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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 golden stairs and a pink curtain, entertainers perform Act 2: "Hollywood and All That Jazz" of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. Male and female performers stand across the stage as a crowd of people watch from below. The female performers are dressed in a varying array of pink and white outfits, sporting everything from sparkling silver two-piece costumes with elaborate gold headdresses to long white or pink ruffled dresses. The men are predominantly wearing glittering pink and gold tuxedoes with matching gold top hats. There are white doves flying above the performers and audience.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz

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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 production stage decorated with blue platforms and a background picture of of the San Francisco bridge, entertainers perform Act 4: "The Mood: Blue and Beautiful," Scene 1: "To Scan Francisco and Love with Music" 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. Scattered across the stairway and stage are multiple female performers clothed in elaborate dresses, made of everything from light pink or teal feathers to sheer silver or blue fabric. The male performers are wearing suits colored varying shades of blue that are either solid in color or are covered in a detailed pattern.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: To San Francisco and Love with Music: The Mood- Blue and Beautiful

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Photograph of Janine Monin, Milko Šparemblek, Hélène Traïline, Milorad Mišković, Veronika Mlakar and Vassili Sulich in the ballet "Le Rideau Rouge," Paris, France, 1956

Date

1956

Archival Collection

Description

L-R: Janine Monin, Milko Sparemblek, Helene Trailine, Milorad Miskovich, Veronika Mlakar, Vassili Sulich in the ballet "Le Rideau Rouge," Les Étoiles de l'Opéra de Paris, Paris France.
Show Name: Le Rideau Rouge (ballet)

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Photograph of Heidi Hamilton, Mark Morgan, and Eileen Price-Kim rehearsing the ballet "Songs of Farewell," Nevada Dance Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1970s

Date

1970 to 1979

Archival Collection

Description

Heidi Hamilton, Mark Morgan and Eileen Price-Kim, of the Nevada Dance Theatre, rehearsing Vassili Sulich's ballet "Songs of Farewell," which was set to the music of Richard Strauss's "Four Last Songs."
Show Name: Songs of farewell (ballet)

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Milko Šparemblek, Milorad Mišković, Vassili Sulich and ballerinas of Les Étoiles de l'Opéra de Paris performing in an unknown ballet, Paris,France, 1956-1958

Date

1956 to 1958

Archival Collection

Description

L-R, back row: Milko Sparemblek, Milorad Miskovic, Vassili Sulich. Ballerinas in front row are (not in order) Janine Monin, Helene Trailine, Veronika Mlakar.

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Transcript of interview with Breck Wall by Claytee White, July 3, 2003

Date

2003-07-03

Archival Collection

Description

Breck Wall grew up tough and honed that toughness into solid business acumen. He also grew up talented and that talent took him to movie sets in Los Angeles and allowed him to produce shows in Dallas, New York, Tahoe, and Las Vegas. Though his family became nonexistent early in his life, he formed his own broad family from a group of faithful friends around the country. One special friendship makes this interview worth reading — the one with Jack Ruby. Wall's talent though is the primary reason that this interview is good history. He did many shows and had up to five running simultaneously. The creative process was the fun part that allowed him to produce Passion , Alias, and Night Beat among many others. Bottoms Up is his signature production and has been at several venues in Las Vegas for the past 40 years. Breck Wall is living a full and interesting life. A good example is a phone call from The London Times'. "Mr. Wall?" 1 said, "Yes." He said, "Are you aware that your best friend, Jack Ruby, just shot Oswald?" I said, "What" I was in shock. I said, "No I'm not." And I talked to him very briefly,and I hung up the phone." The phone continued to ring as calls came in from the Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, etc, etc.

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