Chita Rivera to Perform in Boston Youth Moves Benefit

The Boston Youth Moves’ 2012 Swellegance Gala Benefit will feature two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera performing songs from her legendary Broadway career in her own concert, Chita Rivera: My Broadway at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, on Friday May 4, at 8pm.

Rivera will be accompanied by a six-piece orchestra, led by musical director Michael Croiter, and will perform selections from her most celebrated musicals, including numbers from West Side Story, Sweet Charity, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bye, Bye, Birdie and The Rink, and featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Charles Strouse, Stephen Sondheim and Cy Coleman among others.

All proceeds will go to Boston Youth Moves, a non-profit, after-school arts education program whose mission is to encourage young people, through training in the art of dance, to explore their limitless potential for artistic expression and realize personal success. Founded in 1990 by Jim Viera and Jeannette Neill, BYM offers superlative dance training to teens in the Boston and greater Boston area and provides subsidized tuition for its students and offers scholarships and financial aid to students in need.

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