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Celebrate Broadway Legend Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera and Liane Plane in <i>West Side Story</i>. — Celebrate Broadway Legend Chita Rivera

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Chita Rivera and Liane Plane in <i>West Side Story</i>. — Chita Rivera and Liane Plane in West Side Story

Chita Rivera in <i>West Side Story</i>. — Chita Rivera in West Side Story

HR - Bye Bye Birdie (1960) - Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera — Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera in Bye Bye Birdie

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HR - Bye Bye Birdie (1960) - Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke — Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke in Bye Bye Birdie

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Bajour_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_1964_HR — Chita Rivera and cast in Bajour

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Bajour_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_1964_HR — Chita Rivera in Bajour

HR - Chicago (Broadway 1975) - Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera — Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in Chicago.

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Chicago_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_Gwen_Verdon_HR — Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon in Chicago

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Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in <i>Chicago</i> — Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in Chicago

Photo by Martha Swope

Bring_Back_Birdie_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_Donald_O'Connor_1981_HR — Chita Rivera and Donald O'Connor in Bring Back Birdie

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Bring_Back_Birdie_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_1981_HR — Chita Rivera and cast in Bring Back Birdie

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The Rink HR — Jason Alexander, Scott Holmes, Mel Johnson, Jr., Chita Rivera, Ronn Carrol, Scott Ellis and Frank Mastrocola

The_Rink_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_HR — Chita Rivera in The Rink

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Jerry's_Girls_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_Leslie_Uggams_Dorothy_Loudon_HR — Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, and Dorothy Loudon in Jerry's Girls

Jerry's_Girls_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_03_HR — Chita Rivera and cast in Jerry's Girls

HR - Kiss of the Spider Woman - Brent Carver, Chita Rivera, Anthony Crivello (Broadway 1993) — Chita Rivera, Brent Carver and Anthony Crivello in Kiss of the Spider Woman

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Chita Rivera in Kiss of the Spider Woman

Antonio Banderas Nine HR — Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera in Nine

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Chita Rivera in <i>Nine</i>. — Chita Rivera in Nine

Chita_Rivera_The_Dancer's_Life_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_01_HR — Chita River in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life

Chita_Rivera_The_Dancer's_Life_Production_Photo_Broadway_Chita_Rivera_01_HR — Richard Montoya, Chita Rivera, and Edgard Gallardo in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life

Chita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block and Will Chase in <i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</i>, Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical — Chita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block and Will Chase in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Eric Sciotto, Shannon Lewis, Kyle Coffman, Nicholas Barasch, Will Chase and Chita Rivera — Eric Sciotto, Shannon Lewis, Kyle Coffman, Nicholas Barasch, Will Chase, and Chita Rivera in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

HR - Chita Rivera in The Visit — Chita Rivera with the cast of The Visit.

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Chita Rivera in <i>The Visit</i>, nominated for Best Musical HR — Chita Rivera in The Visit

Photo by Thom Kaine

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Chita Rivera and Liane Plane in <i>West Side Story</i>.

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Chita Rivera in <i>West Side Story</i>.

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Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in <i>Chicago</i>

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Chita Rivera in <i>Nine</i>.

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Chita Rivera, Stephanie J. Block and Will Chase in <i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</i>, Nominated for Best Revival of a Musical

Eric Sciotto, Shannon Lewis, Kyle Coffman, Nicholas Barasch, Will Chase and Chita Rivera

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Chita Rivera in <i>The Visit</i>, nominated for Best Musical HR

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