This week I chat with Patrick Pacheco who helped the late Chita Rivera write her autobiography - Chita: A Memoir. Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero – Chita – created some of Broadway’s most iconic roles, including Anita in West Side Story‚ Rosie in Bye Bye Birdie, Velma in Chicago, Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Claire in The Visit.
Patrick and I talk about these shows and such luminaries as John Kander, Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Hal Prince, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr., Gwen Verdon, and more.
Remembering Leslie Bricusse
New Broadway Cast Recordings
Styles of Stephen Sondheim
Broadway Records Recent Releases
The Nina Simone Musical
Discussion of Out-of-Town Tryouts
Musical Potpourri #3
Musical Potpourri #2
Musical Potpourri #1
Happy Birthday Cole Porter, Part 2
Happy Birthday Cole Porter, Part I
Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
Interview with Kevin Connors
Interview with Charles Kirsch
Interview with Blake Hammond
Interview with Lyricist Susan Birkenhead
"On Broadway" Reborn
Academy Award Winning Songs
Black History Month, Part 2
Black History Month, Part 1
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