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On Broadway: what becomes a legend most? Chita Rivera's new show revisits her struggles and triumphs.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
You would think that in file surly, back-biting world of Broadway, people would be talking about the unmitigated ego of doing a show like Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. That they would be asking why in the world Broadway needs a reverential biography of a Broadway veteran who was still kicking up her heels as recently as 2003, dancing a hot tango with Antonio Banderas in the revival of Nine. Or that they would be carping about developing a full two-act musical with 11-piece orchestra and 10-person ensemble around the life and career of someone who always presented herself as just another trouper.

But Rivera, at 72, inspires awe and utter devotion on Broadway, not cattiness. Some years ago, a seasoned Broadway pit musician mentioned to me that he had once toured with...

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