Vegas Daze and Nites Showbiz Buzz in Las Vegas
In 1916 Fanny Brice was Broadway royalty earning 1000 weekly while Barbra Streisand now headlines in Funny Girl with about 9000 weekly and possibly 25000 in a Vegas showroom. The scene covers KWKW owner Howard Kalmenson’s KENO bid, Pat Ford’s Flamingo act, Shirley Jones TV work from Flamingo, Debbie Reynolds Riviera act with a new 66 act, Joe E. Lewis quips, and Ed Sullivan urged to book the bell ringing Bizza Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanny Brice
Flo Ziegfeld
Will Rogers
Eddie Cantor
Barbra Streisand
Las Vegas
Howard Kalmenson
KWKW
Hollywood
KENO
Howie
Channel 8
Pat Ford
Flamingo Lounge
Miami
Shirley Jones
Flamingo Hotel
Debbie Reynolds
Riviera
Riv
Harvey Silbert
Joe E. Lewis
Lewis
Ed Sullivan
Sammy Davis
Broadway
Juliet Prowse
Sal Mineo
Manhattan
The
Lambs
Milton Berle
Gambol
New York
Myron Cohen
the Flamingo
Bob Goulet
Ray Sinatra
Dickie
Linda Marsh
Jazz album roundup highlights from Leonard Feather
The jazz beat reviews 72 new records with tight critiques across avant garde soft and swing styles. Notable titles include Coltrane A Love Supreme and Archie Shepp Four for Trane, plus memorials for Clifford Brown and Eric Dolphy with other strong entries from Peterson Mulligan and Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coltrane
Impulse 77
Coltrane
Archie Shepp
Trane
Impulse 71
Grachan Moncur III
Miles Davis
Clifford Brown
Limelight
Mercury
Brown
Sarah Vaughan
Dinah Washington
Eric Dolphy
Vee-Jay
Booker Little
Prestige
Berlin
Chu Berry
Sittin
Mainstream
Commodore
Virgin Valley presents Medea in fine arts observance
Virgin Valley stages the Greek tragedy Medea featuring Shari McFarland in the title role. The program also includes an Avard Fairbanks lecture on March 17, a March 2 music concert, and a March 31 dance review. Cast includes Toni Knight Robert Allen Len Hughes Charles Hardy Dennis Barrett Carol Reese Ella Jones Mary Waxe Geraldine White Andrée Burns Owen Hughes Cathy Pulsipher Joe Houck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medea
Shari McFarland
Avard Fairbanks
Music Department
Nurse
Toni Knight
Jason
Robert Allen
Creon
Len Hughes
Charles Hardy
Aegeus
Dennis Barrett
Women of
Carol Reese
Ella Jones
Mary Waxe
Geraldine White
Andrée Burns
Owen Hughes
Cathy Pulsipher
Joe Houck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Pearl
Vegas
Garwood van
Alan Hodges
Horatio
Maurice Duke
Mahatmah
Sahara
Louis Prima
Gia
King Louie
Duke
Darlene
Sian Irwin
Ellaot Martin and
Daniel Holl
Milton Berrie
Joy Hodges
Congo Room
Sumner
Arthur
Douglas Rutherford
Richard McMurrat
Donna Jean
Kat Elt
Wally Engelhardt
Anthony Roberts
Cha Cha
Jerry Bock
Sheldon Harnick
John Kander
Wally Peterson
George Abbott
Pang
Sultan's Table
Cocktail
Berle
Lite Waitt Featobie DE
Leonard Feather
Booker Ervin
Carmell Jones
Grant Green
Blue Note
John Lewis
Django
Oscar Peterson
Verve
Terry Gibbs
Gerry Mulligan
Harry James
MGM
Armstrong
Eldridge
Spanier
James Horn
Lionel Hampton
Impulse
James
Goodman Band
Ben Webster
Clark Terry
Lou Rawls
Lou
Capitol
Benny Carter
Ruth Brown
Nellie Lutcher
Carol Ventura
Oliver Nelson
Impulse 75
Pepper Adams
Thad Jones
Quincy Jones
Dizzy Gillespie
Milt Jackson
Impulse 100
Ray Charles
Shirley Scott
J. J. Johnson
Manny Album
Tommy Flanagan
Argo
Atlantic
Columbia
Marquis Family
America
Thunderbird Lounge
the Hathaways
Virgin Valley
Desert Hills
Nelus Blvd
Lunes
Frederic Apcar
Frederig
Curtis Lee
Featuring
Ann Lewis
Stacy Adams
Dorsey 1
Burnette
North
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