Chita-Rita Lyrics - Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4

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Forbidden Broadway, Vols. 1-4 Lyrics
  1. Disc: 1
  2. Forbidden Broadway
  3. Non Plu Andral
  4. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
  5. Annie's Favorite Showtune
  6. Pirates of Penzance Sequence
  7. Be a Catholic
  8. Triplets
  9. Bankable Stars
  10. I'm Entertainment
  11. Angela Lansbury Sequence/If the Show Had Run Past Labor Day
  12. Audition Sequence: Soliloquy from Carousel/I'm Sick of Playin [Excerpt]
  13. Merman & Martin Sequence: It's de-Lovely/My Heart Belongs to Daddy/Mu
  14. Carol Channing Sequence/Call on Carol/Dolly Is a Girl's Best Friend
  15. Ambition (Tradition)
  16. Forbidden Broadway (Reprise)
  17. Disc: 2
  18. Opening and Who Do They Know?
  19. Forbidden Broadway, Vol. 2
  20. Fugue for Scalpers
  21. Patti LuponeI / Get a Kick Out of Me 
  22. Into the Woods/Weekend in the Country
  23. Annie 2
  24. Poor Butterfly
  25. Madonna's Brain
  26. Never, Never Panned
  27. Somewhat Overindulgent
  28. Chita-Rita
  29. I Ham What I Ham
  30. Hey, Bob Fosse
  31. Almost Like Vegas in New York
  32. Teeny Todd
  33. Liza 
  34. Ladies Who Screech
  35. Phantom of the Musical: Goldfinger/Lloyd Weber
  36. George M.!
  37. More Miserable Sequence
  38. Finale
  39. Disc: 3
  40. Carol Channing Sequence: Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
  41. Forbidden Broadway Vol. III
  42. Trouble in New York City
  43. Guys and Dolls Sequence: Guys and Dolls/I Know I've Seen This Show ...
  44. If I Sing It Slower
  45. On the Ashkebad, Tbusi and Kiev Express
  46. I Could Have Danced All Night
  47. Grand Hotel/I Can't Learn This Song Quite So Quickly/Follies Bergere
  48. Someday
  49. Dear Antonio/The Sounds of Shakespeare
  50. Everything's Coming Up Merman/Old Fashioned Ballad/There's Nobody ...
  51. Tonight Who Will Play Miss Saigon?. You Are Hallmark, I Postcard
  52. Put on Your Phony Vocie/All I Ask of You
  53. Camelounge
  54. Mess of the Spider Woman: Prologue/Come and See Me/Mess of the ...
  55. Back to Broadway
  56. Tell Me It's Not True/I Think I'm Acting/Downshow
  57. Scenery, Fly Me, Amplify Me/Listening to Us
  58. Finale: What Happened to Heart?
  59. Disc: 4
  60. Parody Tonight: Oh What a Beautiful Moron/One Foot More (With One Look)
  61. Show Boat Medley: P.C. Show Boat/Make Believe/Ol' Show Show Boat
  62. My Souvenir Things
  63. Elaine Stritch
  64. Big
  65. Bernadette and Mandy in So Miscast (Wunderbar and So in Love)
  66. King Is Her/Whistle a Sondheim Tune/Shall We Boink?
  67. Be Depressed Be Depressed Video
  68. Patti Lupone in Master Class/As If I Never Said Goodbye/Andrew ...
  69. You're the One I Want/Look at Me I'm Sandra Dee/There Are Worse Things
  70. Meow! I Hope I Get It (God I Hope I Get It)
  71. You Just Can't Sing
  72. Ann Reinking in Chicago
  73. Kiss Me Kate/Corrective Casting/Jerry and Liza
  74. Julie Hot
  75. Spoonful of Julie
  76. Tony Nominating Committee: Victor/Ignor-Ee-Ya
  77. Crazy Girl
  78. Rant
  79. Ouch! They're Tight
  80. Too Gay for You-Too Het'ro for Me
  81. Pretty Voices Singing: Think Punk
  82. Season of Hype
  83. This Ain't Boheme/Death and Resurrection
  84. Finale: Something Wonderful
  85. Encore-Ta-Ta Folks
  86. Exit Music: Julie the Star!

Chita-Rita Lyrics

Chita-Rita

Chita Rivera:
Ms. Moreno, her rude gyrations
Are all lousy imitations
Though we both did West Side Story
Hers was like chicken catchatoriy
She got all the glory
But don't let that cat in
I'm the fiery Latin
I was the world's first Anita

Girl:
We know you were

Rivera:
Don't mix us up
I am Chita

Chita Rivera is not Rita
Rita Moreno is not Chita
Chita is Chita and not Rita
I would prefer you forgot Rita

This little ditty reminds you
Who is the what and the who’s who
She gets the movies and ‘Bravos!’
I get the nightclubs and bomb shows

My name is Chita and not Rita
Rita is Rita but not Chita
Liza likes Chita but not Rita
I wouldn’t mind if they shot Rita

I’m the one starred on Broadway
From the 50’s and the 60’s to the current day, people
And I invented the “Ay! Ay!”
While Rita was lisping in King and I

I have done Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, Bajour
And I never miss a matinee, people
And when chorus boys yell and scream “Ay! Ay! Ay!”
How I love all of the gay people

My name is Chita and not Rita
Rita is Rita and not Chita
Liza hates Rita but not Chita
Why won’t the union boycott Rita?

Rita Moreno (spoken):
Hello Chita!

Rivera (spoken):
Rita! What are you doing here?

Moreno (spoken):
I be doing the movie version of The Rink. I’ll probably win another Oscar. You can present it.

Rivera (spoken):
(Laugh) I’d sooner die.

Moreno (spoken):
You probably will. I just came to credify one thing.
(sings)
My name is Rita and not Chita
Though I look like you a lot, Chita
When people smoke too much pot, Chita
They think you’re me and I’m not Rita

Rivera:
I am a versatile actress.

Moreno:
Long as you stay on the mattress.

Rivera:
I can play any role I choose

Moreno:
Gypsies, Italians and Black Jews

(Rivera screams)

Moreno:
When I go out on a date, Chita
People say there goes the great Rita
But when they see who, they state, Chita
Looks like you put on some weight, Chita

Rivera (spoken):
Ay, ay, ay! I’m gonna show you how I was the first to do this! And it goes like this!

Both mumble and yell various “Ay! Ay! Ay!”s

Both:
So if you want to keep who’s who straight
Here’s how to settle the great debate
I am the one you should emulate
She is the one who should migrate

There is Rita and Chita and Liza
And Lisa and Liza and Chita
And Pia Zadora and Lisa
And Mia and Liza and Chita
Mia, Liza, Rita, Chita, Rio, Rita, Liza, Pia, Pita, Debbie Allen
(Gasp)
And Me.




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