Old Globe Extends Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life for a Second Time

The Old Globe is extending its engagement of Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life for a second time. The show will now run in San Diego an additional week through November 6.

Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life offers audiences a rare look into that moment when great musical numbers in the theatre were born, as related and performed by the woman for whom they were created--the ultimate Broadway "gypsy." The show, featuring an 11-member company, takes the audience on a tour through landmark creations in the American theatre and also features new songs Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

The musical, written by Terrence McNally and directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, received mixed to positive reviews when it opened at the Old Globe. In his review, Variety's Steven Oxman wrote: "Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life is a refreshingly upbeat stage autobiography, a cleverly structured, sparingly sentimental homage to the musical theater and the people who devote their careers to it. Opening at San Diego's Old Globe on its way to a December Broadway berth, the show displays enough originality and pizzazz to have--pardon the pun--legs."

Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life is scheduled to begin previews at Broadway's Schoenfeld Theatre on November 23 in preparation for a December 11 official opening.