I Love Chita!!

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I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 12:20am

So last night, I had an AMAZING time in theatre. I got to see the touring production if Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life at OCPAC.

Let me just say that Chita was just fantastic. She has such a great stage presence. The minute I saw the silhouette of Chita, I was about to burst into tears! It was just amazing.

By the way, I loved her ending speech about performing just for that one person in the audience but I can't remember the exact words... Does anybody know it?

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 12:50am

Sadly she isn't touring anywhere near me, but I second the love!

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re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 12:52am

Just came back from the closing performance. She was wonderful. However I was sad to see that she was playing to a house that was only at about 40 %.

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re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 1:11am

Ohh, I know...

But OCPAC is pretty big.

And oh my gosh, I was the only student doing the rush... Everybody else were seniors. I felt a little embarassed.

Chita was just amazingly sweet at the stagedoor, however.

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

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Posted: 3/26/07 at 1:24am

Yeah.. but OCPAC normally has no trouble filling their seats. I have never seen it so empty. And what is weird is that we bought our tickets months ago and they put us all the way in row O. I changed them to row E tonight right before going in. You would think that with so many empty seats they would offer some kind of a lottery or discounts through Goldstar or something.

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Updated On: 3/26/07 at 01:24 AM

re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 1:49am

Tobias.. you should had driven to OCPAC. there were a lot of people there tonight that went there because of the LA cancelation.

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re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 2:50am

I saw it last week!!! I loved it. I know it sounds ridiculously cliche but she truly is inspiring! She is just a fantastic performer all around and her stories were awesome (although I could imagine that if you did not know what she was talking about, then you would not enjoy the show). Meeting her was also a treat! She is very sweet and very professional!

"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George

re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 3:36am

Inspiring, I think, IS the word I'd describe her performance. She was just adorable!

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

re: I Love Chita!!

Posted: 3/26/07 at 10:08am

I can't wait to see her in THE VISIT!

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Posted: 3/26/07 at 12:07pm

Never mind that. Go see this show.

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#11

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Posted: 3/26/07 at 12:11pm

I saw THE DANCER'S LIFE twice in NYC already...

#12

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Posted: 3/26/07 at 12:28pm

Good. I just can not understand why this show is failing on the road. You would think schools and universities would make it required viewing.

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#13

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Posted: 3/26/07 at 3:15pm

Unfortunately the subscribers dont know who Chita Rivera is.......

#14

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Posted: 3/26/07 at 4:44pm

I saw her as the Leader in Zorba on tour when I was in high school, and 30 years later on Broadway in Kiss of the Spider Woman. I think she's fantastic!

NYC Visitor and Broadway Fan

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Posted: 3/27/07 at 12:02am

Bdwy24;
Subscribers are the ones that know who she is. The show was not offered as part of a subscription

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Posted: 3/27/07 at 9:04am

"I love Chita!!!"
Me too! I saw the Dancer's Life in nyc 2x. amazing experiences.

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

#17

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Posted: 3/29/07 at 12:06pm

How have the houses been everywhere else on the tour?

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#18

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Posted: 3/29/07 at 1:32pm

I saw the show in Philadelphia January 14th, 2007. The house was pretty full, but I did notice people moving up because some seats in the front rows never got filled. (That wasn't good. There was a very overenthusiastic man who couldn't HELP but scream how much he LOVED Chita every time she said ANYTHING. It was cute at first, but annoying as hell by the end of the second act. I did wish I had duct tape then.)

This show was one of the most enjoyable things I have seen onstage. I only wish I could see it again...but I do plan on going to see "The Visit" in September/October/whenever it's down at the Signature Theatre.

callbacks: anita and rosalia, "west side story" auditions: is there life after high school Avatar: Me with Olga Merediz

#19

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/14/07 at 6:38pm

What songs were cut from the national tour of a dancer's life?

#20

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/14/07 at 7:04pm

"Where You Are" was cut, I think.

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

#21

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/14/07 at 7:10pm

I am still sad the LA stop was cancelled

"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999

#22

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/14/07 at 8:48pm

Funny/Horrifying Story about this show:

When I saw DRS at the Colonial Theatre in Boston, the friend who I went with overheard these two older women talking about the next show that they had tickets for. The one women told the other:

"Next we have Chiquita Rivera in The Dancer's Life"

He looked over and sure enough that's how the women had it written down in her date book, as "Chiquita"!!!

#23

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/14/07 at 10:04pm

I had a teacher who saw Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life on its closing night (she didn't know it was closing) and said she loved it and how personable Chita seemed from where she was sitting (6th/7th row orchestra). She saw The Times They Are A-Changin' on closing night too. I commented that she has the ability to make shows close...so I told her to buy tickets to see Tarzan ASAP.

#24

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/14/07 at 10:10pm

^ Oh please!! Everyone pitch in some money for her ticket!

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

#25

Songs cut from Chita's National Tour??

Posted: 4/15/07 at 3:51am

please.. what songs were cut ?

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