Chita Rivera's guest appearances

Chita Rivera

Soul Sisters

The Ensemblist

The Graham Norton Podcast

Broadway to Main Street

Broadway's Backbone

Interview with the Artist

So it's a show?: keeping up with the Gilmore Girls

Front Row

And the Winner Is…2015 Tony Nominees in Their Own Words (The Leonard Lopate Show)

The Broadway Cast

Sams Disney Diary

Keith Price's Curtain Call

The Joan Hamburg Show

Children of Song

Broadway Teachers Podcast

Betty Buckley

Jennifer Ashley Tepper

Rodney Hicks

Alice Ripley

Norm Lewis

Patti LuPone

Rob McClure

Lesli Margherita

Joel Grey

Melissa Manchester

Lesley Manville

Randy Skinner

Jerry Mitchell

Ryan Steele

Austin Pendleton

OwlTail

Priscilla Morris

Broadway legend Chita Rivera, who made her name playing Anita in the original stage production of West Side Story, talks to Samira Ahmed about the highlights of her seven decade career, ahead of the publication of her memoir.Arts consultant Amanda Parker, formerly editor of Arts Professional magazine and now of the Forward Institute, and theatre director Tom Morris, who until recently ran Bristol Old Vic, discuss new approaches to funding the arts.Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist: Priscilla Morris on her nominated debut novel Black ButterfliesPresenter: Samira AhmedProducer: Julian May

Broadway legend Chita Rivera, who made her name playing Anita in the original stage production of West Side Story, talks to Samira Ahmed about the highlights of her seven decade career, ahead of the publication of her memoir. Arts consultant Amanda Parker, formerly editor of Arts Professional magazine and now of the Forward Institute, and theatre director Tom Morris, who until recently ran Bristol Old Vic, discuss new approaches to funding the arts. Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist: Priscilla Morris on her nominated debut novel Black Butterflies Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Julian May

Chita Rivera, a new funding model for the arts discussed, Priscilla Morris

Christine Kandic Torres

Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser Join the Patreon and get access to ALL the full-length bonus episodes   Chelsea and Christine Kandic Torres (Author, The Girls In Queens) get jazz handsy for this Broadway legend’s memoir! From originating the roles of Anita in West Side Story and Velma in Chicago, to her friendships with Liza Minnelli and Elaine Stritch, to her promise that she’s not as nice as we think she is, this book leaves us asking a lot of questions.   Thank you to our sponsors:  Tanteo Tequila -- @tanteotequila Natalie's Juice Company -- @nataliesoj  Pattern Brands - @patternbrands Poketo -- @poketo YIELD -- @yielddesignco GIR -- @gir    For more book recaps &amp; gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram @chelseadevantez

Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez

Patron-only Bonus Episode Teaser <a href="https://www.patreon.com/chelseadevantez" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the Patreon</a> and get access to ALL the full-length bonus episodes Chelsea and Christine Kandic Torres (Author, The Girls In Queens) get jazz handsy for this Broadway legend’s memoir! From originating the roles of Anita in West Side Story and Velma in Chicago, to her friendships with Liza Minnelli and Elaine Stritch, to her promise that she’s not as nice as we think she is, this book leaves us asking a lot of questions. Thank you to our sponsors: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.tanteotequila.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tanteo Tequila</a> -- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tanteotequila/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@tanteotequila</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.orchidislandjuice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Natalie's Juice Company</a> -- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nataliesoj/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@nataliesoj</a></li> <li><a href="https://patternbrands.com/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaignid=13040501428&amp;utm_term=pattern%20brands&amp;utm_content=563031686539&amp;gad=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwov6hBhBsEiwAvrvN6LMCvoCd7bzyNwC5qttN18eiIHRuGxi2fo2gXwYA5Rks62yGMx7WeRoC1r4QAvD_BwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Pattern Brands</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternbrands/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@patternbrands</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.poketo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Poketo</a> -- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/poketo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@poketo</a></li> <li><a href="https://yielddesign.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YIELD</a> -- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yielddesignco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@yielddesignco</a></li> <li><a href="https://gir.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GIR</a> -- <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gir/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@gir</a></li> </ul> For more book recaps &amp; gentle tea, follow Chelsea on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chelseadevantez/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@chelseadevantez</a>

Chita Rivera’s Chita: A Memoir (with Christine Kandic Torres)

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Chita Rivera | 04-30-23

For 30 years (as of November 2022) Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, and The Stratford Festival are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.

