Broadway Royalty

 

Actress, singer, and dancer Chita Rivera has passed at 91. This legend of Broadway earned 10 Tony Award nominations and two wins in addition to a lifetime Tony. She was the first Latina winner of The Kennedy Center Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was the original Anita in West Side Story, played Velma in Chicago, and was the title.role of Kiss of the Spider Woman. She also starred in Bye Bye Birdie and Nine. She also.appeared on TV and film in Sweet Charity and most recently in Tick Tick... Boom!  In musical theater she was royalty.

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