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The Rink

Shows · The Rink

After a failed marriage and years of running a roller skating rink on the boardwalk of an East Coast amusement park, Anna (Chita Rivera) is ready to sell the place and retire when her estranged daughter Angel (Liza Minnelli) unexpectedly shows up and wants to keep the place open for business.

Opened
1984
Performances
204
Type
Musical
Era
Megamusical
Music: John KanderLyrics: Fred EbbBook: Terrence McNally

Productions2 on Broadway

1984 Martin Beck Original. February 9, 1984 · A. J. Antoon 204 performances
2018 Playhouse Theatre Transfer.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available
UK Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals available

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In the literature25 passages

In 1984, she won a long-deserved Tony Award for The Rink, written specifically for her by longtime friends Kander and Ebb. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p182

Subsequent Kander and Ebb musicals include The Rink (1984), And the World Goes Round (1991), and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), all of which proved unsuccessful. book:more-opening-nights-on-broadway-a-critical-quotebook-of-compiled-by-steven-suski#p1097

Minnelli originated roles in three Broadway musicals, Flora, the Red Menace (1965), The Act (1977), and The Rink (1984), and during the run of Chicago (1975) briefly replaced Gwen Verdon and later performed the title role of Victor/Victoria (1995), which had been originated by Julie Andrews. book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p65

The song “Over the Wall” was a reworked version of “The Top of the Hill” (Zorba, 1968) and “The Day after That” was a revised version of “Colored Lights” (The Rink, 1984). book:the-complete-book-of-1990s-broadway-musicals-dan-dietz-paxton-mcnallie-2016-rowm#p138

Rivera won Tonys for Best Actress in a M usical for The Rink (1984) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993). book:the-golden-age-of-american-musical-theatre-1943-1965-naden-corinne-j-rowman-litt#p176

He was an active accompanist and rehearsal pianist on Broadway from 1978 to 2015, starting with A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (1980), Upstairs at O’Neals (a 1982 revue), and The Rink (1984). book:the-stephen-sondheim-encyclopedia-rick-pender-rowman-littlefield-publishing-lanh#p250

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