The Ritz.
The Ritz is a 1976 comedy film based on the farce of the same name by Terrence McNally.
Cast[]
Singing cast[]
- Rita Moreno - Googie Gomez
Non-singing cast[]
- Jack Weston - Gaetano Proclo
- Jerry Stiller - Carmine Vespucci
- Kaye Ballard - Vivian Proclo
- F. Murray Abraham - Chris
Plot[]
In a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, unsuspecting heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci. There 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 Puerto Rican entertainer with visions of Broadway glory who mistakes him for a famous producer and whom he mistakes for a man in drag.
Further complications arise when Gaetano's wife Vivian tracks him down and jumps to all the wrong conclusions about his sexual orientation.
Musical numbers[]
- "Everything's Coming Up Roses" - Googie