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10 LAS VEGAS SUN Tuesday, May 4, 1982 v On & off the Record : Joe | Delaney Hacienda chief honcho Paul Lowden traveled first-class, in every respect, with the new Ron Andrews production of ?╟úFire & Ice.?╟Ñ ..The master stroke was securing the multi-talented Jerry Jackson to create, direct and choreograph the show...Jerry is the heir-apparent to Donn Arden?╟╓s mantle, when and if Donn decides to retire. Jackson is credited with the costumes as well; they are outstanding, a co-equal ^contribution in a series of virtuoso ef-?╟≤ forts...Comedian-impressionist Babe ; Pier comes off a big winner in the special guest slot; so do principals Albert Lucas, Nancy Lee Parker and the | ice-adagio team of Nancy Talavera and iMarc Mountaintes. : Musically, the award-winning Ron Andrews orchestra more than lives up to its already impressive credentials...A full review and credits will appear in the Friday SUN?╟╓s THIS IS LAS VEGAS. 'Fire 1 and Bee' Is Hot Stuff By Charles Supin Jerry Jackson has done it again. He has created, directed and choreographed a splendid new show ?╟úFire & Ice?╟Ñ now playing in the main showroom at the Hacienda HoteL Heis also the creative genius behind the hugely successful ?╟úFolies Bergere" at the Tropicana HoteL HfegSt ?║3?╟ú * Reportedly given a budget of $450,000, and a free hand to do what was necessary, Jackson brought the show in by doing more than what was originally expected of him. For example, he personally designed the costumes thereby saving, almost $25 thousand in production expenses. Jackson also opened thft'show in less than three months, andtaat meant working with the set delivered almost at the last minute. , . . . Jackson is used to such schedules, having worked on the Tony Orlando television series, and, more recently, hectically struggling to bring the musical "Seven Brides and Seven Brothers" to the boards. The future might be Uncertain for ?╟úSeVenBrides and Seven Brothers,?╟Ñ but not for ?╟úFire & Ice.?╟Ñ This show is a h,t One of the main reasons why this show works is because of the balance between the regular dancing and the ice skating. This blend, plus the integration of the novelty acts, is imaginatively staged. There are seven segments in the show, each one as colorful or more colorful than the other, and each done with a joyful verve centering on the underlying thematic question: what's hot ahd whats cunrcsi-fc?' bbb Jackson takes rides and they pay out of him. For example he does a fashion show on ice, showing styles from the turn of the century up'the through today. He?╟╓ll use songs such as ?╟úProud Mary for the a very ouesiio&able period for women s SSlii forth, 1950s. Such fashions and even such songs can easilyturn offan audience in such a context; but in thxs show.ttiey Albert Lucas is an ice skating juggfcf- He bas n refreshing style and wit, and Manipulations of ping pong ball, tennis fhiming torches. .' ?╟≤ JSKMmfgr ';f*The show also features the lovdy Parker, who does a fes dating solos as gpaeefu^as USU,n?? Ice adagio team Is Nancy Talavera and Marc Mountaintes. and they are used well in a number of places totl at each time they show their extraordinary sifts as skaters. 3sj .. . The comedy starof this show is Babe Pier, being trilled as the impressionist extraordutau^ winch forces a new* pronunciation on his name, which used to rhyme with beer, .But this is a new and classy show for tbe Babe ami it. is also his best showcase in his careter/ofciSB years. o. v In ^FireTt lcc" Babe Pier ha* a contained ae^ no r*mhline might do In the lounge. It is tightly fail, as it man?╟╓stalehtsas par impressionist come every thign they say abouthlm in Ms net^FM^sl^M title. Heis a joy to w*teh.One hopes thisshmy^.m^* C*^Ely: je^cSonis ?╟╓Tire *^"1saoiie of the best things that has happened for the Hacienda Hotel, and for the town in quite some time.