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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. Standing at the center front of the stage, a man dressed in a glittering pink and gold tuxedo sings to the watching crowd below him. Female performers dressed in various costumes stand scattered around the man. The women posing on the floor and staircase are dressed in a varying array of costumes, sporting everything from sparkling silver two piece costumes to elaborate gold headdresses.
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 gold platforms and white fog, entertainers perform Act 2: "Hollywood and All That Jazz," Scene 1: "Halo Hi-Jinx" 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. While the female dancers are dressed in sparkling, gold two-piece costumes dripping with strings of silver beads and a matching pink headpieces, the male performers are wrapped in twinkling strings of gold beads with a matching gold g-strings and pink capes.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz: Halo Hi-Jinx

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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 red, yellow, orange, and blue backdrop, entertainers perform the opening number, Act 1: "Las Vegas U.S.A. Today," of the show Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas. Posed across the stage are both female and male performers dressed in a Western fashion. The women, dressed like cowgirls, are clothed in sparkling, white two-piece costumes complete with white, rhinestone-studded cowgirl hats and either a full pair of glittering fringe chaps, a half pair of flared chaps, white belts, or arm cuffs. Dressed like cowboys, the male performers are wearing white pants with white bandanas tied around their necks, and either have white jackets adorned with rhinestones on or similarly decorated wrist cuffs.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Las Vegas U.S.A. Today

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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 gold platforms and white fog, entertainers perform Act 2: "Hollywood and All That Jazz," Scene 2: "The Golden Galaxy" 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. While the female dancers are dressed in sparkling, gold two-piece costumes dripping with strings of silver beads and a matching pink headpieces, the male performers are wrapped in twinkling strings of gold beads with a matching gold g-strings and pink capes.
Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz: The Golden Galaxy

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Program for Pzazz! 68 at the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), circa 1968

Date

1967 to 1969

Archival Collection

Description

Program for Pzazz! 68
Show Name: Pzazz! 68
Site Name: Desert Inn (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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

Date

1964

Archival Collection

Description

Handwritten on in the upper left corner of the drawing: "2, Alan Riley, Jack Juno."
Costume Details: Male dancer wearing an eastern costume that consists of pink pants with gold stripes down the side of the right leg, a light pink sash tied around the waist, a pink vest with gold and purple patterns, arm cuffs, and a matching turban.
Show Name: Hello America!
Performance Name: To Bing, Bob and Dorothy "With Love!": Road to Morocco

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