Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Chita Rivera Records 'GREAT PERFORMANCES' Concert Despite Winter Weather Warnings

Broadway shows, other scheduled events and most of New York City shut down last night in preparation for the blizzard predicted to be one of the City's worst winter storms ever. This did not deter Broadway icon Chita Rivera, her musicians or the producers at THIRTEEN who had previously scheduled a concert taping for January 26. THIRTEEN is producing Great Performances: Chita Rivera, a special retrospective to celebrate Ms. Rivera's extraordinary career then and now for broadcast as part of PBS' Fall Arts Festival 2015.

Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a very first look at the taping!

THIRTEEN went ahead with the taping with a packed audience of Ms. Rivera's die-hard fans at Jazz at Lincoln Center's The Appel Room in the Time Warner Center. The two-time Tony Award winner performed signature moments from her legendary career including numbers from West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bye, Bye, Birdie, The Rink and The Visit, along with a special tribute to her dear friends John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally. An added attraction was the Appel Room's picturesque winter wonderland backdrop of Central Park and Columbus Circle.

Ms. Rivera was accompanied by an 11-piece orchestra led by her music director Michael Croiter, and long-time associate music director/pianist Michael Patrick Walker and bassist Jim Donica.

This spring, Ms. Rivera returns to Broadway in THE VISIT, the final musical written by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally. Co-starring Roger Rees, the production will be directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Graciele Daniele. Previews begin March 26 and opens April 23 at the Lyceum Theatre.

Photo by Joseph Sinnott/THIRTEEN Productions LLC