Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera

By: May. 19, 2006
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Broadway legend Chita Rivera received New Dramatists' 2006 Career Achievement Award on Thursday, May 18th at the New York Marriott Marquis (1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets) at their annual spring luncheon.

Among the many who turned out to pay tribute to Rivera were Patti LuPone, Daphne Rubin-Vega, LaChanze, Jim Dale, Robert Cuccioli, Michael Cerveris, Patricia Morison, Marian Seldes, Donna Murphy, John Kander and Sheldon Harnick.

Rivera has been a consistent and dynamic presence on Broadway for over half a century. She most recently starred in the New York-bound Kander and Ebb musical The Visit at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Rivera is a two-time Tony Award winner for The Rink and Kiss of the Spiderwoman, and also received nods for her performances in Nine (her most recent Broadway appearance), Jerry's Girls, Merlin, Bring Back Birdie, the original production of Chicago and Bye Bye, Birdie. Rivera originated the role of Anita in West Side Story, and has also been seen on Broadway in Can-Can, Mr. Wonderful, Shinbone Alley and Bajour, as well as in touring productions of Pippin and Sweet Charity. Rivera is a 2002 Kennedy Center Honoree.

For more information on New Dramatists, visit www.newdramatists.org.

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Daphne Rubin-Vega

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Oliver Platt

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Patricia Morison

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Brandon Victor Dixon, Marsha Norman, LaChanze, Chita Rivera, Alice Walker and Allee Willis

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Tony Roberts, Marge Champion, Chita Rivera, and Joyce Randolph

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and John Kander

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Sheldon Harnick, Chita Rivera and John Kander

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Jim Dale, Chita Rivera and Marian Seldes

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Donna Murphy

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Robert Cuccioli, Chita Rivera and Donna Murphy

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Charles Strouse

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Gerald Schoenfeld

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Michael Cerveris, Chita Rivera, David Garrison and Oliver Platt

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Shuler Hensley, Chita Rivera and John Lloyd Young

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Lisa Kron

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Todd London

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Patti LuPone

Photo Coverage: New Dramatists Honors Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Cherry Jones


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