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Dance among the stars now, Chita.
Broadway legendChita Rivera diedon Jan. 30, a week after her 91st birthday.
Rivera became the first Latina American woman toreceive the Kennedy Center Honorin 2002.
Riveras fans, many of them A-listers, quickly turned to social media to celebrate the actors life.
Rest in peace, Chita.
THE Anita from the originalWest Side Storycast album that I had played to death, she wrote.
Seven years later, they met on the set of theWest Side Storyremake.
Chita looked at me and said, you are so silly and adorable, Zegler added on X. Ariana DeBose, who played Anita opposite Zegler in the 2021 film,posted an emotional tributeon Instagram.
She was a force.
In truth she made me nervous, she wrote.
To be in her presence was to behold greatness.
I remember seeing her for the first time inMr.
Wonderfuland exclaiming, Oh my God, whoisthat?
She was the essence of Broadway.
As I write this, I am raising a glass to this remarkable woman and friend.
There will never, ever, be anyone like you Chita, ever.
Eight months later on our reshoots, she joined us and held court all day.
It remains one of the all time joys of my life.
She IS magnificent, not ready for the past tense just yet.
Fellow Broadway starKristin Chenowethshared how she looked up to Rivera.
There was only you.
Then everyone else, she wrote.
I looked up to you and always will admire you as a talent and mostly as a person!
A kick butt woman you were.
All the rest of us just wanna be you.
Oscar-nominated actor Colman Domingopaid his respects, writing, A life well lived.
Well done Chita Rivera.
Only Murders in the BuildingactorJackie Hoffmanshared a special memory.
She set the bar in every way, he wrote.
I will cherish her always.
Dance in heaven, my friend.
Mia Farrow called heran authentic Broadway icon, sharing a throwback photo.
Thank you to the magnificent, irreplaceable Chita Rivera.
What a legend on stage, he wrote.
What a force of pure talent and energy.
She will be truly, truly missed.
Dance among the stars now, Chita.
This article was originally published onJan.
