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Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life.


The plot: talented dancer works hard, gets chorus jobs, then leads, then stardom. It's not exactly original, but the subject is that one-and-only Broadway icon, Chita Rivera Chita Rivera (born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C.) is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical actress dancer, and singer best known for her musical theater roles. , who won a DM award in 2003.

In Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, writer Terrence McNally This article is about the playwright. For the actor, see Terrence E. McNally.

Terrence McNally (born November 3 1939 (1939--) (age 68) 
 and director-choreographer Graciela Daniele Graciela Daniele (born December 8, 1939) is a dancer, choreographer, and theatre director.

Born in Buenos Aires, Daniele began her dance training at the age of seven at Teatro Colon, Argentina's equivalent of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre.
 have shaped her story into a full-scale musical, with an ensemble of eight and big numbers from her landmark shows, including West Side Story, Chicago, and Kiss of the Spider Woman Kiss of the Spider Woman (El beso de la mujer araƱa) may refer to:
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (novel), the 1976 novel by the Argentine writer Manuel Puig
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (film) (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha
.

Of course, there's only one person who could carry it, so Rivera, 72, is back onstage. "I want the young kids to know some history," she says. "Jack Cole Jack Cole may refer to:
  • Jack Cole (artist) (1918–1958)
  • Jack Cole (choreographer) (1911–1974)
  • Jack Cole (businessman), founder of the Coles (bookstore) chain
  • Jack A. Cole, retired detective and executive director of LEAP
, Peter Gennaro, Jerome Robbins--I came along when the shows were fabulous." The ensemble will perform some of the original choreography, and Daniele is reworking some of the rest. But Rivera, accompanied by a recording of Gwen Verdon, will re-create Bob Fosse's original "Nowadays," from Chicago. Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, September 10-October 23; www.theoldglobe.org.
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