Rivera, Chita (1933—)
One of the musical theater's most durable personalities, Chita Rivera is revered as an actress, singer, and dancer. Her first major role was as Anita in West Side S...
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Chita!Like Madonna, Marlene or Liza, one name says it all. And there is room for only one. She shines. She sparkles. She glows. She lights up a room. Singer, dancer, actress, chorus girl and star, ...
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 23, the 23rd day of 2007. There are 342 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 23, 1968, North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging its crew w...
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The June 11 Tony Awards ceremony on CBS is sure to be the usual riveting event, and I’ll certainly be watching the broadcast along with the other 322 viewers across the nation. Not to be too ...
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The June 11 Tony Awards ceremony on CBS is sure to be the usual riveting event, and I’ll certainly be watching the broadcast along with the other 322 viewers across the nation. Not to be too ...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 20-26:Jan. 20: Singer Slim Whitman is 84. Actress Patricia Neal is 82. Comedian Arte Johnson is 79. Director David Lynch is 62. Guitarist Paul Stanley of Ki...
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The great editor Clay Felker, who invented so much of what drives this newspaper and so many magazines in New York City, liked to refer to New York as the “City of Ambition,” a phrase c...
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It's a cliché: the tough guy with the gentle touch. One of New York's recurring characters, a man's man who knows how to be sensitive with the ladies. But that was Jerry Orbach-or Lennie Brisc...
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The old year hasn't really ended. The new year is still making up its mind. It's a time for the crumbs-the morsels left over from the banquet that fall on the floor for the dogs.The movies are off ...
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No more torrid tamale jokes. When Rita Moreno kicks off the new cabaret season at the plush little Café Carlyle by jokingly introducing herself as Chita Rivera, you know both Rita and Chita ar...
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Some people are good at what they do. Other people are better. Bobby Short was the best. Preserving the art of the Great American Songbook was his life's work, and nobody did more for the cause. Wh...
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Rivera, Chita (1933—)
Chita: Rivera Takes Tiny Stage
