Chita Rivera obituary

American actor, singer and dancer who found fame as Anita in the stage musical West Side StoryKnown for her dynamic personality and prodigious physical energy, Chita Rivera, who has died aged 91, created the role of Anita in West Side Story in 1957. As the heroine Maria’s friend in arguably the best musical of the 20th century, Rivera tore up the stage in the ensemble dance number America, a stunning musical expression of minority group aspiration, and sang memorable harmony lines in Tonig