to Barry and Bette, it was the setting for The Ritz, with Treat Williams ("See anything you like"), Rita Moreno ("There's No Bees-ness like Cho Bees-ness") and Jack "Jelly Roll" Weston. ...  
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I wanted to be Anita, who danced her way to the top.” That’s because it’s almost how J.Lo’s career happened, except with more spray-tan and highlights. Well put! I wonder what Rita Moreno would think. More importantly, what do you think? ...  
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Broadway veteran Chita Rivera played Anita in the original "West Side Story" in 1957, while Rita Moreno won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film version four years later. "[The decision] was more about the role itself. ...  
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Only 2 of the 10 people to pull off the grand slam of all four major showbiz awards won their Oscar, Emmy and Tony for acting — Helen Hayes and Rita Moreno (Hayes got her Grammy for spoken word while Moreno won for children's album). ...  
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By Andrew Gans Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winner Rita Moreno makes a rare Los Angeles stage appearance Feb. 19 when she performs at the Conga Room at LA Live. Moreno will present her acclaimed cabaret act Little Tributes at 8 PM. ...  
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San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival GalaSan Francisco Luxury NewsDancers, diplomats and superstar of stage and screen Rita Moreno rubbed shoulders at the 2009 gala of the 31st Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival at ...and more »  
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Maybe they could get Rita Moreno to play her. Anonymous, no he's not, but I don't think that exactly makes a difference. Yes Balthazar is still with the Skank. Silly Balty, you lost a great gig cause you forgot, Bros before Hos. ...  
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But not before receiving good wishes from Denzel Washington, Rita Moreno and James Earl Jones. Her only other Oscar appearance came in 2006 when she was one of the performers who sang the Oscar-winning song from "Hustle & Flow. ...  
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Examiner.comScope! A summer of masterpieces at the Music HallExaminer.comThe images onscreen are larger-than-life, the viewing communal (audiences burst out in applause when Rita Moreno belts out "America" and whistle ...and more »  
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The pretty much all-star event features about 16 acts, including Rita Moreno, Petula Clark, Paul Williams, Sally Kellerman, Paula West, Freda Payne, Sharon McNight and many more. Jan Wahl emcees the event, at 7:30 pm March 17. ...  
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The girl was transfixed by Anita, the Puerto Rican character portrayed by Rita Moreno. "Anything that can keep a kid's attention at that age is pretty miraculous," Olivo said. "I remember being pretty enthralled with Anita. ...  
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'King and I' comes to NCCNaperville Sun... Musical and Best Revival and has inspired numerous revivals, including the popular 1956 film version starring Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner and Rita Moreno. ...and more »  
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