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Ms. Moreno takes the audience on a journey featuring anecdotes, stories and songs beginning with her upbringing in Puerto Rico through a legendary career spanning seven decades and every major American performance award.

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Rita Moreno
My Life with Words & Music Ms. Moreno takes the audience on a journey featuring anecdotes, stories and songs beginning with her upbringing in Puerto Rico through a legendary career spanning seven decades and every major American performance award.
Rita Moreno remains one of only nine performers ever to win all four major artistic awards: the Oscar, the Emmy, the Grammy and the Tony.

The Quadruple Crown Most recognized for her Academy-Award winning role as Anita in West Side Story, Rita's career has spanned over fifty years of stage, film and television triumphs, including seminal hits such as The Electric Company on PBS and HBO's Oz.
In 2004, Ms. Moreno was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and in December, 2007 was inducted into the California Hall of Fame.
Rita's voice has only grown more mature with age, as her stage presence brings down the house with virtuoso performances of classic songs forever associated with her.
In addition to her touring, Rita most recently starred opposite Jimmy Smiths and Hector Elizondo on CBS's drama Cane.

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Ms. Moreno takes the audience on a journey featuring anecdotes, stories and songs beginning with her upbringing in Puerto Rico through a legendary career spanning seven decades and every major American performance award.


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