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'?√ß: / r I i t # # Centerstage million people can?╟╓t 10 Fifteen years ago, entertainment chief, Larry Lee, 35. arrived in Las Vegas, with producer-father, Alan Lee. Then, he was only a protege to his father, but quickly learned the business of Strip entertainment and became a stage manager for the Frontier Hotel. Today, Larry Lee is the successful producer of the Tropicana Hotel?╟╓s ?√ß all new 16th edition of the ?╟úFOLIES BERGERE?╟Ñ. The show has been described by critics as...?╟úthe most beautiful and spectacular of all the ?╟úFOLIES?╟Ñ-Lee has been employed with the Tropicana for over 10 years now. He began his stint at the resort as stage manager, but later became Director hMM work on tho ?╟úFolios ovor six months ago, initiating production show ot tho now show. _____________________________ ______________ of his entertainment duties at that time. large stage revue at the Entertainment/Pub- of Trop was only a portion licity/Advertising. The be wrong ?╟úWhen our Superstar Theatre opened in 1973?╟Ñ, Lee explained, we had celebrity headliners, such as Mitzi Gaynor, Jack Benny, Ann-Margret, Phyllis Diller, Lou Rawls, Pearl Bailey, and the Osmonds. It was one of the main showrooms in town for big-name entertainment?╟Ñ Rising costs in producing the shows, and the mounting success of the long-running ?╟úFOLIES BERGERE?╟Ñ, prompted hotel officials to re-locate the ?╟úFOLIES?╟Ñ into the larg er showroom (it pre viously had its home in the hotel?╟╓s Fountain Theatre), and to drop the headliner policy It is estimated that I over 10 million people have seen the ?╟úFOLIES?╟Ñ french spectacular, since it first opened at the Tropicana in 1959. At first the ?╟úFOLIES?╟Ñ was a direct-from-Paris production. As each show closed in France, the production would ?╟útour?╟Ñ to the Tropicana in Las Vegas - bringing with it imported costumes, sets, and even cast members. Things have changed however, through the years, and today, the Tropicana?╟╓s ?╟úFOLIES BERGERE?╟Ñ is completely produced by hotel officials. Lee began work on the ?╟úFOLIES?╟Ñ over six months ago, initiating production show ?╟úwizard?╟Ñ, Jerry Jackson, to direct and choreograph (Contused to Page 51)