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Photograph showing a production of Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1970

Date

1969 to 1971

Archival Collection

Description

On a wooden stage decorated with a platform and a checkered yellow and white background, entertainers perform the opening number, Act 1: "Las Vegas U.S.A. Today," Scene 1: "Jazz, Baby, Jazz," of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. Male and female performers pose across the stage as a crowd of people watch from below. The females are dressed in yellow and white two-piece costumes consisting of a short white top and a miniskirt adorned with silver studs. The males are wearing white pants decorated with silver fringe on the sides, yellow scarves tied around their arms, and white scarves tied around their necks.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Las Vegas U.S.A. Today: Jazz, Baby, Jazz

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Photograph of the opening number from Hello America! Las Vegas, circa 1960s

Date

1964 to 1965

Archival Collection

Description

Opening production number from "Hello America!", which opened in September 1964 in the new Crystal Room in the Desert Inn. This was the riverboat scene in which the "Dixie Bell" wends its way down the Mississippi.
Show Name: Hello America!
Performance Name: Opening
Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Hello America! at Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: costume design drawings (folder 8 of 9), image 001

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

There are fabric swatches attached to the drawing.
Costume Details: A drawing of a female dancer in a white evening gown with flowers, elbow length white gloves, and a hair ornament.
Show Name: Hello America!

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Hello America! at Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: costume design drawings (folder 6 of 9), image 001

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

The drawing shows a front and back view and includes fabric swatches.
Costume Details: A drawing of a female dancer in an orange and white costume, elbow length white gloves, floral headress, bows, and sequins.
Show Name: Hello America!

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Hello America! at Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: costume design drawings (folder 6 of 9), image 003

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

There are fabric swatches attached to the drawing.
Costume Details: A drawing of a female in a sheer black and red dress with a turban-like headdress and elbow length black gloves.
Show Name: Hello America!
Performance Name: The Sinking of the Titanic

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Hello America! at Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: costume design drawing

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

Costume Details: A drawing of a female entertainer in a sparkly red and orange layered dress with a large red and black head piece.
Show Name: Hello America!
Performance Name: The Sinking of the Titanic

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Hello America! at Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada: costume design drawing

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

Costume Details: A drawing of a female in a sheer black and yellow gown with lace and matching feathered headdress.
Show Name: Hello America!
Performance Name: The Sinking of the Titanic

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Slide transparency of showgirls performing onstage in a Donn Arden production, Las Vegas, circa 1960s to 1970s

Date

1960 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Showgirls dancing onstage in a Donn Arden production

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Slide transparency of a photograph of the congressional record honoring Donn Arden's Hello America production, Las Vegas, 1965

Date

1965

Archival Collection

Description

A photograph of the Congressional Record honoring the Donn Arden production, "Hello America," at the Desert Inn Hotel and Casino
Show Name: Hello America!
Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Costume design drawing, white dress with bows, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date

1980-06-05

Archival Collection

Description

Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal nude (pearl - in white dress)." Handwritten text from original drawing: "Pearl white #2."
Costume Details: Female performer in a white dress with skirt ruffles and sailor's collar trimmed with black bows and white button-up boots.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Flickers
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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