Chita Comes to Cherry Grove

Two-Time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera will perform songs from her legendary Broadway career with an intimate evening of music in "Chita Rivera: My Broadway" coming to The Ice Palace in Cherry Grove, Fire Island Aug. 17 and 18.

Accompanied by her longtime musical trio, led by music director Michael Croiter, Ms. Rivera will perform selections from her most celebrated musicals, including numbers from "West Side Story," "Sweet Charity," "Chicago," "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "The Rink," and featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Charles Strouse, Stephen Sondheim and Cy Coleman among others.

An accomplished and versatile actress/singer/dancer, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received seven additional Tony nominations. She recently concluded a successful run starring in the Broadway revival of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."

More recently, she starred in the Broadway and touring productions of "The Dancer's Life," a dazzling new musical celebrating her spectacular career, written by Terence McNally and directed by Graciela Daniele. She recreated her starring role in "The Visit," the new Kander/Ebb/McNally musical at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA (originally done at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago in 2001). She also starred in the revival of the Broadway musical "Nine" with Antonio Banderas. She trained as a ballerina (from age 11) before receiving a scholarship to the American School of Ballet from legendary George Balanchine. Chita's first appearance (age 17) was in the chorus of "Call Me Madam." Her electric performance as Anita in the Broadway premiere of "West Side Story" (1957) brought her stardom, which she repeated in London. Her career is highlighted by starring roles in "Bye Bye Birdie," "The Rink" (Tony Award), "Chicago," "Jerry's Girls," and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (Tony Award),

Chita was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama on Aug. 12, 2009. She received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, DC in December, 2002 and is the first Hispanic ever chosen to receive this award. Chita has recorded and released a new CD entitled "And Now I Swing."

Tickets range from $45 - $85 and can be purchased in advance online.

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