After completing a cross-country tour of Call Me Madam, Chita returned to New York to replace Onna White as a principal dancer in Guys and Dolls. Following Guys and Dolls, Chita joined the cast of the original Broadway company of Can-Can, in which her friend, Gwen Verdon, first achieved stardom.
In 1988, Chita would star in an international tour of Can-Can, with Ron Holgate and the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, directed by Dallett Norris with choreography by Alan Johnson. This was Chita’s first major tour subsequent to an automobile accident in which she broke her leg. Can-Can proved that Chita was back!