Chita Rivera
Birthday: 1933-01-23
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Biography: Chita Rivera (January 23, 1933 - January 30, 2024) was an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for creating roles in musical theatre hits such as Anita in "West Side Story," Rosie in "Bye Bye Birdie," Velma in "Chicago" and Aurora in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." She received 2 Tony Awards (from a record 10 nominations), a Kennedy Center Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Movies
Chicago
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame ...
View Movie
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Follow the fascinating evolution of jazz dance from its origins in Africa, through to its modern-day...
View Movie
tick, tick... BOOM!
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure...
View Movie
Sweet Charity
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointm...
View Movie
Pippin
A mysterious performance troupe led by a Leading Player tells the story of Pippin, a young prince on...
View Movie
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-t...
View Movie
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Go behind the scenes of Broadway as shows reunite, rehearse and re-stage for their long-awaited reop...
View Movie
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award ...
View Movie
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Incredible video behind-the-scenes with the stars, Steven Spielberg, and see one of the last intervi...
View Movie
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein ar...
View Movie
Studio One Forever
A documentary film about Studio One which, from 1974 to 1994, was the center of queer nightlife in W...
View Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about Ame...
View Movie
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls ...
View Movie
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
A documentary with stars from the original cast....
View Movie
Kalamazoo?
The story of three girlfriends who go back to Kalamazoo, Michigan for their 10 year high school reun...
View Movie
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel t...
View Movie
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadw...
View Movie
Amy's Victory Dance
A New York City based former professional dancer crossed the street and was hit and ran over by a 15...
View Movie
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
A short documentary concerning the preparations and rehearsals for the March 11, 1973 benefit tribut...
View Movie
Night of 100 Stars III
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy....
View Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a...
View Movie
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Rich with archival gems and Liza Minnelli’s own point of view, Bruce David Klein's luminous document...
View Movie
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick ...
View Movie
Mayflower Madam
Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Bi...
View Movie
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
As the world prepares to celebrate the 60th anniversary of West Side Story in 2017, dancer Bruno Ton...
View Movie
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Two entertainers destined for the big time are mismatched in a casting office from two very differen...
View Movie
Bathtubs Over Broadway
When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few inter...
View Movie
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
Merely Marvelous is a celebration of the art and life of Broadway's greatest dancing star, Gwen Verd...
View Movie
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
Broadway salute to Tony Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury in a star-packed gala November 17,1996...
View Movie
Every Act of Life
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbrea...
View Movie
Broadway's Lost Treasures
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which...
View Movie
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
A profile of composing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, who have written many Broadway musicals. Highl...
View Movie
That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...
View Movie
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
The stripper Tony and the naive enthusiast Anthony, two entertainers, destined for the big time, who...
View Movie
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents a 2013 concert celebrating Chita Rivera's 80th birthday a...
View Movie
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Maurice Hines -- actor, director, singer, and choreographer -- navigates the complications of show b...
View Movie
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Universal short chronicling the adaptation of the musical SWEET CHARITY from Broadway to film....
View Movie
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
The childhood, adolescence, and incredible adult years of Al Hirschfeld, celebrated creator of thous...
View Movie
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
TCM host Robert Osborne discusses his life and career with guest interviewer Alec Baldwin in commemo...
View Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as ...
View Movie
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
With rare behind-the-scenes stories, never-before-seen moments, and classic clips from The Dick Van ...
View Movie