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ndiH cpnc ThuXdAyOCT.1} ~ llr>TCl Jt riiih HoteI & Golf Club, Ias VEqAS, NEVAdA 28 LAS VEGAS SUN Thursday, Ocfr. 13, 19.66 Lido de Paris New Edition Opening Slate Tonight In Stardust Theater Restaurant r TJie Lido 1 de Pai^^how is !?╟╓* drobably the moat fiubtous of all night Club sho#. 'jtow in its seventh editioa?╟ #n titled ?╟ú-Grand >\Prix?╟Ñ at the Stardust Hotel, Las Vegas, the Lido, show' this year wili -iiay^played -to oyer six million pattens ait the;fa- mous ?√ß; toflp?╟ ^& ?·Die new show oflefis tonight. Ii| 1929, on the 'Champs- Elysees in Paris, the modern Lido club was born. In-1945, the show as?╟ we know it today began to take shape. All-Lido revues to this day are distinguished by bfeauty of the dancers, the 'rich- ness and color costuming, high quality ot the acts and the rapidity of tempo. , Since 1^45 one of 'the feature attractions of all Lido shows, here and in, Paris, has been the exciting show;* While the-Lido in Paris is presented in a cabaret restaurant,. the Las Vegas Lido is housed1 in the brilliant ?╟úCafe Continental?╟Ñ theater restaurant, ah,the iStardust Hotel. It tikes a -)lid 10 months to prepare a Lido-show from ceptfon to opening night. All acts used irt 'the {Stardust Lido Lave flayed in the Parts version. Cos- tume's are designed by the' Ita- lian] designer Folco in Paris and1 shipped -to Las Vegas. Lido shows have always been synonymous with extravaganza, glafnour and beauty,1 and this all-new revue is no exception. such electronict equipment as is geared for 4he. stage. The Star- dust stage has both a swimming paol -and an ice rink, the -'only ' stage ip the Country with both Bluebell Girls.- From all Over Sets are by Harvey Warren and .the-world the girls (usually be- Fest and are surrounded by the twceri 18-25) vie for jobs for this bast mechanical know-how and Americans-no1 longer have to visit tarts to see the Lido shows-' when a larger version is no more than?╟╓ hours away. - ?√ß Frank Sennes - produces the Lido shows at the Stardust, with staging by Donn Arden. Lido is conceived byr" Pierre L'o u i s- Guerin and Rene Fraday. a?╟Ñ | Featured acts in the new Star- dust lido -show include Gino Do- nati, Vera-AHdh, Frederic rand?╟╓ Giha, Aleco/'Gil Dova, Henriette 'Andie;' Les- Freres ?√ß Kims?╟╓ and ?√ß Rico- _________ din during rehearsals for the all-new, seventh edition of the Lido de Paris revue ?╟úGrand Prix,?╟Ñ opening at the Stardust Hotel tonight. DONN ARDEN SHOWS HOW ?╟÷ His know-how well established throughout a lifetime in show-business, Donn Arden performs a dance step. He is joined by Director Terms Latest Lido Offering ?╟ Best?╟╓ ?╟úI?╟╓ve been in show business ment. His shows in-New Yorkj ter .three decades and this new [ Paris, Las Vegas, Hollywood Lido (Show is my best yet.?╟Ñ and Miami have created a The man behind this states- standard of exoellance- which meet is talented Donn Arden, others strive far but seldom whp- stages, and directs the all- achieve. new Lido de Paris Show, ?╟úGus^d Prix?╟Ñ, opening Cteto- 3 at the Stardust Hotel;t ?╟ fegas.' This is1'the hotel?╟╓s % edition bf the fabulous ?╟╓i revue. ?· HAVE fantastic sets, sing-r production numbers t a group- of extremely tal- ,ited performers- in this pro- duction,?╟Ñ Arden added, ?╟úand I know audiences will agree when Ithey see this brilliant specta- cle,?╟Ñ I Staging extravaganzas is not ,new to Ardien. He?╟╓s made a, ?√ßpoint of combining good taste .with entertainment and produc- 'tion ter over 30 years. He has almost single-handedly raised ' tiie standard night club present- ations..to its present respected place in the field of enteriain- Ardgm started ,out to be., a dancer in bis- native St. Louis where lie studied ballet, modern <jance, aferobatic and jazz. By the time he was. 15 he-'was staging shows, ih?╟  srtall night- clubs as well as designing cos- tumes, .painting 'scenery and doing jaay backstage joji be could find. Later, as a dancer, h?? touredih vaudeville and appeared in Mike Todd?╟╓s show at the ?╟ Chicago Century of Pro- gress. Texas Guiaan hired Ar- den as q featured dancer and asked him to help out with some of the dance routines. In this maimer he graduated into choreography. AS A choreographer his first major triumph was at the Hotel New Yorker in .toattan where his ice show stag- ing was so successful he stayed there ter' 10 years. After World War n Arden was invited to; Parts to stage, direct and chor- eograph the Paris?╟╓Lido Show. To say he was well received', is an understatement as he conj 'tinues to work in' the^same; capacity. , While at the Paris Lido, Ar-j den also created shows in New i york, Miami, and the Moulin i Rouge and Ciro?╟╓s in Hollywood. In Las Vegas Arden has dir- ected all the shows at the Ins- ert linn since it opened hi 1950. He stagbd his first Lido Shew! ?╟ at the Stardust in 1958."; ?╟  1 THE CURRENT Lido at the Stardust will feature some of the most amazing production numbers ever viewed in a thea- ter nightclub. Flying astro- nauts, a living curtain, the sink- ing of a Spanish galleon, a flight of doves, are only part Man- of the lavish revue. ? α ? α ? α * ?╟≤ ? α ? α ? α j ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α ? α