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

Dance Magazine | December 1, 2005| | Copyright

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 ...

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