Chita Rivera looked absolutely beautiful in a black gown as she presented at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre in New York City.
While presenting alongside Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on Sunday night, the 88-year-old Broadway legend returned to the same stage that West Side Story held its opening night 'exactly 64 years ago.'
'Tonight, September, 26, 1957, on this very stage, I originated the role of Anita in West Side Story,' she gushed after receiving a standing ovation.
She's back! Chita Rivera looked absolutely beautiful in a black gown as she presented at the 74th annual Tony Awards at Winter Garden Theatre in NYC
Role-of-a-lifetime: While presenting alongside Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on Sunday night, the 88-year-old Broadway legend revealed she famously stepped on the same stage 'exactly 64 years ago' on opening night of West Side Story; seen in 1957
Upon greeting the three-time Tony Award recipient, Webber, 73, said when he was a 'little teenager' he 'always wondered' if he would meet her.
Taken aback by the sweet sentiment, she responded: 'I'm just so glad we're both not wheeled out. We walked, we actually walked!'
Rivera famously portrayed Anita, the girlfriend of Bernardo and a close friend and confidante to his sister Maria, in the acclaimed musical.
