Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life to Play Seven Perfs a Week on B'way

Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life has canceled its Wednesday night performances. The tuner will play a seven performance per week schedule on Broadway, according to a production spokesperson.

Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life offers audiences a rare look into that moment when great musical numbers in the theater 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 theater and also features new songs Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

The musical, written by Terrence McNally and directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele, is currently premiering at the Old Globe Theatre, where it will complete its extended run on November 6. In his review of the San Diego mounting, 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.