Statement Of Responsibility: [Presented by] The League of Professional Theatre Women ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Performers: Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
Performers: Interviewed by Richie Ridge.
Venue: Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York, N.Y., May 7, 2018.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) :sound, color ;4 3/4 in.

Abstract

Performer Chita Rivera discusses her life and career with theater journalist Richard Ridge. She begins with her childhood introduction to dance, her training, and her early experiences touring in various musical shows. She also speaks of a number of colleagues such as Gwen Verdon, Leonard Bernstein, and Jerome Robbins, and reminisces about some of the many shows in which she has performed.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 1079065565
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21710030
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b22760752
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8eeb26a0-eca7-0139-5b77-0242ac110003

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Date Issued

2018

Cite this item

MLA format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Chita Rivera" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2018. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eeb26a0-eca7-0139-5b77-0242ac110003

APA format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2018). Interview with Chita Rivera Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eeb26a0-eca7-0139-5b77-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Chita Rivera" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8eeb26a0-eca7-0139-5b77-0242ac110003

Wikipedia citation

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