'Chita Rivera' Closing Feb. 19

Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life, the stage autobiography of the celebrated musical theater performer, will close Sunday after a disappointing Broadway run.

The show, which opened Dec. 11 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, will have played 72 performances and 20 previews.

A Dancer's Life will begin an American tour Jan. 2, 2007, at the Miami Performing Arts Center in Florida, and there will be an international tour, too.

Rivera, a two-time Tony Award-winner, has appeared on Broadway in such musicals as West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman.

A Dancer's Life was directed and choreographed by Graciela Daniele.

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