The Ritz is a comedic farce by Terrence McNally. The 1975 Broadway production starred Rita Moreno, who won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez. Moreno and the original cast reprised their roles for the 1976 film adaptation directed by Richard Lester. The farce is set in a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, where unsuspecting businessman Gaetano Proclo, a heterosexual, has taken refuge from his homicidal brother-in-law Carmine Vespucci, a mobster. Gaetano stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters, including a rabid chubby chaser, go-go boys, a squeaky-voiced detective, and Googie Gomez, a third-rate entertainer with visions of Broadway glory who mistakes him for a famous producer and whom he mistakes for a man in drag.
Adaptations (1)
The Ritz (play) was adapted into a 1976 film.
