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PRODUCTION POW W< n Arden, director-choreographer of the all- new /'Lido de Paris'* revue which world premieres at the Stardust Hotel tonight, discusses the show's "Symphony of the Sea" production number with Bluebell girls, Suzanne Trees, left, Joan Gallagher, Kay Birmingham and Rosemary Tall. The spectacular sequence deals with a shipwreck which leads to a dramatic discovery: Revealed to the shipwreck's survivors is an ancient Greek city that has been buried undersea for centuries. Hence the Grecian costumes worn by the Lido lovelies. Lido opens at Stardust More than 100 outstanding entertainers from a dozen nations will appear on the stage at the Stardust Hotel In the most glittering edition of the famed "lido de Paris" production yet introduced to America starting May 1. Titled "Pourquoi Pas?" this ninth all-new revue is expected to reach a pinnacle of performing perfection and opulence in costuming and settings surpassing all previous Lido shows. Produced by Frank Sennes and directed and choreographed by Donn Arden on collaboration with French Lido producers Pierre Louis-Guerini and Rente Fraday and Madame Bluebell, the production races with excitement the moment the curtain parts to reveal the primary sequence, titled "The Mirrored Ballroom." It features exquisitely costumed Bluebell Girls, each of whom are multiplied several times via huge, traingular shaped mirrors. The mirrors, covering the entire length of the stage, project the imiasge of a magic necklace of beauties. It's a scene of rare and unusual beauty. The show scene shifts to of the Guards. It's climaxed by the recreation of the atmosphere, architecture and excitement of Picadilly Circus by night via the greatest lighting spectacular ever staged. Focusing the scene is a Fountain of Light, an enormous mechanical revolving star, Which fills the huge stage and out of which flows myriad lights. A bevy of beautiful lead dancers ride the Fountain of Light as it moves onstage toward the audience. The number was created by Michael Knight, famed London designer, whose specialty is designing lighting aod mecbamical effects. He's also served as art director of top-budgeted motion pictures ^ London. COSTUME CONFAB ?╟÷ Falco, center, Pans cour- turier, joins producer Frank Sennes, left, and director-choreographer Donn Arden in a discussion of costumes he has created for the new "Lido de Pais" revue, "Pourquois Pas?" The Lido show's ninth edition premieres in the Stardust Hotel's Continental Cafe May 1. Costing more than $350,000, the costumes have been flown to Las Vegas from Paris and will be seen for the first time anywhere when "Pourquois Pas?" makes its debut.