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lauare Garden turned into a " ' .'?╟≤ ?╟≤ i.~ f,~.r ','np '"'4th etll" ?╟≤>c iu:>?· nigra "~l ulC " U was the best ice extrava- ;ja is the theme for this year's big show, j ,?╟? id staged by Donn Arden, and the 1930s ?║f make a perfect backdrop for a really lavish produc- w lion, dripping in sequins and maribou. There was a % tribute- to Fred Astaire, a jungle voodoo affair that | only needed Dorothy Larnour on ice skates, a salute |; 1 Clyde, Ruby Keeier. Dick Powell, Jean | she 'We're in the Money' girls, & "The wnole tiring comes off like a frozen Roxy | production of. the late 30's, Lots of zip and feathers . . . and so much fun, J ^v..;,Uon's show including to Boons* Harlow < An :rtsoTi and Grete etc Borge n (Tfc a G alumni ty from Ronnie Rob- ssian Lovely') 1 sre. ) 7v o 1 the tfroz i frolic 1 I've ever seen. Go there and cool your anxieties ... i and brinr-thc kids." -Raidy, Kewiwuse Papers critic m ?√ß jar Long Island Press, Newark Star-Ledger, ^?╟≤.^^ ' ' '"jersey Journal Stolen 1st. Advance m^.'rt,!rCCl0r Dor,n Arden made all tiV -,',,,."-'""""""/ numbers move with the fv^-??r ---< - , Production $g ^^^'^^?^-??SK | ~:/-'-'', N.Y. Daily News If :| "Cheers must go to a whole troupe of wondrous ) | skaters and io director Donn Arden for presenting a f I show witli exciting pace and glittering beauty.. , t J % 'Holiday on Ice' is one of Lite best ice shows I've seen \ 1 in years." -Jefferys, WABC-TV i >, ,.h^ : word io descii > ' \ ,?╟? ' ni ilackensack Created, Staged and Directed by Donn Arden EVGS. Wed. & Thurs. 7:30 , Fri, &. Sat. 8-3Q NSW YORK POST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1963 ;!?√ß: i?l:c- Burden Again By RICHARD WATTS Jr. The skaters are up to their customary tricks with their usual phenomenal skill, but their surroundings have changed. This year "Holiday on Ice," which is in the course of its 24th edition, is on display at the. elaborate new Madison Square Garden, where it opened last night with its unfailing artfulness in-1 ;,,.- tact. The audience doesn't appear to have altered either, again giving audible evidence of being the most satisfied in town. What is there, to be said in addition to offering my annual report that the show is as good as ever, which is high praise? Possibly it has even increased in handsomeness, since Freddy Wittop has designed an array of colorful costumes for both sexes, and more care seems to have been taken with the lighting. And one remarkable feature of "Holiday on Ice," when you consider how dynamic it is, is that the evening it provides is so agreeably relaxing. The Child This is no doubt because we all know nothing will go wrong. Even the clowns have given up the pretence that theyVe in actual trouble. But such ' expert- ness is a li'tlle humbling to the rest of us. We expect artful brilliance of technique from Ronnie Robertson and his adult colleagues. The chastening thing is when a mice little girl named Kum Cook, who looks as if she were hardly old enough to walk, skates with the easy aplomb of the best of them. Nor can the human race take any bows over the skill on ice of the elect among our fellow men. For along comes a trio of chimpanzees, guided somewhat by a human named Werner Muller, and they proceed to give us a lesson in skating holiday on Ice" The skating revue at Madison Sqiw* Gardei. Presented by Morris Chalfen. Directed by Don Arden. Costumes by Freddy Wittop. Setting by Glenn Holse. Features Ronnie Robertson, Anna Golmnrini, Alice Quessy, Paul Andre Marei Larvgenoein, Jorge and Helge Valle, Juanita Ftrceill and Tommy Allen. agility and humor. They are rather painfully billed as 'the Chummy Chimps and their act is known as the Banana Brigade, but they're delightful. Skating shows go in strongly for show business nostalgia, and "Iloliday on Ice" is virtually an anthology of it. Beginning wistfully by asking us if we remember Rector's, it goes on to bring up glimpses of Lillian Russell, the Castles, the Cohans and Harrigan and Hart. At that point it leans pretty heavily-on Irish sentimentality. But it quickly moves on to Fred Astaire and his era, and adds its memories of the golden days of the cinema as far back as Pearl White. Of course, Mr. Robertson, truly a superb skater, is the Fred Ast&k-e, and he can at leas* whirl about on ice until he makes you, though obviously not himse'f, dizzy which is a trick that incomparable performer never thought of. The girl, skaters are skillful and, as nearly as one can tell *. from 1 lie lightning glimpses of them we are granted, attractive. "Hoiliday ?√ß on Ice" emphatically doesn't let its devoted fans down. Show" ?√ß^?√ßi The biggest show around last night could be seen on | television coming from Chicago. The second biggest was I at Madison Square Garden, where Morris Chalfen's "Holi- | day on Ice" began its accustomed, late summer, 19-day run. j It was the first ice skating re- I j vue in the arena at Pennsylvania j great family act (including three Plaza and Chalfen and his pro-j little kids) and a wonderful 'auction staff should be pleased chimpanzee act. ; with their new surroundings. I Among the beauties are Helga Everything in the show looks \ Valle (partnered with Jorge I brighter and more cheerful here! Valle), Alice Quessy, Grete Bor- CrV.r.n in the drab, cold vacated | gen, Anna Galmarini and Marei 1 Langenbein. The clowns are Paul Andre, Johnnv Leech and Little ?√ßLito, the family, act is Cal, Dori, Kim, Kris and Kelly Cook and the three chimps- are handled by Werner Muller. ?╟÷Lee Silver ; barn 16 blocks up Eighth Ave. ! and each number seems to play better. The general setup is more like a theater and less like a temporarily decomted hockey rink and director Donn Arden made all the production numbers and specialty acts look as attractive and move with the .fluency of avish Las Vega:-; and Latin ter revues for which he has ae famous. His cast is y costumed by Freddy Wit- Che scenery by Glenn es an appropj i; >p to the proce