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1mk%Octobers, 1 Hi * Ustage!e?║HiralsMxaininir 4=23 SINGING for the first time? in a local Los Angeles supper club will be Lainie Kazan when she opens in the Wes+side Room of the Century p|?╜a Hotel tonight. 'Pzazz!' '689-A Fabulous Revue By GEORGE H. JACKSON HeraM-IxtrrUner Staff Writer The fabulous history of Hollywood provides a suitable theme for a fabulous new revue, "Pzazz! '68" for the Las Vegas show scene. ' The revue, the newest collaboration of producer Frank Sennes and director Donn Arden, had a gala opening over the weekend in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn Hotel. To begin with, it is a spectacular show, fits well into the showgoing schedule of the regular Las Vegas visitor. It is the usual collection of beautiful girls, startling effects, opulent production numbers and excellent acts, but the outstanding feature is the way it is all tied together and packaged. And especially the way it is paced, for by second night, Arden and Sennes had "Pzazz! '68" running as though it Mas in a sixth month. As customary, the production numbers provide the highlight in a show of this type and in this field the revue sparkles. Opening, a big, splashy number, is devoted to "Hollywood High Camp", apparently fitting in with the mad, mod vogue. This segment, which is devided into four parts, serves as a keynote as to what is to come and gets the evening off on a rousing note. Opening scene finds most of the people in a "happening" and they then swing off into a groovy Movie", a take off on "Millie Poppins" (if you get the connection) and then into a psychedelic delight. Subsequently the show swirls into a zingy routine devoted to the impact Fred Astaire had on movie musicals some years back, then into a spectacular "Boomtown Today" routine and then, of course, no show with a movieland theme would be complete without some references to the famous "road" feature of Bob, Dotty and Bing. For climax. "Pzazz! '68" puts the entire company to work on another number set to a Hohywood theme?╟÷"Beau Geste". Although the production numbers provide the main ap peal, the show also has some very talented specialty acts, including Bambi McCormick. who has a featured singing spot. Could be that future changes could even make more use of her full voiced talents in some of the other numbers. Comedy is provided by The Snyder Brothers, whose voe??I imitations are tremendous, as well as Jeremy Vernon, eomedi- an who must have been a last minute edition inasmuch as the program carried no reference to him, In charge of novelty are The Agostino's and their aero* batic tricks, and Rudy Cardenas, whose juggling tricks by now have become too well known. Many featured players deserving or high praise. Among these are Lainie Nelson, Lillian D'Honau, Shirley Kirkes, Art Johnson, Fred Bennett and Janice Hague. All concerned with "Pzazz! '68" can take a bow, it is a wonderful show and a worthy addition to the show strip which considers itself the entertainment capital of the world. 1 San Francisco, California Examiner-Chronicle (Sun) (Cir. S. 690,230) OCT g '967 ~4u?╜n 6 P. C. B. Est. 1 Las Vegas "Pzazz! W* is the show currently in the Crystal 1 Room of the Desert torn. A revue created, staged and directed by Donn Arden and produced by Frank Sennes, the musical combines girls in lavish costumes, music, "psychedelic" decor. Starred in the show /ill be the Snyder Brothers, who do their music and dancing with | a comic t :-t; Rudy Cardenas, a juggler, the Agostinos, acrobatic-adagio team, aeri- alist Galla Shawn, and the Fredianis, comics. / mmmsmmmm ^mw&m RAJLJPI1 PEARL PEOPLE, THINGS & STUFF Su-PEARL-ative Dept.: It all started two weeks ago while vacationing in Manhattan. Reports were drifting back from Las Vegas that "Pzazz '68," the new Donn Arden, Frank Sennes creation which had opened at the Desert Inn the night before, was an enormous success. The next day we read a glowing report about the show in the syndicated column of an acidy gent who rarely gets excited about the happenings in show business. So, now we were curious and couldn't wait to get back to take a look for ourselves. Frank Sennes and Donn Arden have collaborated on many extravaganzas over the years at both the Desert Inn and Stardust, but this spectacular effort, "Pzazz '68," has to take the Whole bail of wax. And it clearly defines the future show policy of the Desert Inn for several years to come. So, if you Strip hotel talent buyers are reading, now's your chance to grab off such long time D-I attractions like Jimmy Durante, Phil Harris, the McGuire Sisters, Danny Kaye and Andy Williams. Right now a well-known TV producer in Hollywood is negotiating with Sennes for the rights to produce a one hour TV Spectacular in color of "Pzazz '68" on one of the networks. More than $500,000 has been poured into this delightful, absorbing cavalcade of spoofery about the old time movies plus the comedy of the Snyder Bros., Bob and Ken, Jeremy Vernon, the eye popping jugglery of Rudy Cardenas, singer Bambi McCormick, and Agostinos and a bevy of beautiful girls and cavorting guys. Add the mod touch and the music of Carlton Hayes and you've got a show that can easily be seen by tourists and locals four or five times with increasing appreciation each time you see this blockbuster. * * * _;....?╟?