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Rita Moreno is a true Hollywood and Broadway legend, having been honored and recognized for her acclaimed performances on both stage and screen. 

She has won all four of the most prestigious awards in show business: an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, and is the recipient of the Peabody Career Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor for her lifetime contributions to American culture, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Medal of Arts. 

She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Rita Moreno: A Memoir. Arizona Musicfest is honored to present Ms. Moreno in conversation with Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Founding Director of the Sidney Poitier New American Film School at Arizona State University, and the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.