Variety (November 1961)

7 shortage. : *. golo parts were. ‘taken superbly. Wednesday, ‘November 22, 1961 ’ VAUBEVILLE 52 Singers Again Top Draws in Paris, ars Mop Up in Vaude & Hypo Disk Biz rons wen acne so yn seen. King: perhaps" 45-or 20 times Paris, Nov.: 21. ‘and always enjoyed his joke. Rem-| “The obligation of a comedian Singers are. again top’ in-person | iniscirig, Carson recalied that he |.is not to be intellectual—but suc“@raws.” This has helped sell records, Sparks (Nev.) Nugget was hired originally with the cessful,” says. Jackie Mason, who a disks i have hel thought that Jack: Benny wouldn't j has just discovered: the eastside an dis n turn have helped bring | Adds $1,250, 000 Wing | be around forever, but he. found ! in his first date at the Blue Angel, 7 a toned to the public ken..| Noy: 21 ‘out different, Carson also observed | N-Y. where. he closed last week. . a eno,. Nay. ‘| that King has a Rolls Royee and a| ww h livened up the. vaudeville Situation |. “the Sparks Nugget ‘in. S rks | great reputation “but he would /j the Rabbi started is ft the here: For it is headline:singers for P gge pa ; n the Rabbinate, but left the whom the public turns out, and{(Revo's smaller” sister ‘city) has Sive up everything just for one| pulpit to go into show biz, feels they are now coming’ in strong for . z to gamut confined its operations | thing talent, he. H st that a comedian as well as any : o gaming and food—the casino n a riefie,. Harvey : Stone ; performer has to establish a basis both new. and oldtime. names. ' ‘is surrounded by five .specialty., pointed out that he was the: only j with his auditors and express him‘Last week alone seven stars held restaurants -and ‘a -sixth ‘is open, on¢ on the. dais who paid for his !self-on a level that is understood down 9,500 house seats. which were © across: the street. But-last week it | lunch. He was booked from the By his audience. virtually filled. during their two‘ began’ construction of a: theatre|; middle of the floor. — _}sehools to educate the people, and three week stays. ‘Youths | aS. restaurant addition. that will cost | Corbett Monica, who. is. also.mak| not nightclub owners, sponsors or $150 ag olgsters, are’ again paying | $1,250,000, and will seat 550 diners. ; “ing ‘a “rep ‘at these functions, ; €omics. John Aséuaga, .owner’ of -the | ‘opened with a line that Jack.Benny| Mason believes ‘that it does no favorites in the flesh. i Nugget,. said ga, target date: for | ‘recently played a: benefit to. save| good for a comic to go off in hae flagship Olympia had. two completion is June, 1962. . ‘ Carnegie Hail “So that Belle Barth | the ivory towered flights and leave ‘¥ 3 Fock and roller Johnny. Hallyday | Meanwhile, in Reno—only three | j could: Play. mn : jis; audience, far_ behind plies in and .. fervent, progressive belter » miles from. Sparks—Ernie Primm ' this session also made it big n video as well. P é erin oe It is ee ase mene action: Th sions te wae theatre: | j describing King’s television activi-| _To the demands for higher levelPeercie olor ar ty <eeturan tthe rene of his Prim | Ue, SNES, Hot more dss eats wha, good songs.. | aggre, Club on. “downtown Vir| Buddy Hackett made it. with | nightclub operator and sponsors ABC went back to house format A id the Nugget. addi-| Some macabre humor which de; ‘must make a living also. They've with Sacha: Distel’s. first Paris apscuaga sai @ Nugget. adai| seribed a visit to a cemetery with |80t to satisfy their -usfomers.” pearance after’ scoring on.. disks | Hon will double: the size a the cure | Phil Foster and King. His closing| Mason, however, opines that authree years ago. ‘His: svelte, charm t 300. fore employ es, win ae line--was asking permission. from | dience intelligence is on the upinterlude did’ well... Now replaced’ 1 ¥ 8. 41 the Broundskeeper to erect 4 shaw | beat.. The eastside places, he conby Patachou, he Has. moved .to the ; total of. about 1,000:-working for -biz sign on his plot he bought,!tends, reflect this to a greater -Bobino. * the oe ince eee, ota leds | “Coming — Buddy -Hackett:”’ extent than most: spots, and at The. Europeene has gone back to “only a block from th motor lodge: ‘There were others, Myron Cohen: the Blue Angel, he went further house format. with Latino: singer j ¢ e casino, ' cliched ‘wiflt several’ yarns, as did | afield than he would in a mass Dario Moreno for solid: returns ; The Nugget owner said the en-Harry | Hershfield, Rudy. Vallee, | appeal nitery. There are bits in while the Alliambra ‘brought back . tertainment policy has: not’ been.’ Gene Baylos and A} ‘Kelly. which the intelligentsia and mass offhest singeér-cleffer. Leo Ferre . definitelydecided, but noted it: ._ The guest of honor wound up'audiences meet on common for rapid turnstile turning. _ would be different from-any now : the: “Proceedings in good taste. Charles Trenet and. his poetic by: Reno-Tahoe. clubs. ae ww SOSE. songs are ‘bringing them ‘in.-via his one-man. show at the Theatre :} De L’EtoHe, and the Freres Jac[“ques ‘€" are doing well at the Comedie Des. Champs-Elysees with |] their offbeat ‘songalog. Catherine | ‘Sauvage and her specialized sengs are drawing | the: bufis at the Gaite-. ‘Montparnasse. : t This reneived interest. an local” singers. and the solid appeal of ‘} such Yank names. as Ray.-. Charles, :} Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland," Connie Francis, and. Harry Bela:Jfonte: the last couple of years has jf. sparked. : plans 10-: get. more .top;4U.S, voealists in’ for special. con§. certs or longer house. stints, It.§ ground, and today the masses are finding themselves enjoying bits . : = is felt that their -highermoney ° demands can. now be mete. : “Dance Review ” 'Bayanihan ‘Dance € Oo | (Met Opera’ House, N.Y.) .. Bayanihan Troupe, which -had a; “New. York run at the Winter Gar*den Theatre two years ago, is obviously a victim of the theatre Because. there: is no : house in which. to eSsay ‘a long stay. |}: at the present time, its. Manhattan |{visit was‘confined. ‘to-two:, perform-. ‘ances Sunday !19) ‘at the -Metro| politan -Opera:House. <Auspices || this. trip is changed from: S.‘Hurok to Columbia,.Concefts.. A pity, that they cannot linger it’s one of the i]. “more. charming dance. ensembles to hit. this fown: . |: , Filipinos: presented under: “sponsorship ‘of the American ..Field | Services, .:again ‘charms. its viewers. .This young, vivid an energetic } group. has. ‘been : gracefully ar“ranged. ‘Verve and‘ esprit, delicacy. -and vigor show in. dances based on regional motifs. The closing | Rural Suite perhaps: ‘provides “an. “olla podrida of most -of their :themes. |[. _ It’s. a joyous. ‘earniva] starting ‘with | ‘the building of a house, the. thresh-1 ing of the rice crop, and finally aif .-geries. of flirtatious “.dances* in }¥: whieh couples dance on extremely |{. narrow. benches, ‘do fast terping to the. “tinkling” : bars..whereinthe |}. . dancers need ‘speed . and: grace to)|[ © _ escape. crushed pones.. “-by ‘this rhythmic vise created’ ‘by the. ‘bars. “One” of ‘the more. arresting |: groups is the Muslim Suite as done in ‘the Southern Philippines which _ has resisted ‘conversion to. Chris-. tianity. Other rovtines display al _distinct -Spanish | influence. . a) ; Bayanihan which in. the Filipino | dialect means working together, is |e ‘.a blend of many folk -arts ‘and. “ethnic cultures ‘brought skillfully “together. by choreographer Luere|} | “tia Reyes Ortula;-directress: Leticia |} -Perez..de Guzman,musical direet|{ “ress Lucrecia.-R. Kasilag: ‘and the costumes by: Isabel A. Santos. It's | difficult to single out any ‘specific ‘dancer. All thesen, and J ose. | Comedians Aren't Sick, Ex-Rabbi Comic Asserts, Maybe Society Is “It’s up to the! that they wouldn’t have liked some years back. Mason asserts, however, that audiences will zo far beyond ahything a comedian will do. Contics do not tell sick jokes—they wouldn’t dare. It is frequently audiences that are sick, not -the comedians, they aver. They ‘tell stories that shouldn’t be told in mixed company, they normaliy ¢o far beyond anything a nitery comedian would do. That far down, Mason coesn't go. He ean work on a fairly high level and get a firm hold en his audience, but expressed doubts 2s to the mental well-being of a sociely that thrives constantly tn doubtful humor. “The comedians are not sick, but maybe society is.” And he can froduce headlines to prove it. Earl Subs for. Peggy After a hassle with the management of New .York’s Roundtable on instrumentation suppurt, singer Earl Grant pulled out of the date scheduled to begin Monday +26} and shifted to Basin Street East, a few blocks scuth where he stats tonight (Wed.). His booking at Basin Street fills in for the vacancy left hy Peggy Lee who was hespitalized Sunday (191 with viral pneumcnia. Roundtable is cantiniuing to run with a Twist show featuring Bill Black's Combo and The Orchids. ee ee eet. ee —— "Than