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Culver City, Calif. Star News (Cir. 6xW. 7,180) JUl <i 19S9 ~s*ftlen Est. 1888 Paul Flowers 1/ talks on Hollywood A.T.N. Syndicated Column / "Pzazz '70" Completely new innovations in costume design will be revealed when the Desert Inn unveils its new musical superspeotacular "Pzazz '70 and All that Jazz, Baby" tonight. Thousands of yards of fabric ranging from traditional weaves of silks, satins and velvets to the exciting new vinyls, metal cloths and Gello- , phane synthetics have been used by designer Bill Campbell to develope a post-contemporary look in both the courturiere and theatrical sense. See- through fabrics have never been more daringly employed. Feathers too. Campbell tied up the entire New York market to find enough of the rare quality pheasant feathers used in "Pzazz '70" and then had to go to the source in South Africa to get the particular kind of ostrich trim required for the extravaganza's finale. But because each member of the cast has been signed by Frank Sennes and Donn Arden for their attractiveness, musical background whether vocally or instrumentally, their dancing style or form of comedy, every member of the cast not only had to be personally measured for their costumes but also had to be photographed in color in order bo have the Campbell designes reflect both the artists physical appearance and personality. The physical types varied so mucin that d't became necessary to biograph each person and part so that tihe costumes could be designed to 'totally project their roles. No other nightclub production of the magnitude of "Pzazz '70" has ever exercised such meticulous care to showcase the talents of its perf ormers. Hollywood, Calif. Citizen News (Cir. D. 28,291) JUL 71969 JWL\* Voice of Hell ' Barbra Streisand%$how?╟÷ Year's Conversation Piece i Las Vegas was the cynosure of all show biz eyes * over the Independence Day holiday with Barbra Streisand bowing in at the new International Hotel . . . and with Danny Thomas backing off from his fixed post at The Sands to open Howard Hughes' new but long-delayed Landmark. ... This pair of power-house openings came virtually on the heels of the windup of Dean Martin's smasherco show at The Riviera. That trio of "biggies" over the holiday was enough to lure half of Hollywood to view the proceedings ... to see and be seen ... in one of the most glamorous turnouts in the history of Doughville-In-The-Desert. Then there was the unprecedented parlay of introductions which still has the town talking to itself. ... At the opening of the skyscraping Landmark Hotel it was Dean Martin who strode onstage to introduce Danny Thomas and the hotel's initial show. . . . The next night; over at The International it v/as Gary Grant ?╟÷ in a most unusual role for that fairly reticent gentleman ?╟÷ who took the spotlight first to kudo entrepreneur Kirk Kerko- rian for making a dream come true in the shape of the $50 million hostelry ... and then to lead into the introduction of Barbra Streisand. Then Barbra, facrag a hand-picked audience of about 1,700 stars, "high rollers," v.i.p. guests and newspapermen from all around the nation . . . backed by a symphony-sized orchestra ... on an enormous stage about the size of Radio City Music Hall . . . began to sing her heart out. ... The little'lady from Brooklyn was good ?╟÷ mechanically, that is . . . but she achieved no chemistry for, or to, or with that same hand-picked audience of professionals. Why Barbra couldn't project across the footlights to warm her audience will become one of the great conversation pieces of the year in show biz. . . . Her performance was coldly bright, yet it lacked sparkle and warmth. ... It needed staging, and the songstar seemed to fail to communicate with her listeners because she opened her show very much the star with great assurance and the cultured diction and tones of a lady of the stage ... then about a third of the way through her repertoire Barbra suddenly reverted to Brooklynese patois and the "anyways" and "y'knows" of the simple 11*1 stagestruck actress who attempted a monologue in telling the story of one of her numbers. In any event, the discussion of Barbra's strangely fine but ! coolly received performance overshadowed the opening of Las Vegas' latest "grand" hotel, a 1,500-room giant which still will take a lot of final construction for its vast facilities. ?╟≤ * * Next thing of major import on the Las Vegas agenda is the opening this Wednesday of the Desert Irm's "Pzazz '70," most lavish revue ever projected at any of the Howard Hughes enterprises . . . it's a million-dollar baby produced by Frank Sennes and directed and staged by Donn Ajden, a veteran team of showmen.. . . We'll check it out for you. ^ ?╟≤ ?╟≤ * 4^ Speaking of Streisand ?╟÷ George Segal has been signed to co-star with her in the comedy, "The Owl and the Pussycat," it was announced yesterday by Ray Stark, who will produce the film under the banner of his Rastar Productions for Columbia Pictures.. . . Segal, who displayed his comic talents recently in "The Southern Star" and "No Way to Treat A Lady," will play \ the rather stuffy intellectual who reluctantly becomes involved with Miss Streisand as a kooky unsuccessful prostitute whose thinking is as loose as her morals. ?╟≤ * *