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Chita Rivera, Legend of the Broadway Stage, Dead at 91


The actress died on January 30 after a brief illness.

Chita Rivera, the Broadway legend and two-time Tony Award winner, died on January 30, 2024, her daughter Lisa Mordente confirmed. Throughout her career, Rivera originated a cavalcade of iconic roles on the Broadway stage, including Anita in West Side Story and Velma Kelly in Chicago. I remember saying to my daughter a long time ago, ‘Lisa, if you see me doing something absolutely absurd, if I lose my mind one day and have too much makeup or my skirt’s too short, please tell your mother.’” Rivera made her last trip to the Broadway stage in 2015, starring in The Visit, written by John Kander and Fred Ebb, who also wrote The Rink, Chicago,and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

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