Chita Rivera to Bring Solo Concert Back to Feinstein's/54 Below
(© David Gordon)
Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera has announced a return engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below, with 10 performances of her solo concert scheduled for March 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, and 22, 2018, at 7pm. In the show, Rivera will revisit moments from her legendary career and celebrate music from timeless Broadway composers.
A 10-time Tony nominee, Rivera was most recently seen on Broadway in John Kander and Fred Ebb's The Visit. She earned Tony Awards for her performances in Kander and Ebb's The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman, and she is well known for originating roles in Bye Bye Birdie, West Side Story, and Chicago, among other classic Broadway musicals.
Rivera was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2009 and received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, becoming the first Hispanic woman ever chosen to receive this award. In November 2016, she headlined at Carnegie Hall and in 2015, Great Performances aired the special Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' to Do, a retrospective of her life and career, nationally on PBS.
