Shelley Berman Triumphs In Return to Stage
Comedian Shelley Berman, back on his familiar stool, delivers a new form of humor in Las Vegas style after a mixed Congo Room debut. He blends personal fear with satire on television ads, presenting himself as an actor first and a comic second, addressing a era of self ridicule.
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Shelley Berman
Las Vegas
Congo Room
Sahara Hotel
T-Bird
Vegas
Berman
America
Europe
Shelley
Sahara
Hotel Sahara
Mills Brothers
Louis Basil
Critic Defends Quotes Over Ad Puff Promotions
London critic Milton Shulman protested that quoted praise for a play was taken out of context to promote it. He cited misrepresented lines from reviews of Françoise Sagan's Castle in Sweden and noted the producer refused to publish full critic comments.
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London
Milton Shulman
London Evening Standard
Sunday Times
Shulman
Francoise Sagan
Sweden
David Pelham
Wedding Themed Jazz Ballet Debuts At Las Vegas Festival
The first annual Las Vegas Jazz Festival will feature The Wedding a fully original ballet directed by Barry Ashton with music by Louis Bellson. Dizzy Gillespie will perform trumpet solos as the four scene drama unfolds across Wedding Scene Dream of Remembrance Dance of Conflict and Final Ceremony at the Convention Center July 7 and 8.
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Peggy Lee
America
Myron Cohen
Morris Lansburgh
Fabulous Flamingo Hotel
Las Vegas
Beautiful Ashton Girls
Barry Ashton
Nat Brandwynne
Joe E. Lewis
Gogi Grant
Convention Center
Louis Bellson
Dizzie Gillespie
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OTR
Tymaires Grand Prize
Aily
Horseshoe Hotel & Casino
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Joe King
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Newton Brothers
Tommy Amato
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