Catherine Zeta-Jones and Kristin Chenoweth have actually commemorated Chita Rivera.
After the Broadway icon died on Tuesday aged 91, fellow entertainers consisting of the Chicago starlet and Wicked star published homages to her online.
“From imagining being you as a little woman, then fulfilling you and after that being deeply linked to you by playing the one and just Velma Kelly in Chicago. There will never ever, ever, be anybody like you Chita, ever,” Zeta-Jones captioned a series of Rivera’s throwback pictures on Instagram. “Dim the lights on Broadway! Or, might I recommend, we simply end. I enjoy you Chita, sleep tight my Queen.”
Rivera stemmed the function of Velma Kelly in the Broadway production of Chicago in 1975 and Zeta-Jones played the character in the 2002 film adjustment.
Over on X, previously called Twitter, theatre star Kristin included, “Chita, there was just you. Everybody else. I appreciated you and constantly will appreciate you as a skill and mainly as an individual! A kick butt lady you were. All the rest people simply wan na be you. RIP CHITA.”
Rita Wilson, who played Roxie Hart in a 2006 revival of Chicago, likewise commemorated the late Rivera.
“A real legend. An expert. An artist. Kind,” Wilson composed on Instagram. “At the anniversary of Chicago the Musical we shared a dressing space at a hotel close by. She made me feel as if I belonged because area with her, and on phase in Chicago.”
She continued, “Her love of her art was so present. She had a lot thankfulness for having the ability to do the ‘task’ she enjoyed and was suggested to do.”
Rivera’s death was revealed by her child Lisa Mordente. She died after “a quick health problem”.