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Hollywood, Calif. Reporter (Cir. 5-W. 10,436) ipr- 0- 5 Las Vegas, Nevada Vegas Visitor (Cir. W. 45,000) JtU\ p.CE. Est.1888 V^ ]\ightQltb]^eview C^/6?~ 71^ESERT ,NN Las Vegas.?╟÷"Pzazz 70, And All I That Jazz Baby" may be the longest show title in town, but this Desert Inn show is going to run longer than any in town. There is really only one weak spot, but I don't think next-to-closing im- I pressionist-comic Will Jordan has a run of the show pact anyway, so we | won't dwell on that. "Pzazz '70" is the most opulent, I dazzling, heady and tastefully done ! spectacular?╟÷and the superlatives are ... justified?╟÷ever to be seen in Las f Vegas, and premiere attendees were | in the mood to expand that territory | to include the world. The theme is nothing more than a | tribute to the great musical styles and I the cities of our nation which nurtured those trends in their particular eras, jp Froth, but you didn't come to see Anna Karenina, did you? From the rousing opening, "Las I Vegas Today," for which Bill Camp- I bell has designed the gol dangdest cowboy outfits you'll ever see, through the too short finale saluting Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club revue, you are served the most beautiful girls, fantastic sets and imaginative ; special effects of this decade. Producer Frank Sennes opened up Howard Hughes' checkbook for a reputed $1,000,000. Donn Arden, who staged, created and directed "Pzazz '70," obviously spent every penny of Again this year, as in the previous "Pzazz," a special tribute must be paid the backstage crew who made absolutely no errors while manipulating the extremely complex scenery. Acts working in one were, with the exception noted previously, consistently good. Monroe and Whiting, a! couple of good-looking and sounding singers who were first spotted in a ; nice little package show at the Frontier this past winter, are comers. The j Little Steps, of course, dance like mad. Marvin Roy really gets lit on stage, using light bulbs in a very refreshing \ act that will turn you on. Montego is an excellent juggler. The highest of praise to Harvey | Warren, production designer; Jim Har- i bert, composer and arranger; Bill ?╜ Campbell, costume designer who one day will win an Oscar; Leonard Adelson, lyricist; Carlton Hayes and orchestra; Alice and Peter Gowland, who did the wonderful motion picture photography used in several spots. Good vocal stints were turned in by Kiki Page, Penny Pryor, Jeanne Costa and Bobbi Hill. "Pzazz '70" must be seen morey than once. ?╟÷Joy Hamann. / w JCRT BACHARACH A Visit To ?╓¬^t Vegas NEVER KNOCK ASTROLOGY! Take the case of my wife, who doesn't?╟÷never did?╟÷ gamble. She had read in my column that the lucky day for Taureans was Friday, while the lucky number was six. So, leaving the Desert Inn last Friday (her lucky day) she dropped a dollar on a six her lucky number?╟÷and that lit tie old roulette wheel stopped on six! She grabbed her winnings and ran out to the wait- > ing car, murmuring, "How long has this beer going on!',|f.. We were lucky, too, in catching ; the invitational opening of the Desert Inn's new show, "P'zaaz'JfL" It's said to have cost $1,000,000 with $250,000 being spent for cos^ \ tumes alone. It overshadows any spectacular of this type, and establishes Frank Sennes and ' Donn Arden as the Flo Ziegfelds of our day. 1 was particularly impressed by the fact that the show included no nudity?╟÷which proved once again that girls are prettier with some clothes on! JUL25 1968 THIS TOWN changes In even the shortest intervals between visits. We were here last in February and, since then, two new spectacular hotels have opened. One, the International, almost defies description. It's the biggest, brassiest hdstelry I've ever seen ... Sign at the Desert Inn swimming pool: "Girls Not Allowed in the Pool Without Bathing Caps. Also Boys With Long Hair." .. . Girl-watchers here get a kick out of the lovely bar waitresses at the pool and the gal lifeguards, who are the. picture of beautiful health. (Continued from Page 10) We previously mentioned that | Donn Arden staged Helen Morgan in his earlier productions. He also did j choreography for Texas Guinan when he was sixteen. Both immortals are | spotlighted in "Pzazz 70." Kiki Paige, who Dortrays the Texas gal,, is currently under consideration for a 20th Century-Fox contract. "PZAZZJ70:' COMEDY STAR - Will Jordan known for his virtuoso impersonations of Ed Sullivan, Clark Gable, James Mason and hundreds of others, is the main featured attraction in the Desert Inn's lavish new superspeetacular. Jordan recently completed his 23rd appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Las Vegas, Nevada Sun (Circ. D. 24,947 S. 23,971) JUt 221969 .Allen's P.C.B. Est. 1888 "^"On & Off the'Record Thank you, whoever, at the Desert Inn, for dropping the subtitle "Pzazz '70" tells the whole story and better .... "Pzazz 70" is a hit witij pictorial layouts committed in four national magaines already .... Thsi LV SUN's Ruthe Deskin's daughter Terry Woodbury was David Berman'.f model for the half million dollar plus wardrobe Berman of Hollywood pit together so beautifully for this edition .... If original humor, wit, inveii; tiveness and spontaneity were enough, Jackie Gayle would be sold out twj shows a night at the Aladdin. Patience, Jackie .... Marty Brill, witl Wayne Newton at the Frontier, is even stronger today than he was las} year with Merv Griffin. When Marty guests on Merv's new CBS shov this fall, it will be his 50th shot with Griffin! Young Marty is a devou writer and reader with extremely wide areas of awareness. Brill has trier every facet of show biz, not all of them successful. "Cafe Crown" whicl Marty wrote for Broadway was a $450,000 bomb!