In August 2009, US President Barack Obama awarded Rivera with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In the 1960s Rivera had recorded two albums, "Chita Rivera: Get Me To The Church On Time" and "And Now I Sing". These early 1960s albums would be reissued on CD by Stage Door Records in February 2013. In November 2008, Rivera released her third solo album, "And Now I Swing". Rivera performed in a staged concert of "The Visit" as a benefit at the Ambassador Theatre on November 30, 2011. In 2012, Rivera played "Princess Puffer" in the Broadway revival of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" at Studio 54. She was the Grand Marshal of the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City on June 9, 2013.