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Chita Rivera & Gwen Verdon: Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag Chita Rivera & Gwen Verdon: Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag
Posted by: ryanglitter

Video duration: 357 seconds

Chita and Gwen perform an iconic moment in broadway history: The original Chicago Finale, choreographed by Bob Fosse, performed in 1975 on the Howard Cosell show. This was Gwen's last role on broadway, and is one of Chita's greatest stage triumphs.

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Chita Rivera in Folies Bergère from NINE (part one) Chita Rivera in Folies Bergère from NINE (part one)
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Video duration: 408 seconds

Chita Rivera as Liliane LaFleur, Antonio Banderas as Guido Contini, Saundra Santiago as Stephanie Necrophorus, Nell Campbell as Lina Darling, and the ladies of the 2003 Nine revival perform this show-stopping sequence. Rivera was nominated for a best supporting actress Tony. Part One includes the club act portion.

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Chita Rivera in Where You Are from Kiss of the Spider Woman Chita Rivera in Where You Are from Kiss of the Spider Woman
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Video duration: 311 seconds

Chita Rivera, Brent Carver, and Anthony Crivello perform a slightly truncated, but mostly complete sequence from Kiss of the Spider Woman on the 1993 Tonys Awards. The show won 7 tonys, and it's easy to see why!
Apologies for the sound being a bit off....it's not my original file!

Related: anthony, awards, brent, broadway, carver, chita, crivello, ebb, kander, kiss, liza, minnelli, of, rivera, spider, the, tony, woman

Chita Rivera, Rita Moreno, and Bette Midler do AMERICA Chita Rivera, Rita Moreno, and Bette Midler do AMERICA
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Video duration: 247 seconds

The original Anita, the film Anita..and the divine Miss M (a little rusty on her lyrics) join forces at an LA benefit. As fun & campy as one could hope for :)

Related: america, bette, chita, midler, moreno, rita, rivera, side, story, west

Chita Rivera in The Dancer\ Chita Rivera in The Dancer's Life: The Choreographers
Posted by: ryanglitter

Video duration: 437 seconds

Chita Rivera gave audiences a master class in important musical theater choreographers in the second act of her show, The Dancer's Life. Here, she and her company analyze and demonstrate the styles of Jack Cole, Peter Gennaro, Bob Fosse, and Jerome Robbins.

Related: bob, broadway, chita, choreographers, cole, dance, dancers, divas, fosse, gennaro, jack, jerry, life, peter, rivera, robbins, the

Chita Rivera in Folies Bergère from NINE (part two) Chita Rivera in Folies Bergère from NINE (part two)
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Video duration: 320 seconds

This is the bridge of the song and the steamy tango section.
Chita Rivera as Liliane LaFleur, Antonio Banderas as Guido Contini, Saundra Santiago as Stephanie Necrophorus, Nell Campbell as Lina Darling, and the ladies of the 2003 Nine revival perform this show-stopping sequence. Rivera was nominated for a best supporting actress Tony.

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Chita Rivera & Jack Cole: \"Beale Street Blues\" Chita Rivera & Jack Cole: "Beale Street Blues"
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Video duration: 314 seconds

Chita's signature lightening bolt high kicks and Cole's distintictive choreography answer Sid Ceasar's long-winded question "what is jazz?"

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Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon: \"All That Jazz/Nowadays\" Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon: "All That Jazz/Nowadays"
Posted by: ryanglitter

Video duration: 106 seconds

Chita and Gwen in a simple, shortened version of songs from Chicago, perfomed at the tonys. Unfortunately, the clip is incomplete, but does include some of the best parts!

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Chita Rivera: \"Where You Are\" at the Kennedy Center Honours Chita Rivera: "Where You Are" at the Kennedy Center Honours
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Video duration: 211 seconds

Chita Rivera and the male ensemble perform Where You Are from Kiss of the Spider Woman as director Hal Prince receives his Kennedy Center Honour

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Chita Rivera: The Dancer\ Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
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Video duration: 255 seconds

Chita Rivera and company in clips of the Broadway production of Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. She was nominated for a 2006 Tony....for playing herself!

Related: broadway, chicago, chita, dance, dancers, fosse, life, rink, rivera, side, story, the, west

Chita Rivera : I Love Paris Chita Rivera : I Love Paris
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Video duration: 167 seconds

Chita wraps her throaty alto and a fabulous boa around "I Love Paris" from the 1988 tour of Can-Can.

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Chita Rivera & Liza Minnelli:\"Don\ Chita Rivera & Liza Minnelli:"Don't Ah Ma Me" from The Rink
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Video duration: 155 seconds

Chita and Liza rip through this funny duet from the 1984 musical The Rink

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Chita Rivera in The Dancer\ Chita Rivera in The Dancer's Life: West Side Story (Part 2)
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Video duration: 333 seconds

At age 72, Chita performs the songs that made her famous 50 years ago: America and Dance at the Gym.
Originally choreographed by Peter Gennaro, the dancers featured here are Lloyd Culbreath, Malinda Farrington, Edgard Gallardo, Deidre Goodwin, Richard Montoya, Lainie Sakakura, Alex Sanchez, and Allyson Tucker.

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Chita Rivera, Bruce Adler, and George Dvorsky: Friendship Chita Rivera, Bruce Adler, and George Dvorsky: Friendship
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Video duration: 148 seconds

Chita and a couple of funnymen (Bruce Adler from Crazy For You and George Dvorsky) perform Friendship from the 1999 Papermill Playhouse production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes on the Rosie O'Donnell show.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman featurette Kiss of the Spider Woman featurette
Posted by: ryanglitter

Video duration: 397 seconds

Some coverage of the 1992 London opening of Spider Woman, featuring interviews with director Harold Prince, novelist Manuel Puig, and set designer Jerome Sirlin, pre-Broadway footage of the show (check out the short-lived garish costuming in Gimme Love) and at 4mins 25secs, the original promo commerical from before the show's Toronto opening.

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