Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Rivera, Chita
2. Ridge, Richie
3. Rothe, Lisa
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
5. Villar-Hauser, Ludovica
6. Hoffman, Patrick
7. League of Professional Theatre Women
8. Character Generators/Video
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive

Description

1. 1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. 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

1. Chita Rivera in conversation with Richard Ridge

Subject

1. Rivera, Chita -- Interviews
2. Rivera, Chita -- Friends and associates
3. Verdon, Gwen -- Friends and associates
4. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
5. Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 -- Friends and associates
6. Robbins, Jerome -- Friends and associates
7. Strouse, Charles
8. Kander, John
9. Sweet Charity (Motion picture)
10. Chita Rivera: the dancer's life
11. Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOW 422

Note

1. This video is available to be viewed online in the NYPL's Digital Collections database.

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

1. Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
2. Interviewed by Richie Ridge.

Event (note)

1. 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.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. 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

1. New York, ©2018.

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

1. Introductory remarks: Lisa Rothe, Jacqueline Davis, and Ludovica Villar-Hauser.
2. Interviewed by Richie Ridge.

Event

1. 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.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Rivera, Chita, interviewee.
2. Ridge, Richie, interviewer.
3. Rothe, Lisa, speaker.
4. Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
5. Villar-Hauser, Ludovica, speaker.
6. Hoffman, Patrick.
7. League of Professional Theatre Women.
8. Character Generators/Video.
9. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research call number

1. NCOW 422