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[Interview with Chita Rivera : raw footage]

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  • "Broadway, the American musical"
  • "Broadway: the American musical"

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  • "Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. Actress, singer and dancer Chita Rivera discusses her career in the musical theater. Topics include her ballet studies as a child in Washington D. C., and her scholarship to the School of American Ballet in New York; landing roles in the road company production of Call me Madame, and the Broadway productions Guys and dolls and Can can; her role as Anita in West Side story, on which she worked with choreographer Jerome Robbins and developed greatly as a dancer; the musical's portrayal of immigrant violence; her experiences with prejudice as a Latina performer; Broadway's inclusiveness; her work with choreographer Bob Fosse in the show Chicago and with Michael Bennett in Bajour; her definition of sexiness onstage; Fosse's choreography, which expresses his love of women and his sense of humor; her admiration for dancer Gwen Verdon, with whom she appeared in Can can; the songwriting of duo John Kander and Fred Ebb; the difficulties for up-and-coming performers, as well as stars, to find consistent work on Broadway; the various types of musicals from the past, and Broadway's production of revivals in current times; the continuing need for new works for the musical theater on Broadway; the responsibility of having a lead role in a Broadway production; her disappoinment in her show The rink, in which she starred with Liza Minnelli; more on the lyrics of Fred Ebb; the "feeling" of Broadway from the performer's and audience perspective; the space of the stage, and what it calls forth in her. Last few minutes feature silent depiction of the Broadway street below and its theater marquees."

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  • "Unedited footage"
  • "Interviews"
  • "Musicals"
  • "Documentaries and factual works"

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  • "[Interview with Chita Rivera : raw footage]"

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