Rio Rita
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Rio Rita | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, QLD | |||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 24 March 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Date | 24 March 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Last Date | 13 April 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||
| Part of a Tour | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Description | The captain of the Texas Rangers, Jim Stewart, is in San Lucar Mexico on the Rio Grande, in disguise in order to catch the notorious bandit Kinkajou. While there he falls in love with Rita Ferguson, an Irish-American-Mexican girl who sings in the local hotel after being displaced from her family ranch along with her brother Roberto.
General Esteban, the Governor of the San Lucar District, also loves Rita and hates all gringos. He hatches a plot to set Jim and Rita at odds by making Rita doubt both her own brother, who may be the Kinkajou, and Jim, who may be spying on her brother through her |
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| Description Source | Advertisement | |||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Music Theatre | |||||||||||||||||||
| Secondary Genre |
Comedy
Musical |
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Relationships
Romance |
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| Text Nationality | United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||
| Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Further Information | Premiered on Broadway on 2 February 1927 at the new Ziegfeld Theatre. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Event Identifier | 110124 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dataset | AusStage | |||||||||||||||||||
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