Chita and Gwen perform an iconic moment in broadway history: The original Chicago Finale, choreographed by Bob Fosse, performed in 1975 on the Howard Cosell show. This was Gwen's last role on broadway, and is one of Chita's greatest stage triumphs.
Chita Rivera as Liliane LaFleur, Antonio Banderas as Guido Contini, Saundra Santiago as Stephanie Necrophorus, Nell Campbell as Lina Darling, and the ladies of the 2003 Nine revival perform this show-stopping sequence. Rivera was nominated for a best supporting actress Tony. Part One includes the club act portion.
Chita Rivera, Brent Carver, and Anthony Crivello perform a slightly truncated, but mostly complete sequence from Kiss of the Spider Woman on the 1993 Tonys Awards. The show won 7 tonys, and it's easy to see why!
Apologies for the sound being a bit off....it's not my original file!
The original Anita, the film Anita..and the divine Miss M (a little rusty on her lyrics) join forces at an LA benefit. As fun & campy as one could hope for :)
Chita Rivera gave audiences a master class in important musical theater choreographers in the second act of her show, The Dancer's Life. Here, she and her company analyze and demonstrate the styles of Jack Cole, Peter Gennaro, Bob Fosse, and Jerome Robbins.
This is the bridge of the song and the steamy tango section.
Chita Rivera as Liliane LaFleur, Antonio Banderas as Guido Contini, Saundra Santiago as Stephanie Necrophorus, Nell Campbell as Lina Darling, and the ladies of the 2003 Nine revival perform this show-stopping sequence. Rivera was nominated for a best supporting actress Tony.
Chita and Gwen in a simple, shortened version of songs from Chicago, perfomed at the tonys. Unfortunately, the clip is incomplete, but does include some of the best parts!
Chita Rivera and company in clips of the Broadway production of Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. She was nominated for a 2006 Tony....for playing herself!
At age 72, Chita performs the songs that made her famous 50 years ago: America and Dance at the Gym.
Originally choreographed by Peter Gennaro, the dancers featured here are Lloyd Culbreath, Malinda Farrington, Edgard Gallardo, Deidre Goodwin, Richard Montoya, Lainie Sakakura, Alex Sanchez, and Allyson Tucker.
Some coverage of the 1992 London opening of Spider Woman, featuring interviews with director Harold Prince, novelist Manuel Puig, and set designer Jerome Sirlin, pre-Broadway footage of the show (check out the short-lived garish costuming in Gimme Love) and at 4mins 25secs, the original promo commerical from before the show's Toronto opening.
Chita and a couple of funnymen (Bruce Adler from Crazy For You and George Dvorsky) perform Friendship from the 1999 Papermill Playhouse production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes on the Rosie O'Donnell show.