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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1964
Page
11
Danny Kaye dazzles opening night at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas performing over an hour and 20 minutes of classic routines as Alan King and others entertain a 600 plus crowd. King jokes about daily life while KO dental escapades and cafe floor bits amuse and surprise the audience.
A dense schedule of performers and showtimes spans venues such as Tropicana, Flamingo Driftwood, Sahara Casbar Theater, Sands Copa, Dunes Persian Room, Riviera Starlight, Desert Inn Lady Luck, Stardust Lounge, Castaways, Kon Tiki and Thunderbird Lounge. Acts include Mary Kaye Trio, Della Reese, Don Rickles, Johnny Desmond, Nalani Kele, Esquivel, and The Lilting Strings with numerous late night slots and daytime matinees.
Casters highlight diverse performances including Les Poupees de Paris and Hong Kong Scandals with shows at 8 p.m. 10 p.m. and 12 MINT presenting Artists and Models in a nightlife lineup.
Hollywood report notes Jess White shifts from TV commercials to a featured part with Shelley Winters and Robert Taylor in the film A House Is Not A Home. The casting marks White as a rising screen talent joining a notable cast.
James Baldwin arrives as a playwright with Blues for Mr Charlie at the ANTA Theatre. The meandering melodrama about a white man killing a Black youth in the deep South runs nearly three hours with loud soap box rhetoric. Performances by Torn Le Noire Hingle Freeman Jr. are notable but direction and structurecloud the piece.
A dozen Colorado State University students were cited for drinking beer on downtown streets during College Days. Acting Municipal Court Judge John E Kochenburger ordered a $25 fine or a 500-word essay on "The Responsibilities of Young Adults," and the students chose to write.
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