Variety (May 1958)

Vaudeville Wednesday. May 14, 1958 Reno-Tahoe In Spate of Names As Tourist Season Gets Going Reno, May 13/ 4 Renq-Lake Tahoe club owners have impressive list of names booked to appear In the area dur¬ ing the May-October tourist season. . The season officially got under¬ way May 2 at the Lake with Vaughn Monroe opening the sum¬ mer session at Harrah’s Club for a 15-day engagement. In Reno, the Mapes Hotel re¬ opened the SkyrOom with the Goofers for two weeks, thfe Golden teed off its Mardi Gras Room With Billy Ward & His Dominoes for an extended engagement, and. the Riverside brings in the Andrews Sisters as the first show of the current “busy” season. . The Holiday Hotel, hooking only- lounge acts. Spotted Nick Lucas and the Townaires starting Thurs¬ day <8> with the Sabres and the ' Strollers alternating. Holiday plans to open the plush Shore Room for dinner-dancing to a full orch. In the Reno Harrah’s Club, cur¬ rent behind-the-bar groups are Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, Joe Karnes Four, the Marksmen, and Deedy & Bill. Top names booked during the season at Harrah’s, Lake Tahoe, include Jaye P. Morgan, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Nelson Eddy with Gale Sherwood, Dennis Day, Liberace. Dean Martin, the DeCas- tro Sisters, Gogi Grant, Frankie Laine, and Teresa Brewer. For late shows at the Lake Tahoe club, Harrah has booked the Mary Kaye Trio, the Three Suns and the Idiots. At the Stateline Country Club will be the Fabiflous Woodsons, Sons of the Pioneers, the Kings IV and Bob Scobey. In the summer lineup at the Holiday will be the Commodores, Matha Davis & Spouse, the Lanc¬ ers and others. Harold’s Club, where acts were Introduced only last year, ‘current¬ ly feature the Wiere Bros., Carl Ravazza and the Kenny Knox Fun Korral. MEA’s Vegas Office Chicago, May 13. Mutual Entertainment Agency Is opening a Las Vegas office to be headed by AI Sherman, who’s cur¬ rently berthed here. Besides Chi, agency has offices In Ft. Lauderdale,. Fla., and Beverly Hills. Antobats& VaudeVice Clark for Ebbets Bow Ebbets Fields Brooklyn, has booked Jack Kochman’s Hell Driv¬ ers to play the former home of the Dodgers, starting May 30 for three daysl Deal was made after Dick Clark called off his tour which was to have opened at the ballpark at that time. The Kochman show will have 18 drivers as well as a group of vaude acts: They will do two shows daily. Hurok Grabs Garner Erroll Garner has switched his longhair agency from Co¬ lumbia Concerts to S. Hurok. Agency for other dates re¬ mains joe Glaser’s Associated Booking Corp. which will con¬ tinue to book Garner on one-, nighters, cafes, televsion, etc. Hiirok office is currently planning a Carnegie Hall, . N. Y., date in October, Hub Riot ‘Freed’ Wildwood Keeps Expandable B.R.; Niteries Loading Up on Top Talent —■-;— ; -- ^ ^— r-4- Wildwood, N. J., May 13. li I > it i i « 9 Another flock of name bookings Nelson S UDarCt KCVlie have been inked as Wildwood’s ... . night clubs complete preparations After, series offourSatoday fo ® the 1958 se ascm. .ThoSe signed-. “r N include Teresa Brewer, Frankie EL e ,?w r d e“ b taine. Buddy Rich, the Treniers, bert Nelson ls preppmg his Cab- Ballard and Steve Gibson’s aret Revue” for a regular New p - r At Oscar Garrigiies- Manor Ho- has dot yet been set but Nelson' f , s pc Club the seating is aiming for an October bow. capacity will be enlarged by 300 “Cabaret Revue” is written and to handle 2,100 per show. In ad- composed by Nelson, who also.ap- dition, a larger stage and improved pears in it assisted by his wffe, lighting and sound facilities are Eva. In addition to the two Nei- being ; installed. Teresa Brewer sons, production uses slides, film^ appears at;the Manor the week of. ■ cfips and tape inserts. Aug. 25. She formerly played the Fla., Coast Upbeat General Artists Corp. has elim¬ inated the Cincinnati office to strengthen the Florida and Coast branches. Frank Hanshaw, for many years in the Cincy area, has been shifted to Florida and Chuck