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Additional authors

1. Rivera, Chita
2. Winer, Linda
3. Robins, Isobel
4. Slaughter, Harriet
5. Mayleas, Ruth
6. Corwin, Betty L
7. Isaacson, Robert
8. Malone, Audra D
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (29 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Chita Rivera discusses her career with Newsday critic Linda Winer. During her nearly 50 years on stage, Rivera originated the roles of Anita in West Side story and Velma Kelly in Chicago, and has worked with many of Broadway's most eminent choreographers. Rivera expounds on her childhood in Washington D.C. as the daughter of a Puerto Rican father and mother of mostly Scottish and Irish descent, her training in ballet at the School of American Ballet in New York City; her performance in the 1984 production of The rink, for which she won her first Tony Award; playing a "femme fatale" in Kiss of the spider woman; her preference for originating roles for the stage over performing them in movie versions; her views on Broadway revivals; her 1988 car accident; and her daily desire to continue to express her talent.

Series statement

1. Women in theatre

Alternative title

1. Dialogues with notable women in American theatre

Subject

1. Rivera, Chita > Interviews
2. Theater > New York (State) > New York
3. Theater > Production and direction
4. Television
5. Actresses > Interviews
6. Talk shows
7. Interviews
8. Dancers > Interviews
9. Women in the theater

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 2042

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.
2. Program is also available at www.cuny.tv.
3. "Discussion program spotlighting prominent women from the theatre, including performers, playwrights, producers and designers."

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Oct. 2, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, March 12, 2004.

Title

1. Women in theatre. Chita Rivera [videorecording] / produced by the League of Professional Theatre Women, Isobel Robins, Harriet Slaughter, co-presidents ; Ruth Mayleas, executive producer ; Betty L. Corwin, director of special projects, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive ; Bob Isaacson, executive in charge of production ; Audra D. Malone, director ; [produced for] CUNY-TV.

Imprint

1. New York : CUNY-TV, c2004.

Series

1. Women in theatre

Performer

1. Interviewer: Linda Winer.

Event

1. Videotaped in the CUNY-TV studios, New York, N.Y. on Oct. 2, 2003. First aired on CUNY-TV, Channel 75, March 12, 2004.

Local note

1. Gift of The League of Professional Theatre Women and CUNY-TV.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Rivera, Chita, interviewee.
2. Winer, Linda, interviewer.
3. Robins, Isobel, producer.
4. Slaughter, Harriet, producer.
5. Mayleas, Ruth, producer.
6. Corwin, Betty L, producer.
7. Isaacson, Robert, producer.
8. Malone, Audra D, director.
9. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), producer.
10. League of Professional Theatre Women, producer.
11. City University of New York.
12. League of Professional Theatre Women, donor.
13. CUNY-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.), donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 2042