Ritz or The Ritz may refer to:

Facilities and structures

Hotels

The Ritz Hotel, London The Ritz London is a Grade II listed 5-star hotel in Piccadilly, London, England. A symbol of high society and luxury, the hotel is one of the world's most prestigious and best known. The Ritz has become so associated with luxury and elegance ...

, a hotel in London, England *

Hôtel Ritz Paris The Ritz Paris is a hotel in central Paris, overlooking the Place Vendôme in the city's 1st arrondissement. A member of the Leading Hotels of the World marketing group, the Ritz Paris is ranked among the most luxurious hotels in the world. T ...

, a hotel in Paris, France * Hotel Ritz (Madrid), a hotel in Madrid, Spain * Hotel Ritz (Lisbon), a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal *

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC is an American multinational company that operates the luxury hotel chain known as The Ritz-Carlton. The company has 108 luxury hotels and resorts in 30 countries and territories with 29,158 rooms, in addi ...

, parent company to the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain **

Ritz-Carlton Atlantic City The Ritz-Carlton Atlantic City, located at 199 S. Iowa Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, began as a hotel on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, built at the beginning of the Roaring Twenties and renowned for its luxurious decor and famous guests. I ...

, a former hotel in New Jersey, United States **

The Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore () is a 32 floor luxury hotel located at Millenia Singapore, Marina Centre, Singapore. The hotel is run by The Ritz-Carlton group of hotels, and it has won several awards. The hotel was opened in 1996, develo ...

, a hotel in Singapore **

Ritz-Carlton Montreal The Ritz-Carlton Montreal is a luxury hotel located at 1228 Sherbrooke Street West, on the corner of Drummond Street, in Montreal, Quebec. Opened in 1912, it was the first Ritz-Carlton hotel in North America. Its name was originally licensed by ...

, a hotel in Montreal, Canada ** Ritz-Carlton Tokyo, a hotel in Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan ** Ritz-Carlton Hotel (New York City), a former hotel in New York City **

Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh (Arabic: فندق الريتز كارلتون بالرياض) is a luxury hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. History Prominent guests Between 21–22 May 2017, President Donald Trump was a guest at the hotel as it hosted ev ...

, a hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia * Ritz Beach Club, a former beach resort in South Andros, Andros, Bahamas

Other structures

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 ...

, a historic theater * Ritz Cinema (disambiguation) * Ritz Theatre (disambiguation) *

Ritz Tower The Ritz Tower is a luxury residential building at 465 Park Avenue on the corner of East 57th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It was built from 1925 to 1926 as an apartment hotel and was designed by Emery Roth an ...

, a residential building in New York City *

The Ritz (Manchester) The O2 Ritz (originally known as The Ritz) is a live music venue on Whitworth Street West in Manchester, England. Built as a dance hall in 1927, it was designated a Grade II listed building in 1994. The venue is notable for its sprung dance floo ...

, a Manchester, England Rock club, in which Ian Gillan and The Charlatans have both recorded *

The Ritz (rock club) The Ritz was a New York City rock club in the 1980s and early 1990s. History The Ritz was founded in 1980 by Jerry Brandt in the historic Webster Hall ballroom and concert space on 11th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Villag ...

, a New York City Rock club that existed in the 1980s and early 1990s

People

César Ritz César Ritz (23 February 1850 – 24 October 1918) was a Swiss hotelier and founder of several hotels, most famously the Hôtel Ritz in Paris and the Ritz and Carlton Hotels in London (the forerunners of the modern Ritz-Carlton Hotel Compan ...

(1850–1918), hotelier *

Charles Ritz Charles C. Ritz (August 1, 1891 – July 11, 1976) was a French hotelier and fly fishing specialist. Like his father César Ritz, he was the owner and manager of Hôtel Ritz Paris. Biography Charles Ritz was the first of two sons born to Swiss ho ...

(1891–1976), son of César Ritz *

Glenda Ritz Glenda Ritz (born 1954) is the former Superintendent of Public Instruction for Indiana. She was elected November 6, 2012, defeating incumbent Superintendent Tony Bennett in an upset election, and she took office with a state government dominated ...

(born 1954), Indiana politician *

Walther Ritz Walther Heinrich Wilhelm Ritz (22 February 1878 – 7 July 1909) was a Swiss theoretical physicist. He is most famous for his work with Johannes Rydberg on the Rydberg–Ritz combination principle. Ritz is also known for the variational method n ...

