Chita at Feinsteins/54 Below

[BroadwayMarley]

Posted: 5/27/19 at 10:58pm

Just saw Chita Rivera's show at Feinstein's/54 Below.  It was fabulous.  She is doing this agin for several nights.  I recommend it highly!  Today's NY Times has an article on Chita as well.

Updated On: 5/28/19 at 10:58 PM

[Brandon Horwin]

Posted: 5/28/19 at 9:51pm

BroadwayMarley said: "Just saw Chita Rivera's show at Feinstein's/54 Below. It was fabulous. She is doing this agin for several nights. I recommend it highly! Today's NY Times has an article on Chita as well."

Nice! Anyone selling a ticket?

[MarkBearSF]

Posted: 5/28/19 at 11:09pm

I caught the show a couple of months ago in SF at Feinstein's at the Nikko.
Simply spectacular. Flawless. Every move (and she moved a lot), every breath, every note was done with the training and assurance of decades of mastery.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 5/29/19 at 10:00am

Is the show her typical retrospective of her career?

[BroadwayMarley]

Posted: 5/29/19 at 10:37am

She sings most of her iconic songs with a brief introduction of narrative.  A wonderfully entertaining show!

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 5/29/19 at 10:52am

Thank you...this sounds like the same show I have seen the past 4 times I've seen her: Birdland, Carlyle, Carnegie Hall... 

If you have never seen Chita - by all means GO! I'm at the point now that I can recite the banter between songs with her.

[OlBlueEyes]

Posted: 6/20/19 at 2:18am

I guess I never posted this video of Chita singing "Nowadays" at 54 Below last month.

Usually there isn't enough interest to make it worth the trouble, but this video is one of my better efforts.

Chita is 86, and besides being a Kennedy Center Honoree, she also holds the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Chita sings "Nowadays" at 54 Below on May 30, 2019

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 6/20/19 at 9:19am

Brian07663NJ said: "Thank you...this sounds like the same show I have seen the past 4 times I've seen her: Birdland, Carlyle, Carnegie Hall...

If you have never seen Chita - by all means GO! I'm at the point now that I can recite the banter between songs with her."

Same here.  After the 3rd time of seeing her do the same material in different venues, I’m no longer excited whenever she announces a new date somewhere.  And I agree, seeing her perform her show live needs to be seen, at least once.  Just watching her lightly toss and flip her skirt to enhance her movement is a Master Class in itself.  Just watch videos of her throughout her career and just that detail alone is sometimes more vital than a step itself.   She’s even admitted that she can not do any of the WEST SIDE STORY choreography without the skirt.  She learned it from day one with the skirt. 

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 6/20/19 at 10:03am

Her show is captured wonderfully on DVD and available here: http://www.reeltimevideoproduction.com/solo-performers.html

It is the same exact word for word show she has been performing at various venues.