Ritz
Encyclopedia
Hotels
- Ritz HotelRitz HotelThe Ritz London is a luxury 5-star hotel located in Piccadilly and overlooking Green Park in London.- History :Swiss hotelier César Ritz, former manager of the Savoy Hotel, opened the hotel on 24 May 1906...
, a hotel overlooking Green Park in London, England - Hôtel Ritz ParisHôtel Ritz ParisThe Hôtel Ritz is a grand palatial hotel in the heart of Paris, the 1st arrondissement. It overlooks the octagonal border of the Place Vendôme at number 15...
, a hotel in Paris, France - Ritz-Carlton Hotel CompanyRitz-Carlton Hotel CompanyThe Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. is the parent company to the luxury hotel chain, Ritz-Carlton Hotels. The hotel company is a subsidiary of Marriott International...
, parent company to the Ritz-Carlton hotel brand- Ritz-CarltonRitz-CarltonThe Ritz-Carlton is a brand of luxury hotels and resorts with 75 properties located in major cities and resorts in 24 countries worldwide...
a chain of hotels
- Ritz-Carlton
Cinemas and theatres
- The Ritz, Randwick, New South Wales
- The Ritz, Harringay, London
- Ritz (Austin, Texas)Ritz (Austin, Texas)The Ritz is a historic theater in the 6th Street district in Austin, Texas. The building's history includes use as a movie theater, music hall, club, and comedy house. It reopened after renovations in fall 2007 as the new downtown location for the Alamo Drafthouse.-History:The Ritz was built in...
- Ritz Theatre (Haddon Township, New Jersey)Ritz Theatre (Haddon Township, New Jersey)The Ritz Theatre is an active live producing theatre located in Haddon Township, New Jersey in the southern part of New Jersey. It is home to The Ritz Theatre Company The company produces mainstage plays and musicals, children's theater, runs a summer theatre arts day camp and reaches out to its...
- Ritz Theatre (Jacksonville)Ritz Theatre (Jacksonville)The Ritz Theatre is an African-American oriented theatre in the LaVilla neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. The theater, which seats 426, is used for a variety of music, dance and theatrical productions, as well as movies. The spacious lobby is also used for private functions. Just off the lobby...
, Florida
People
- César RitzCésar RitzCésar Ritz was a Swiss hotelier and founder of several hotels, most famously the Hôtel Ritz, in Paris and The Ritz Hotel in London...
(1850–1915), hotelier - Walter RitzWalter RitzWalther Ritz was a Swiss theoretical physicist.His father, Raphael Ritz, a native of Valais, was a well-known landscape and interior scenes artist. His mother was the daughter of the engineer Noerdlinger of Tübingen. Ritz studied in Zurich and Göttingen...
(1878–1909), theoretical physicist - Rosalie RitzRosalie RitzRosalie Ritz was an award-winning journalist and courtroom artist who covered major United States trials in the 1960s through the 1990s...
(1923–2008), pioneering courtroom artist - Gerry RitzGerry RitzGerry Ritz, PC, MP is Canada's Agriculture minister and a Canadian Member of Parliament for Battlefords—Lloydminster, a largely rural riding in Saskatchewan...
(1951–), Canadian federal politician - David RitzDavid RitzDavid Ritz is an American author, most of whose books are biographies of soul music and R&B legends such as Ray Charles, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, and Janet Jackson. On four occasions, his co-authored autobiographies of musicians have been awarded the Ralph J...
, author - The Ritz BrothersRitz BrothersThe Ritz Brothers were an American comedy team who appeared in films, and as live performers from 1925 to the late 1960s.Although there were four brothers, the sons of Austrian-born haberdasher Max Joachim and his wife Pauline, only three of them performed together. There was also a sister,...
, comedy team from the 1920s through the 1960s - Ritz Malheur, a fictional character in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
- Dathan RitzenheinDathan RitzenheinDathan Ritzenhein is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat...
, (1982–), American distance runner and Olympian, often referred to as "Ritz"
In music
- Puttin' on the RitzPuttin' on the Ritz"Puttin' on the Ritz" is a popular song written and published in 1929 by Irving Berlin and introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritz . The title derives from the slang expression "putting on the Ritz," meaning to dress very fashionably. The expression was inspired by the...
