Chita Reviews- Page 2

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:15pm

James, that's lovely, however, the man is published in a national newspaper. That means we can say whatever we want about him and his way of reviewing.

And this comes from many years of reading him.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:43pm

Any news on Bennie's retirement? I've been ready for him to go for a few years now.....

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:53pm

The AP

"Chita Rivera is the ultimate Broadway gypsy.

That may sound like a strange description for a woman who is a more than 50-year veteran of musical theater. Yet the performer, whose affecting theatrical memoir "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life" opened Sunday at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, radiates a youthful joy when she talks about her work on stage, particularly as a member of the ensemble.

As Rivera explains early on in the show: "When you're working in the chorus of a Broadway musical, you're known as a gypsy. It's a good word, gypsy. It reflects a lifetime of being on the road but it also has glamour, a mystery, even a little sense of danger."

That enthusiasm, coupled with unflagging energy in her commitment to song and dance, makes Rivera one of the last of a vanishing breed - a true theater star. So playwright Terrence McNally had the most special of ingredients to work with when he was hired to shape Rivera's show-biz saga into a two-hour theatrical parade.

The show, directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, is a straightforward affair, with its leading lady backed by nine superb dancers plus one young girl who plays the star as a child.
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"The Dancer's Life" is not as confessional as Elaine Stritch's one-woman show, but then Rivera adopts a sunnier attitude toward life and what has happened during her lengthy career. "Looking back doesn't have to be painful," she tells the audience. Judging from what's on stage at the Schoenfeld, it can be most entertaining as well.


http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/13385733.htm

[Corine2]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 11:09pm

I am counting down the hours till Tuesday.
I LOVE HER.
I became her fan for life after PIPPIN.

[jimmirae]

Posted: 12/11/05 at 11:21pm

The only sad thing is some of these "Critics" who make it sound like Chita is an old Relic and they sound so shocked she is moving anymore - You cannot compare age or others to this Dynamo, who will surely still be doing more and greater steps in the future - They sound like they are writing about a funeral here, not her Show! She's not Dead folks, She's just GREAT!

Updated On: 12/11/05 at 11:21 PM

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:14am

What's Brantley say abou the show?

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:39am

That he's a rube.

And comparisons to Stritch and her show were inevitable. But they're also wrong and lazy. Ah well.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:38am

Raves from Barnes..

http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/58668.htm

[mamaleh]

Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:52am

MUST SELL! I have one or two (your choice) of PRIME ORCH for CHITA at DISCOUNT!!! -- Second Row Center -- seats for this Wednesday matinee, Dec. 14. $148 for the pair, $75 for one, includes Telecharges. My friend's surgery wrecks our plans to go.

Email me at [e-mail] by Tuesday, Dec. 13, evening; no IMs, please.

Ellen