The woman who made Anita legendary finally gets her close-up. Broadway royalty, no understudies.
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. Originally aired as Episode 2 of Season 43 of the PBS series Great Performances.
Acting
Rivera's charisma burns through archival footage like stage lights.
Direction
Horn lets legends talk, never interrupts the magic.
Editing
Seamless decades-collage, West Side Story to Chicago.
Director
David Horn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rivera is the first Latina to receive a Kennedy Center Honor—this doc aired the same year.
The title comes from Bye Bye Birdie's 'Spanish Rose' number, which Rivera made iconic despite the questionable ethnic coding of 1960 Broadway.
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