(1878–1909), theoretical physicist *

Rosalie Ritz Rosalie Ritz (August 6, 1923 – April 18, 2008), born Rosalie Jane Mislove in Racine, Wisconsin, was an American journalist and courtroom artist who covered major United States trials in the 1960s through the 1990s. She worked with both CBS and ...

(1923–2008), pioneering courtroom artist *

David Ritz David Ritz (born December 2, 1943 in New York City) is an American author. He has written novels, biographies, magazine articles, and over a hundred liner notes for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and Nat King Cole. He has coauthore ...

(born c. 1942), author *

Gerry Ritz Gerry Ritz (born August 19, 1951) is a former Canadian politician. He served as member of the House of Commons of Canada for Battlefords—Lloydminster from 1997 until his resignation in 2017. He served as Canada's Agriculture minister from 20 ...

(born 1951), Canadian federal politician *

Ritz Brothers The Ritz Brothers were an American family comedy act who performed extensively on stage, in nightclubs and in films from 1925 to the late 1960s. A fourth brother, George, acted as their manager. Early life The four brothers were born to Austria ...

, comedy team from the 1920s through the 1960s *

Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan James Ritzenhein (born December 30, 1982) is a retired American long-distance runner, and current head coach of On Athletics Club. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres (12:56.27) from 2009-2010, when it was broken by Bernard ...

(born 1982), American distance runner and Olympian, often referred to as "Ritz" *

Rittz Jonathan Matthew McCollum (born August 16, 1980), better known by his stage name Rittz, is an American rapper. His debut album ''The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant'' was released on April 30, 2013, rising to number 8 on ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip ...

(Jonathan McCollum; born 1980), American rapper *

DiDa Ritz The fourth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' began airing on January 30, 2012, with cast members announced November 13, 2011. The winner of season four headlined Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka, won a one-of-a-kind trip, a lifetime s ...

, American drag queen

Fictional characters

Fritzi Ritz ''Fritzi Ritz'' is an American comic strip created in 1922 by Larry Whittington. In 1925, the strip was taken over by Ernie Bushmiller and, in 1938, the daily strip evolved into the popular '' Nancy''. The Sunday edition of the strip, begun by B ...

, a major character in the long-running comic strip

Nancy (comic strip) ''Nancy'' is an American comic strip, originally written and drawn by Ernie Bushmiller and distributed by United Feature Syndicate and Andrews McMeel Syndication. It was spun off from ''Fritzi Ritz'', a strip Bushmiller inherited from creator L ...

. * Ritz Malheur, a fictional character in ''Final Fantasy Tactics Advance''

Music

* "Ritz", a rock song on ''

The Psychomodo ''The Psychomodo'' is the second studio album by Cockney Rebel, which was released by EMI in 1974. It was produced by Steve Harley and Alan Parsons. Background Cockney Rebel's debut album, '' The Human Menagerie'', was released in 1973 and fail ...

'' album by ''Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel'' * ''The Ritz'' (quartet), a barbershop quartet that won the International Championship in 1991

Television, theatre, films

* ''The Ritz'' (film), the 1976 film version of the play * ''The Ritz'' (play), a 1975 Broadway play by Terrence McNally * ''The Ritz'' (TV series), a 1987 BBC television series

Other uses

* Ritz (cigarette), a Portuguese brand * Ritz (crater), a lunar impact crater located on the far side of the moon * Ritz Camera & Image, in the United States *

Ritz Crackers Ritz Crackers is a brand of snack cracker introduced by Nabisco in 1934. The original style crackers are disc-shaped, lightly salted, and approximately in diameter.. Each cracker has seven perforations and a finely scalloped edge. Today, the R ...

, a brand of snack crackers * Ritz Metro, a Mexican snack * '' Ritz Newspaper'', sometimes ''Ritz Magazine'', a defunct UK fashion and gossip periodical *

Ritz Video Blockbuster LLC, formerly known as Blockbuster Video, was an American-based provider of home video and video game rental services. Services were offered primarily at video rental shops, but later alternatives included DVD-by-mail, streaming med ...

, a chain of video rental stores in the United Kingdom that was bought out by Blockbuster * Maruti Suzuki Ritz, the Indian version of the Suzuki Splash, a hatchback city car * Rydberg–Ritz combination principle *

Ritz method The Ritz method is a direct method to find an approximate solution for boundary value problems. The method is named after Walther Ritz, and is also commonly called the Rayleigh–Ritz method and the Ritz-Galerkin method. In quantum mechanics, ...

(mathematics)