Chita Rivera to Guest Star on Johnny and the Sprites
in Johnny and the Sprites
(© Disney Channel/Eric Liebowitz)
Chita Rivera will guest star as the Queen of All Magical Beings on Disney Channel’s hit music-filled preschool series Johnny and the Sprites, at 7:30am on Saturday, March 15.
The popular series, which stars Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia and a cast of endearing puppets, consists of two 11-minute stories featuring music from some of the theater world’s most celebrated songwriters, including Stephen Schwartz, Lawrence O’Keefe, Michael Patrick Walker, and David Kirshenbaum.
Rivera won the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Her many other Broadway shows also include Bye Bye Birdie, Bajour, Merlin, Bring Back Birdie, Nine, and her autobiographical musical Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life. In May, she will star in the Signature Theatre production of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s The Visit.
