NEW YORK — Chita ... Press then. “That’s the spirit of my life, and I’m really so lucky to be able to do what I love, even at this time in my life.” In August 2009, Rivera was awarded ...

NEW YORK — Chita ... Press then. "That's the spirit of my life, and I'm really so lucky to be able to do what I love, even at this time in my life." From 2013: Chita Rivera at 80 is 'still ...

Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com Broadway icon Chita Rivera ... said she'd always looked up to Rivera. "There was only you," she tweeted. "Then everyone else.

"Very simply, there was then — and is now — nobody who can sing, dance and act like Chita Rivera." Those were director Hal Prince's opening words when Chita Rivera was honored at the Kennedy ...

Chita Rivera ... “incredible impact” that Rivera had on her life, and paid tribute to her “queen.” “From dreaming of being you as a little girl, then meeting you and then being deeply ...

Chita Rivera, the beloved Broadway ... Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Rivera rocketed to fame in 1953 with Guys and Dolls, then cemented her stature as a Broadway leading lady ...

By Michael Paulson and Emmanuel Morgan Chita Rivera created several memorable Broadway characters that are now considered part ... “Bye Bye Birdie” — and then becoming close after she ...

Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story.” In August 2009, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Chita Rivera ... she told The ...