[DOC] [TLE] Chita Rivera | The Stars | Broadway: The American Musical | PBS [PAR] She rocketed to stardom in 1957 as Anita in West Side Story, and stopped the 
show nightly by singing and dancing herself into a frenzy to the whooping 
rhythms of ... Two years later she was back on Broadway as Dick Van Dyke's 
secretary ... and the Spider Woman in Kander and Ebb's musical Kiss of the 
Spider Woman. [DOC] [TLE] Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life - Wikipedia [PAR] Later that year, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts announced that a ... 
The Broadway production of Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life began its limited ... 
transitions into one showing Rivera at the barre in dance class, where she took ... 
Chita recreates the audition that earned her the role of "Anita" in West Side Story,
... [DOC] [TLE] West Side Story - Welcome to Chita Rivera.com [PAR] West Side Story is of colossal importance in the life and career of Chita Rivera. ... 
of the legend of Chita Rivera as Broadway's foremost dancer-actress-singer. ... In 
addition to Chita Rivera, the original cast included: Carol Lawrence, Larry .... 
taunting of Anita gets physical and is turning into rape when she is saved by Doc. [DOC] [TLE] Natascia Diaz approaches 'West Side Story's' Anita with passion ... [PAR] Dec 11, 2015 ... Natascia Diaz approaches 'West Side Story's' Anita with passion ... a half ago, 
singing and dancing in a series of high-profile Broadway and off-Broadway 
musicals. ... Those early-career original New York musicals in which she was 
cast ... The Spider Woman experience drew Diaz into an elite circle at... [DOC] [TLE] Chita Rivera, without regrets On her toes for Balanchine, Bernstein ... [PAR] Apr 29, 2012 ... But that's one of the few things she has not achieved in a career ... She's been 
nominated for nine Tony Awards and won two, for The Rink and Kiss of the 
Spider Woman. ... Q. Not every Broadway dancer trains at George Balanchine's ... 
Q. Why didn't you play Anita in the film version of West Side Story? [DOC] [TLE] Chita Rivera: The Real Thing - Artvoice [PAR] May 24, 2007 ... After West Side Story, Chita returned to Broadway to create the role of Rose in ... 
The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman around Chita's unique talents. ... class in 
the career of a Broadway dancer and of late-20th-century dance. .... If West Side 
Story was the show that turned Chita Rivera into Chita Rivera,... [DOC] [TLE] It's just another song and dance Review: Chita Rivera puts a fair ... [PAR] May 28, 1998 ... ... Chita Rivera puts a fair measure of singing and dancing into her revue, 'Chita & 
All That Jazz. ... When Rivera reprises Anita's "America" from "West Side Story," 
she ... Later, when she sings the title song from "Spider Woman," she dons ... eye 
toward taking it to Broadway, and while it is a genuine pleasure... [DOC] [TLE] Live from The Hamptons - Interview with the Artist [PAR] Jul 21, 2016 ... Her first major role on Broadway was Anita in the original Broadway cast of West 
Side Story. She's also well known for starring as Rosie in the original Broadway 
cast of Bye ... Tony for her starring role in Kiss of the Spider Woman on Broadway
. .... His new film Class Divide, a look into the modern effects of... [DOC] [TLE] Chita Rivera talks 'The Visit' and her Broadway career | Newsday [PAR] Apr 17, 2015 ... She was the original Anita in "West Side Story" in 1957. Eighteen years later, she 
was Bob Fosse's first Velma Kelly in ... In 1993, she climbed a gigantic web as the 
femme fatale in the musical adaptation of "Kiss of the Spider Woman." ... if it 
turned out to be my last, I'd be happy with that," she told me in a... [DOC] [TLE] Chita Rivera as Anita in 'West Side Story.' |

Question: The original Anita in Broadway's "West Side Story", she later turned into a "Spider Woman"
Answer: Chita Rivera