Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli in The Rink on Broadway
Clip: Season 43 Episode 4
Chita Rivera sings songs from The Rink, a Kander & Ebb musical co-starring Liza Minnelli.
Chita Rivera co-starred with Liza Minnelli in The Rink, the tenth Kander and Ebb musical collaboration with book by Terrence McNally. It opened February 9, 1984. See Chita Rivera, who won a Tony Award for her role, perform "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer" at her Jazz at Lincoln Center concert and --- in archival footage with her co-star Minnelli --- "The Apple Doesn’t Fall (Very Far From the Tree)".
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli in The Rink on Broadway
Clip: Season 43 Episode 4
Chita Rivera co-starred with Liza Minnelli in The Rink, the tenth Kander and Ebb musical collaboration with book by Terrence McNally. It opened February 9, 1984. See Chita Rivera, who won a Tony Award for her role, perform "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer" at her Jazz at Lincoln Center concert and --- in archival footage with her co-star Minnelli --- "The Apple Doesn’t Fall (Very Far From the Tree)".
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