Tags: Musical.
Rio Rita is a 1927 stage musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson music by Harry Tierney lyrics by Joseph McCarthy and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. This musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous.It premiered on Broadway on February 2 1927 at the new Ziegfeld Theatre and after moving to the Lyric Theatre and Majestic Theatre closed on April 7 1928 after 494 performances a very long run for its time.