Chita Rivera's "The Dancer's Life" coming to Broadway this November!

Good for her...Chita is a legend! Can't wait to see it!

she IS performing in it in San Diego at the Old Globe this summer.....

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Chita is brillaint. Hope is comes to London. I should imagine itll open up at The Plymouth, its empty since Brooklyn!

i think the poor thing can't even move anymore.

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I am cathing it on gay pride weekend. What fun!

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Chita can still dance circles around 99% of the dancers half her age.

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Oh Mr. Muscles,
Why are the pretty ones so dumb... You might as well say you hate gay men, because that's just as bad as saying you hate Chita Rivera! We're the same age, but obviouslly, you have alot to learn...

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Why would Muscle say that? I'm only a teen - but this is the most thrilling news I've heard in a while. I missed Chita in Nine, and now I finally have a chance again to see her. The best part is that I can see her perform some of my favorite classic numbers from shows like Chicago, West Side Story, and Bye Bye Birdie. It's so exciting for me that I will now be able to see her belt out the ending to "All That Jazz" Live! I wish she could do some Charity numbers, but she only played Charity on tour, so I don't know if it was such a big deal in her career.

I have a question though. I'm not sure if anyone knows yet. Will this show be more than a revue? From what the articles are saying - the show will basically take you through Chita's life, and it will include some of her famous musical numbers? So I would imagine it will be like a standard book musical, but with songs we've already heard?

So this will be able to be nominated for Best Musical? That's pretty cool.

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:15 PM

Yeah, you're right. Now that I think of it - it does sound more like a "special event."

But they have a bookwriter and everything, so I figured it would be like your traditional book musical.

I guess we'll see how it will turn out. It sounds very exciting too me.

off topic but answering about San Diego's Gay Pride. It's the last weekend of this month - July 30 & 31.

back on topic - can't wait for Chita!

Muscle, have you ever actually SEEN Chita on stage recently?? I saw her a couple of years ago in CHICAGO playing Roxie in the London production and I can honestly say she is by far the best Roxie EVER. And I've seen the show with a lot of casts. She can sing and dance so much better than half of the people on Broadway today (no offence, but the lady is just THAT talented!)

When you're her age, let's see how well you can sing and dance...

Not only can she still dance but she made a full recovery after being hit by a car almost 20 years ago.

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