Posted: 7/31/20 at 9:21pm
I read in several bios and on her website that Chita has been in Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo with James Luisi, but I can't find any piece of information on when and where. Does anyone have any idea?
Updated On: 7/31/20 at 09:21 PM
Posted: 8/1/20 at 1:13pm
Posted: 8/1/20 at 1:29pm
She played Serafina in a repertory production of THE ROSE TATTOO in 1972. It’s incorrectly listed as a tour on her bio.
Posted: 8/1/20 at 3:05pm
Dollypop said: "On the surface this seems like ideal casting but I saw Chita in THE RINK and she wasn't at all convincing as an Italian woman. She gave a brilliant musical comedy performance but her gait, gestures and speech pattern were far from Italian."
Chita is literally Italian.
Posted: 8/1/20 at 5:01pm
TotallyEffed said: "Dollypop said: "On the surface this seems like ideal casting but I saw Chita in THE RINK and she wasn't at all convincing as an Italian woman. She gave a brilliant musical comedy performance but her gait, gestures and speech pattern were far from Italian."
Chita is literally Italian."
Her mother was partly of Italian descent. That has nothing to do with being able to believably play someone from Italy.
Updated On: 8/1/20 at 05:01 PM
Posted: 8/1/20 at 5:24pm
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Posted: 8/1/20 at 9:58pm
TotallyEffed said: "The role Chita originated in The Rink is an Italian-American woman from Coney Island, very New York. Chita herself is (partially) Italian-American and she won a Tony for playing the role."
Two different roles. “Very New York” does not at all describe the character in The Rose Tattoo.
Posted: 8/1/20 at 10:49pm
hork said: "TotallyEffed said: "The role Chita originated in The Rink is an Italian-American woman from Coney Island, very New York. Chita herself is (partially) Italian-American and she won a Tony for playing the role."
Two different roles. “Very New York” does not at all describe the character in The Rose Tattoo."
Where did I say it did? The Rink was brought up for some strange reason, it has nothing to do with The Rose Tattoo. I wasn’t comparing the two roles, Dolly was.
Posted: 8/1/20 at 11:38pm
TotallyEffed said: "hork said: "TotallyEffed said: "The role Chita originated in The Rink is an Italian-American woman from Coney Island, very New York. Chita herself is (partially) Italian-American and she won a Tony for playing the role."
Two different roles. “Very New York” does not at all describe the character in The Rose Tattoo."
Where did I say it did? The Rink was brought up for some strange reason, it has nothing to do with The RoseTattoo. I wasn’t comparing the two roles, Dolly was."
Ahh, okay, sorry. Somehow I got it into my head that Dolly was talking about The Rose Tattoo.
Updated On: 8/2/20 at 11:38 PM
