RITA MORENO

by Ed Bruce edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

So how many of you have a Grammy, a Tony, an Academy Award and two Emmys ?
Rita Moreno does !

So how many of you can sing like a meadowlark and still dance at 76 ? Rita Moreno can !

So how many of you have a Presidental Medal of Fredoom Award ? Rita Moreno does !

That's about the name of that here in Las Vegas tonight !

What a deal, opening night at UNLV's Ham Hall for the New York Stage and Beyond Series.....the bar is high for future performers.

I have always loved Morenos work from West Side Story, The King and I and the Rockford Files on video and now in person she is so much much more. Still singing great, looking great in a great red pant suit and acting like a broadway historian which she is. So great to hear the stories about the songs and then see her climb up on the piano and sing FEVER !

Looking for my list of great female singers I have seen....Peggy Lee, Judy Collins, Eartha Kitt, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and now this Puerto Rican songbird is second to none and with here stage presence, story telling and singing she could be at the top of the list. Last female singer I saw with a piano, soft drums and bass was Peggy Lee 20 years ago at Caesars....this was just as good and the sound system she brought in let us get all the worlds.....Rita, I loved you before today and you did nothing to change that tonight......started 5 minutes late ! 76 minutes no intermission four star show !

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