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Romeo joins musical theatre company in US city (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reno

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'us city' is the definition.
(city in Nevada)

'romeo joins musical theatre company' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'joins' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'musical theatre company' becomes 'eno' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r'+'eno'='RENO'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for reno that I've seen before include "Nevadan city" , "Divorce capital of Nevada" , "City in Nevada known for casinos and easy divorces" , "American city" , "US gambling resort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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