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Latina actress Rita Moreno burst onto the scene with her roles on Broadway and her portrayal of Anita in the film "West Side Story"; she went on to win all four major entertainment awards.

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The Rita Moreno concert benefiting the Palm Springs Art Museum's Annenberg Theater was wonderful for all the right reasons - plus a few special ones.

It was the season opening show Saturday at the Annenberg Theater, so Rita Moreno had to make the show go on, like the trooper she is.

The Electric Company , a children's educational show dating back to the 1970s, returned to public television this year with its same old shouted introduction but an updated look.

Rita Moreno is one of only 10 performers to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

The multitalented performer Rita Moreno is scheduled to perform "An Evening with Rita Moreno" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

The Stafford Township Arts Center will host 'An Evening with Rita Moreno' at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct.

Turning Lemons Into Lemonade Fran Drescher is best known as the star of the Emmy Award winning and Golden Globe nominated hit series The Nanny, which she created and produced.

Tickets are available for the Rita Moreno season opening concert on Nov. 7 at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Winning one award is an accomplishment in itself, but only 10 people have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony a 'A and one of them is Rita Moreno.

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 ...

While several of Lehrer's children songs on the show have become classics, he is otherwise known for his often dark and always funny compositions that often appeared on the Dr.

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Frida star Hayek will be presented with the Anthony Quinn Award for Industry Excellence, while De La Hoya will receive the Special Achievement in Sports Television honour at the event next month .

The Stafford Township Arts Center is hosting 'An Evening with Rita Moreno' at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct.

FEELING PRETTY: We can't think of a better setting in which to revisit 'West Side Story' than outdoors, on the west side, not far from the Hell's Kitchen of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' 1961 Best Picture Oscar winner.

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