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?║tfRfETY Folo-Up Review Folies Bergere (Tropicana; $13.95 min.) Las Vegas, July 25 ?╟÷ One of the longrunningproduction spectaculars of Las Vegas, ?╟úFolies Bergere,?╟Ñ receives vital shots with insertion of novel acts magician Lance Burton and comedy juggler Michael Marlin, Barclay Shaw, the puppeteer with his clown Toto and chicken Madame Cluck, continues as headliner staple in next-to-elos-ing scene. Burton is a wonder. Tall, dark, handsome and impeccably dressed in white tie and tails, with saturnine countenance in sardonic smirk as he goes so elegantly about his trickery, it is no mystery that he is a world class conjurer. He just grabbed off top honors at the Federation International Society of Magicians meet in Lucerne, Switzerland, the first American in 45 years to win the Grand Prix award competing with top 150 magicians among the 2000 convened. The award is granted to those in the manipulation category where Burton displays his prowess twice nightly I within the ?╟úFolies.?╟Ñ The incredible sleights produce doves and lighted candles from vivid purple scarves, or a | bird cage with tiny white parakeet that levitates around a scarf. Whatever Burton handles with his hands reveals a masterful touch, all with an attitude that is as much a part of the hocus pocus as the deft manipulations. Marlin gets immediate attention and laughs as a contempo clown juggling rings and putting down that trick with a barnyard epithet. His way with boxes and as an Oriental stick whip-persnapper continue the amusing way he treats his juggles. But it is the balletic manner with which he tosses gossamer scarves to ?╟úWilliam Tell Overture?╟Ñ and ?╟úLa Gazza Ladra?╟Ñ that is the cream of his adroit jesting. His is a different approach to the art and he manages all of his rapid activities with ribtickling monology. ?╟ ?╟ Folies,?╟Ñ conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerry Jackson, is now being pointed up and honed to finer perceptions throughout the five dance scenes. He does this from time to time in order that the show continues to sparkle. With its reasonable minimum of $19.50 for dinner and $13.95 midnight cocktail show, it is a bargain with quality. The audience counts over the past year, when other showrooms marked low attendance, have averaged out to about 800 per show. Will