Chita Rivera News

One might expect a little trepidation when asked to follow Liliane Montevecchi and Chita Rivera in Nine 's flashy, feather boa-waving ditty, "Folies Bergeres" a ' but not Judi Dench, who appears in the new film version.

A dear friend who had a rough week requested that I write about this one and I feel she deserves to have her way.

The first track on the legendary Broadway hoofer's new record is called "I Won't Dance/Let Me Sing.'' You can't fool us, Chita.

Tony Award winners Chita Rivera and Leslie Uggams, as well as Tony nominees Martha Plimpton, Jeanine Tesori and singer-songwriter Nellie McKay are on the bill for Lincoln Center's 2010 American Songbook Series at the Allen Room.

Smith, Liz October 19, 2009 "AN OLD garlic clove like me? Who would want me?" asked Coco Chanel when told she had been accused of having affairs with other women.

The high-kicking Broadway fixture of the last 50-plus years curtails most of the legwork for "And Now I Swing," an introduction to her new record of the same title.

Presented inhouse. Music director, Michael Croiter. Opened Oct. 14, 2009. Reviewed Oct.

Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, who was recently presented with the Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, returns to Birdland Oct 14.

Miranda Sings! Monday, October 12 @ 7pm Internet sensation Miranda's New York City concert debut at Birdland last month was such a smash hit that she is making a return visit! Miranda Sings is an internet character created by California-based theatre student Colleen Ballinger, and proliferated via YouTube.

"ALL GREAT art contains humor. Insofar as Beethoven lacked humor he lacked greatness.

Tony winning stage veterans Jim Dale and Chita Rivera will stop by the Lincoln Triangle Barnes and Noble in October.

Karen Olivo was just a teenager when she took her first stab at Anita, the fiery Puerto Rican who often steals the show in productions of "West Side Story." But her hard work paid off earlier this year, when -- some 15 years after that first attempt -- her portrayal of Anita in the show's first Broadway revival since 1980 earned her a Tony as ...

Bianca Marroquin is fabulous. You may not have heard of her, but trust me, she is truly fabulous.

The track listing has been announced for the new solo recording by Tony Award winner Chita Rivera.

Chita Rivera has received many awards throughout her career. But none has made her more proud than the Medal of Freedom she received Aug.

She's kidding, sort of. The role in question is Bye Bye Birdie' s Rosie, the Latina girlfriend of Albert .

Florida's gay adoption ban in appeals court . A "Destiny's Child" Michelle Williams extends run as Roxie Hart in London production of Chicago .

The Broadway cast of Chicago will welcome back show veterans Bonnie Langford , Deidre Goodwin , Tom Hewitt and Kecia Lewis-Evans beginning September 7. The hit revival continues its run at the Ambassador Theatre.

This is actually sort of TV-related because of the most recent episode of Mad Men , which built part of the story around the sensation Ann-Margret caused in the film version of Bye Bye Birdie in 1963 .

Gina Gershon tells the New York Daily News that the upcoming revival of "Bye Bye Birdie" she's set to star in has had a famous dance scene cut out.