Theater Talk

For 30 years (as of November 2022) Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on <a href="http://wbfo.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wbfo.org</a>. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, and The Stratford Festival are covered as other relevant art forms are touched on, including ballet and opera.

Theater Talk: ANN continues at Alleyway, Chita Rivera turns 90 with a show, Desiderio's serves up dinner and a farce

Tiffani Thiessen

Mariska Hargitay

Rutger Hauer

John Hancock

National pie day. Pop culture 1998.  1st to reach bottom of Marianas trench, 1st vineyard planted in California, 1st assassination by firearm.  Todays birthdays - John Hancock, Chita Rivers, Rutger Hauer, Anita Pointer, Frances Bay, Richard Dean Anderson, Sully Sullenberger, Mariska Hargitay, Tiffani Thiessen.  Johnny Carson died.

History & Factoids about today

Jan 23rd-Pie Day, John Hancock, Chita Rivera, Rutger Hauer, Pointer Sisters, Mariska Hargitay, Tiffani Thiessen

The First Lady of New York Radio sits down with Chita Rivera to talk about her life on Broadway and starring in some original productions like Chicago and West Side Story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Tony Award Winning Actress, and Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Chita Rivera | 10-02-2022

Career Q&amp;A with Chita Rivera on September 11, 2015.  Moderated by Richard Ridge, BroadwayWorld.com.   An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received eight additional Tony nominations for an exceptional 10 Tony nominations. On Friday, November 6, 2015, WNET/THIRTEEN will air the Great Performances special Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ To Do, a retrospective on her extraordinary life and career nationally on PBS. She recently starred in The Visit, the final John Kander/Fred Ebb/Terrence McNally musical directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Graciela Daniele on Broadway (2015), following the acclaimed production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the summer of 2014. She starred in the Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the Broadway and touring productions of The Dancer’s Life, a dazzling new musical celebrating her spectacular career, written by Terrence McNally and directed by Graciela Daniele and the revival of the Broadway musical Nine with Antonio Banderas. She trained as a ballerina (from age 11) before receiving a scholarship to the School of American Ballet from legendary George Balanchine. Chita’s first appearance (age 17) was as a principal dancer in Call Me Madam. Her electric performance as Anita in the original Broadway premiere of West Side Story brought her stardom, which she repeated in London. Her career is highlighted by starring roles in Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink (Tony Award), Chicago, Jerry’s Girls, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Tony Award), and the original Broadway casts of Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, Seventh Heaven and Mr. Wonderful. On tour: Born Yesterday, The Rose Tattoo, Call Me Madam, Threepenny Opera, Sweet Charity, Kiss Me Kate, Zorba, Can-Can with The Rockettes. Chita was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2009. She received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, DC in 2002 and is the first Hispanic woman ever chosen to receive this award. In May, 2013, she was appointed to a special Kennedy Center Honors Advisory Committee. Chita’s current solo CD is entitled And Now I Swing. Her most treasured production is her daughter, singer/dancer/choreographer Lisa Mordente.

SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations

Career Q&amp;A with Chita Rivera on September 11, 2015.  Moderated by Richard Ridge, <a href="http://BroadwayWorld.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BroadwayWorld.com</a>.   An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received eight additional Tony nominations for an exceptional 10 Tony nominations. On Friday, November 6, 2015, WNET/THIRTEEN will air the Great Performances special Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ To Do, a retrospective on her extraordinary life and career nationally on PBS. She recently starred in The Visit, the final John Kander/Fred Ebb/Terrence McNally musical directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Graciela Daniele on Broadway (2015), following the acclaimed production at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in the summer of 2014. She starred in the Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the Broadway and touring productions of The Dancer’s Life, a dazzling new musical celebrating her spectacular career, written by Terrence McNally and directed by Graciela Daniele and the revival of the Broadway musical Nine with Antonio Banderas. She trained as a ballerina (from age 11) before receiving a scholarship to the School of American Ballet from legendary George Balanchine. Chita’s first appearance (age 17) was as a principal dancer in Call Me Madam. Her electric performance as Anita in the original Broadway premiere of West Side Story brought her stardom, which she repeated in London. Her career is highlighted by starring roles in Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink (Tony Award), Chicago, Jerry’s Girls, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Tony Award), and the original Broadway casts of Guys and Dolls, Can-Can, Seventh Heaven and Mr. Wonderful. On tour: Born Yesterday, The Rose Tattoo, Call Me Madam, Threepenny Opera, Sweet Charity, Kiss Me Kate, Zorba, Can-Can with The Rockettes. Chita was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2009. She received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, DC in 2002 and is the first Hispanic woman ever chosen to receive this award. In May, 2013, she was appointed to a special Kennedy Center Honors Advisory Committee. Chita’s current solo CD is entitled And Now I Swing. Her most treasured production is her daughter, singer/dancer/choreographer Lisa Mordente.

Conversations with Chita Rivera (2015)

Ep 6 - Chita Rivera

What better way to celebrate Backstage Babble's 50th Episode than an in-depth conversation with Broadway icon Chita Rivera, who discussed creating her leading roles in such shows as West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, and more. The stories abound: why she thought "The Telephone Hour" would never work, how Jerome Robbins stopped a standing ovation, sitting on the floor with Judy Garland, why she ended up thanking Liza Minnelli every night, almost being killed by a panther during Merlin, the way Carol Channing opened oysters, the advice Gwen Verdon gave her, and stories about Bob Fosse, George Burns, Jerry Herman, Dorothy Loudon, Elaine Stritch, Tommy Tune, Fred Ebb, Antonio Banderas, and many more! Plus, she takes us behind the scenes of some of her 9 tony nominations, a number which makes her the most Tony-Nominated actress in history. 

Backstage Babble

What better way to celebrate Backstage Babble's 50th Episode than an in-depth conversation with Broadway icon Chita Rivera, who discussed creating her leading roles in such shows as West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, and more. The stories abound: why she thought "The Telephone Hour" would never work, how Jerome Robbins stopped a standing ovation, sitting on the floor with Judy Garland, why she ended up thanking Liza Minnelli every night, almost being killed by a panther during Merlin, the way Carol Channing opened oysters, the advice Gwen Verdon gave her, and stories about Bob Fosse, George Burns, Jerry Herman, Dorothy Loudon, Elaine Stritch, Tommy Tune, Fred Ebb, Antonio Banderas, and many more! Plus, she takes us behind the scenes of some of her 9 tony nominations, a number which makes her the most Tony-Nominated actress in history.

Shawn Ryan

Michael Orland

Lisa Mordente

What a week we have in store for you! Our 17th edition is quite LEGENDARY! Tony Winning Icon Chita Rivera is here! She is joined by her star of a daughter, Tony Nominee, Lisa Mordente on her BIRTHDAY no less! Joining the party is Music Director to the stars, Michael Orland! Wait until you see the impromptu singalong to close out this hour! Our jaws hit the FLOOR! Then the founder of CAMP YATC Shawn Ryan is here to tell us how to help young performers during quarantine! It is quite an hour!

The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

What a week we have in store for you! Our 17th edition is quite LEGENDARY! Tony Winning Icon Chita Rivera is here! She is joined by her star of a daughter, Tony Nominee, Lisa Mordente on her BIRTHDAY no less! Joining the party is Music Director to the stars, Michael Orland! Wait until you see the impromptu singalong to close out this hour! Our jaws hit the FLOOR! Then the founder of CAMP YATC Shawn Ryan is here to tell us how to help young performers during quarantine! It is quite an hour!

Quarantine, Cabaret, and Cocktails Episode 17 with the Legendary Chita Rivera, Tony Nomines Lisa Mordente, Camp YATC Founder Shawn Ryan, and special co-host MIchael Orland