Widely considered as one of the greatest stage actresses of all time, Chita Rivera has won two Tony Awards® as Best Leading Actress in a Musical and received seven additional Tony® nomnations.  She recently starred in the Broadway and touring productions of The Dancer’s Life, a dazzling new musical celebrating her spectacular career, written by Terence McNally and directed by Graciela Daniele.  Chita was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama on August 12, 2009.  She received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor in Washington, DC in December 2002, the first Hispanic ever chosen to receive this award.  It was her electric peformance as Anita in the 1957 Broadway premiere of West Side Story which brought her stardom.  She starred in the original Broadway productions of such landmark musicals as Chicago, The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Bye Bye Birdie, among many others.