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Interview with Chita Rivera

Title
Interview with Chita Rivera [videorecording] / [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.
Publication
New York, ©2018.

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Additional Authors
  • Rivera, Chita
  • Ridge, Richie
  • Rothe, Lisa
  • Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
  • Villar-Hauser, Ludovica
  • Hoffman, Patrick.
  • League of Professional Theatre Women.
  • Character Generators/Video.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
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.
Alternative Title
Chita Rivera in conversation with Richard Ridge
Subject
  • Rivera, Chita > Interviews
  • Rivera, Chita > Friends and associates
  • Verdon, Gwen > Friends and associates
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 > Friends and associates
  • Robbins, Jerome > Friends and associates
  • Strouse, Charles
  • Kander, John
  • Sweet Charity (Motion picture)
  • Chita Rivera: the dancer's life
  • Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
Interviews.
Note
  • This video is available to be viewed online in the NYPL's Digital Collections database.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Performer (note)
  • Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
  • Interviewed by Richie Ridge.
Event (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
NCOW 422
OCLC
1079065565
Title
Interview with Chita Rivera [videorecording] / [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.
Imprint
New York, ©2018.
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Cast
Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
Interviewed by Richie Ridge.
Event
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.
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Added Author
Rivera, Chita, interviewee.
Ridge, Richie, interviewer.
Rothe, Lisa, speaker.
Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
Villar-Hauser, Ludovica, speaker.
Hoffman, Patrick.
League of Professional Theatre Women.
Character Generators/Video.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOW 422
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