CHITA A Memoir with PATRICK PACHECO. The rise of Chita Rivera to Broadway stardom. This book is a must for lovers of the Broadway Theater. It is real and personal. Published in 2023, just months before her death in 2024, it comes to the reader as a timely tribute to her extraordinary life.

CHITA takes you backstage with Anita in the original West Side Story, Rosie in Bye By Birdie, Velma in Chicago, Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman and Claire in The Visit. The personal insight into the casts, producers and directors is genuine and warm. “Lenny” Bernstein, Bob Fosse, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Hal Prince, Stephen Sondheim, and dozens more. And yes, Chita’s lovers are there as well.

Delores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero. Delores, the indomitable teenage Puerto Rican dynamo always present and often in the forefront of Chita’s stardom.

CHITA is a orchestra seat on Broadway. Don’t miss the show!