, a popular song by Irving Berlin - "Ritz", a rock song on The PsychomodoThe Psychomodo-External links:* at Rate Your Music...
album by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Ritz (quartet)The Ritz (quartet)The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the of the Barbershop Harmony Society The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the of the Barbershop Harmony Society The Ritz is a barbershop quartet from the of the Barbershop Harmony Society (comprising Ohio, West Virginia, and the western half of...
, a barbershop quartet that won the International Championship in 1991 - "From The Ritz To The Rubble", a song by Arctic MonkeysArctic MonkeysArctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
In television, theatre, and films
- The Ritz (TV series)The Ritz (TV series)The Ritz was a six part BBC Television series that aired in 1987. It was a Comedy/Drama set in a night club, where three bouncers Chike played by Paul Rider, Skodge played by Andrew Dunn and Kenny played by Andrew Livingstone helped to protect the newly formed Ritz night club from a rival club...
, a BBC television series in 1987 - The Ritz (play)The Ritz (play)The Ritz is a play by Terrence McNally. Actress Rita Moreno won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Broadway production, which she and many others of the original cast reprised in a 1976 film version directed by Richard Lester....
, a Broadway play by Terrence McNally - The Ritz (film)The Ritz (film)The Ritz is a 1976 film directed by Richard Lester based on the play of the same name by Terrence McNally.Actress Rita Moreno who had won a Tony Award for her performance as Googie Gomez in the 1975 Broadway production, and many others of the original cast like Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller, and F...
, the film version of the play
Rock clubs
- Ritz (rock club)Ritz (rock club)-History:The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt on 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. Formerly a ballroom known as Webster Hall, The Ritz still retained some of its previous incarnation's Art Deco style. As a venue, it focused...
, a rock club in New York City in the 1980s - Ritz (Austin, Texas)Ritz (Austin, Texas)The Ritz is a historic theater in the 6th Street district in Austin, Texas. The building's history includes use as a movie theater, music hall, club, and comedy house. It reopened after renovations in fall 2007 as the new downtown location for the Alamo Drafthouse.-History:The Ritz was built in...
, a 1970s Austin, Texas rock club, in which Roky Erickson recorded a live album - The Ritz (Manchester)The Ritz (Manchester)The Manchester Ritz is a live music venue in Whitworth Street West in Manchester.It won Manchester's Best Bar None and Club awards for 2006/2007, which are organised by the Greater Manchester Police....
, a Manchester, England rock club, in which Ian Gillan and The Charlatans have both recorded
Other uses
- Maruti Ritz, Indian version of Suzuki SplashSuzuki SplashThe Suzuki Splash is a city car introduced in model year 2008 and jointly developed between Suzuki Motor Corporation and Opel/Vauxhall — which will also market their version as the Agila. It debuted as a concept car at the 2006 Paris Auto Show and the production model debuted at the 2007...
, a hatchback city car - Ritz Camera CentersRitz Camera CentersRitz Camera & Image is a photographic retail and photofinishing specialty store, headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland. The company currently owns and operates a chain of approximately 300 locations throughout the United States...
, in the United States - Ritz Video, a chain of video rental stores in the United Kingdom that was bought out by Blockbuster Inc.
- Ritz CrackersRitz CrackersRitz Crackers are a brand of snack cracker introduced by Nabisco in 1934. Outside of the United States, the Ritz Cracker brand is made by a subsidiary of Kraft Foods. They are circular in shape, salted lightly on one side, and have a small scalloped edge...
, a brand of snack crackers - Ritz (crater)Ritz (crater)Ritz is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the eastern limb. This portion of the lunar surface is sometimes brought into view of the Earth under favorable conditions of libration and sunlight...
, a lunar impact crater located on the far side of the moon - Ritz Malheur, a major character in the Final Fantasy Tactics Advance game
- Ritz MetroRitz MetroRitz Metro is a Mexican biscuit launched in 2007, with them Kraft Foods it inaugurates a new segment of category of snacks, of the Urban Life, are now discontinued....
, a Mexican snack - Ritz NewspaperRitz NewspaperRitz Newspaper, colloquially Ritz Magazine, sometimes simply Ritz, was a British magazine focusing on gossip, celebrity and fashion. It was launched in 1976 by David Bailey and David Litchfield, who acted as co-editors. Published on newsprint and described by Litchfield as "the Lou Reed of...
, sometimes Ritz Magazine, a defunct monthly UK fashion and gossip periodical published by David Bailey and David Litchfield