Broadway Bids Farewell: Rivera and Harnick, with Karen Valen

Written By David Katzmire

Broadway Bids Farewell: Rivera and Harnick, with Karen Valen
April 2, 2024 @ 10:30-11:45am

Chita Rivera and Sheldon Harnick, both three-time Tony winners, passed away recently. This class will provide many of their career highlights through video clips. We’ll see Chita dancing and singing in her many roles on Broadway: West Side Story, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and so many others. Sheldon Harnick’s lyrics for Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello, The Rothschilds, and others will be on display. And yes, a guarantee that Zero will appear wishing to be a rich man. Karen has been attending theater regularly since 1954 when Mary Martin flew past her in Peter Pan, and she ushers both on and off-Broadway.

David Katzmire
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