Chita Rivera can say she’s been “a lucky gal,” but that luck thing only goes so far. Her extraordinary record of achievement in musical theater speaks for itself. She was in the room when Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim were figuring out “West Side Story” and asked her to originate the essential character Anita. Bob Fosse made sure she was on board to partner…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM on February 21, 2014