Moreno and DeBose both portrayed Anita on screen, but Rivera, who died Tuesday, originated the role on stage. Chita is Chita and not Rita. The character of Anita in West Side Story looms so large in ...

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When the news broke Tuesday of Broadway legend Chita Rivera’s death at 91, the song “Somewhere” started playing in my head. The beautiful tearjerker from “West Side Story,” often used ...