CHITA RIVERA - A PERFORMER OF METTLE AND STEEL
It's passe to wish Chita Rivera a jaunty, pre-show "break a leg!" even if that's stage-door etiquette. She's been there, done that. It was exactly 20 years and four months ago and, as a result, she's a woman of formidable molecular structure: muscle, bone and metal. - The Age
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CHITA RIVERA AND HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH - DIVAS DELIVER THE GOODS WITH PANACHE
CHITA Rivera likes to joke that she's about 40 years old, but given the shape her legs are in, she could probably get away with claiming to be 30. Broadway, where Rivera made her debut in 1950 at the age of 17 (do the calculations yourself), has been kind to her. - The Australian
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS AND CHITA RIVERA
The adage "they don't make them like that any more" holds true for troupers Debbie Reynolds and Chita Rivera: entertainers in the old-fashioned sense who are sassy, good-humoured and full of spark. - Sydney Morning Herald
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CHITA RIVERA
A twin-Tony, all-singing, all-dancing Broadway star downunder. No, not what's under the bonnet of a Ferrari Superamerica ('though it might be a strangely apt comparison), but the overdue local advent of 'the real thing', as Liza intoned. - Sydney Stage Online
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CHITA RIVERA! DOWN UNDER
A couple of months ago at the Tony awards, Broadway's annual congratulatory rite, Rivera picked up her ninth Tony nomination for a well-reviewed autobiographical musical called Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life. That nod pretty much certified her status as a living legend. When you're nominated for a Tony for playing yourself in a musical about your life, how could you not have icon status? Even Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch haven't got that one - The Sydney Morning Herald
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CHITA RIVERA - BORN TO SING AND DANCE
WHEN it comes to musical theatre, Chita Rivera is a one-woman dynamo. Since her Broadway debut at 17 in 1950, she has received two Tony awards and seven other nominations. The dancer, singer and actor created the roles of Anita in the original production of West Side Story and Velma in the original production of Chicago. For more than 50 years she has worked with and appeared alongside the biggest names in American musical theatre. - The Australian
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CHITA RIVERA - FOR ONCE, A REAL DIVA
Cabaret legend Chita Rivera is heading down under for her first-ever Australian shows. The Broadway/West End veteran, who’s worked with such icons as Judy Garland, Bob Fosse and Shirley MacLaine, will be in Sydney for a run of dates at the Sydney Opera House from August 12, presenting an intimate cabaret show in her seven Sydney performances of Chita Rivera! Down Under. Described by The New York Times as “an amazing stage force” and lauded by no less than Liza Minnelli as “the real thing”, Rivera is one of the last survivors of a glamorous showbiz world that’s now almost subsumed by an entertainment milieu that values reality TV nobodies over fabulously talented somebodies - SX Magazine
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FAITH PRINCE - A LEAP OF FAITH
Cabaret and musical theatre have a strong following in this fine city of ours. Very often, the magical evenings created in a cabaret setting, originate from a musical theatre performer’s career and experience. Last weekend the newly created Sofitel Supper Club hosted a magical evening with the first series of Melbourne appearances from one of Broadway’s most beloved leading ladies, Faith Prince.
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FAITH PRINCE - FAITHFUL REWARDED
Faith Prince is an incandescent Broadway star. Her Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards, together with Tony best actress nominations, long ago affirmed this status.
She thrilled her opening night Melbourne audience at the newly created Sofitel Supper Club with two hours of a personal playlist of great songs from some of the 20th century's finest shows. - The Australian
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FAITH PRINCE - FUNNY, SOFT, WICKED, BEGUILING: THERE'S LIFE IN THIS CABARET
I saw Faith Prince on Broadway in 1992, and her Tony-winning characterisation of the perennial fiancee, Miss Adelaide, in Guys and Dolls remains the most perfect performance in a musical I have seen. In cabaret, she delivers that same supreme artistry as an actress, comedienne and singer. - The Age
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FAITH PRINCE
Saturday night, the 10th of June Tony® award winning performer Faith Prince opened Melbourne's new showroom for professional cabaret performance in Melbourne. The Sofitel Hotel –Melbourne is the home of the Sofitel Supper Club. A collaboration of the efforts of Nancy Cato, David Hawkins, Martin Croft and Sofitel General manger Clive Scott, this new intimate showroom will host world-class performances of the greatest musical theatre cabaret performers.
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FAITH PRINCE - SHOW TUNES SHOW FAITH WELL PLACED
FAITH PRINCE oozes Broadway from every pore. Her innate effervescence, intuitive flair for comedy and exemplary finesse as a performer add up to an almost old-fashioned quality, so that it was only some of the songs she sang which placed her show, A Leap of Faith, nearer to now than 40 years ago. - The Sydney Morning Herald
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FAITH PRINCE - A VOICE MADE FOR BROADWAY
Sometimes it's difficult to tell where a performance begins and where it ends, especially in the transitory zone of the rehearsal room. Yesterday, Faith Prince, a Broadway musicals and television actor, was running through some songs with her pianist and bass player, before her first Australian concerts begin later this week. - The Australian
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FAITH PRINCE - ATTRACTING THE SPOTLIGHT A MATTER OF FAITH
WHEN Faith Prince won the role of the perennially unwed dancer Miss Adelaide in the 1992 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls, she was barely known and faced stiff competition from the go-getter leading man, Nathan Lane. - The Sydney Morning Herald
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