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EXOTIC EXTRAVAGANZA ?╟÷ A brilliant new revue, "Pzazz! '68", opens tonight in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn, with a Hollywood theme ?╟÷ the grand old days when Mae West was queen of the lot, to the present day mini-mod psychedelic mood. A cast of 70 dancers, singers and showgirls will be wearing a total of 350 spectacular costumes. Curtain Rings Up Tonight To Desert Inn Spectacular Opening tonight in the Crystal Room of the Desert Inn, PZAZZ! '68" is a brilliant new revue created, staged and directed by Donn Arden and produced by Frank Sennes. With five topnotch headliners and a cast of 70 dancers, singers and showgirls, "PZAZZ! '68'; presents some of the most spectacular entertainment ever staged in Las Vegas. Top acts include Snyder Brothers, who offer exciting music, dancing and comedy; Rudy Cardenas, unique juggler; Bambi McCormick, lovely young vocalist; The Agostinos, acrobatic-adagio team; and trapeze performer Galla Shawn. Lavish production numbers feature a Hollywood "High Camp" in mad-mini-mod manner; a tribute to the glory of the Fred Astaire era; a zany salute to motion pictures; a wild boom town scene, complete with the frenzy of bringing in a gutfe^ and the burning of an oil veil. The finale is a Foreign Pgionj glorifying the "Beau Geste" epics. Costumes were designed by Bill Campbell and executed by Berman of Hollywood. Keyed to dazzle the eye, the 350 costumes are fashioned of exotic materials, beads, stones and spar kling jewels?╟÷even a mini-burlap dress. Original music for "PZAZZ! '68" was written by Jim Har- bert with lyrics by Leonard Adelson. Musical accompaniment is by Carlton Hayes and his orchestra. I ' J* " Twelve hours after "Pzazz^ '68" n^A at thP Desert Inn over the past weekend, we owned by Joey Jacobson^ ___-- WHERE I HANKGRKNSPUN 1 think "Pzazz '68" is one of the most wofifferfuJ ?bnws I havp ever seen. If has everything for everybody. Naturally there's a little parental prejudice in my thinking. I'm sure you don't, mind if I think Terry Woodbury is a luscious doll in the show. And you are prob- | ably just as happy as I watching old friends like Art Johnson and Carlton I Hayes take bows. Everyone else will do the raves. Let me tell you a "show must go on story" about one of the cast. Lovely showgirl Roberta Laune wanted to be sure she had plenty of time the day of the opening to look fresh and beauti- j fill so she set her clock for an early j hour. The alarm went off; Roberta ! hopped out of bed and entangled herself j in the sheets. She fell, striking her face i against a small table and cut her lip. j It was necessary to take about 12 j stitches. Roberta says she spent the day trying to learn how to smile with 12 stitches j in her mouth and her lower lip at least ! three times its normal size. She refused to take pain killers because she didn't I want^anv^ after_ effects. Roberta performed so beauti-j fully, even members of the castj were not aware of the accident! until after the show. That gal really has pzazz. The Snyder Brothers, Ken and Bob, are stars in "Pzazz '68."