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It was the role that made the name of Broadway legend Chita Rivera, who died yesterday – a sparky, sarky, independent-minded Latinx woman who had never been seen before on stage.
In 1957, she was cast as Anita in West Side Story, the role which would make her a Broadway star. [15] In 1960, Rivera was nominated for a Tony Award [3] for creating the role of Rose in Bye Bye Birdie opposite Dick Van Dyke.
Chita Rivera's fiery performance as Anita in the original Broadway cast of West Side Story made her a star. Rivera says a highlight of the experience was wat...
Broadway legend Chita Rivera, the dynamic performer who blazed a trail for Latina artists onstage as Anita in "West Side Story," has died at 91.
Now a bona fide star, Rivera followed up “West Side Story” with a starring role in the Broadway productions of “Bye Bye Birdie” (drawing her first Tony nomination) and “Bajour.”
In Chita: A Memoir, Rivera recounts her career originating roles in major Broadway shows. Now 90, Rivera remembers West Side Story from the beginning: "I was there at the first flicker...
At first, making her way up in the 1950s, from the chorus of “Guys and Dolls” to Anita in “West Side Story,” dancing was her calling card.
Chita Rivera, the fire-and-ice dancer, singer and actress who leapt to stardom in the original Broadway production of “West Side Story” and dazzled audiences for nearly seven decades as a...
NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chita Rivera, the musical theater legend and multiple Tony winner who created the role of Puerto Rican firebrand Anita on Broadway in "West Side Story" and...
Shortly after, Rivera landed the role that made her a star: the fiery Anita in the original production of West Side Story (1957). She followed that performance with a musical-comedy turn as...