Campbell to the Coast. The Ciricy area will now be serviced out of the N. ,Y., Chi and Dallas offices of gac. • Move reflects the growing.' im¬ portance of Florida to GAC inas¬ much as the. entire Caribbean area Is serviced out of that branch. In another move, Frank. : Taylor was shifted from Chicago to he general sales manager of GAC- Haniid, the agency’s outdoor sub¬ sidiary, working out of New York. ADD BARCLAY, TORONTO, TO ACT LIST; 500G BUY Toronto, May 13. The 132-room Barclay Hotel has been purchased for some $500,600 by Albert Siegel who will play top band has been hired for the Indigo, Room. Trump Davidson’s six-piece band has been hired for the Indgo, which will he managed by William Gold. ; ;• Siegel at present operates the Elmwood Casino at Windsor, across the river from Detroit, and the Sie¬ gel Distributing Co., which has Ca¬ nadian rights to the Wurlitzer juke¬ box trade. Bobby and rooms of the Barclay Hotel will be imme¬ diately; renovated. . The talent agencies interested in rock ,’n’ roll aren’t ready to give up the cause as result of the Bos¬ ton rioting on May 3. At General Artists Corp. and the Gale Agency, for example, it’s felt that now. that there will not be any troupes in competition with each other, the Feld Bros., who expect to remain the sole r&r impresarios, will be able to realize profits on outsized ventures. (Also see r&r roundup starting on P. 1». At GAC, which will probably handle all future Feld Bros, tours coincident with Tim Gale’s starts at that agency Monday (19) as head of the package show department, it’s felt that with Alan Freed and Dick Clark out of the touring shows, there will not be the hectic competition for talent nor will there be any- invasions. of each other’s territory which divided the market. It is: freely admitted that the current tour was . unprofitable in some instances, and grosses were down in many situations which did produce a prbfit. However, they feel that there is still a basis of selling the tours as is seen by the bestselling record lists, and the still large numbers of juveniles that flock to all rockers and rec¬ ord hops. ; Glasgow, May 13. .clips and tape inserts. Aug. 25. She Jormerly played the —•—- • • Club Bolero. . Frankie Laine draws I\ fill /\ the Manor week of July. 4; Dean IIawya If IIA in I In Martin will get the July 8 week OOfVPi fjIlQ IN IVfl while. Liberace does a sfrnt from a/WI *>7 VM July 18-31. Michael Francis’ 18- /V I II piece orch draws the full season V/iaI (IJaaiv Uitma bandstand stint at the Manor. JtOl UfleOU liVDO Gibson s Red Caps will appear . V JT for their 12th consecutive season Glasgow, May i3. at u . Ja J e .. • Diamond’s . Martinique. , r . , - . This string of successive engage- yictor Borge will play a one- men ts is something of a local rec- mghter at the city-center ^Odeon D rd for boxoffice longevity. . Theatre here May 23, following j n a surprise switch, the Tren¬ dy at Manchester, Leeds, New-| iers wi n return to their former e j an< L Liverpool. He .is an- boss, Ben Martin at the Club other, in the series of entertainers j} 0 lero. They open there late in bemg paged by the Rank Orgamza- July and wm stay until Labor tion to hypo biz. . Day following a European tour. Ella Fitzgerald stars tonight! In past years, they have appeared (Tues.l^at the CTdeon with “Jazz at at Harry Roesch’s Beachcomber the Philharmonic” unit. which will now switch to a name With cinemas, ; even mainstem singer policy, ones,. doing such downgrade biz . Martin has augmented the July these days, idea has been mooted 18-24 show starring Sam Cooke that a return be made to cine- and Connie Francis with the variety, with main feature .film and comedy team of the Jaye Bros, a stageshow. Policy of live shows Tommy Leonetti and Pepper is paying off here, Davis & Tony Reese headline dur- — , ' ——— ing the August 1-7 period. In his «*•***/« otlfcr operation, Martini has inked MILLS BROS. SHATTER, M TJS, j V’C’YER CAFE RECORD The Diamond Beach Club has Vancouver,. May 13. rpacted singing m.c. Alan Foster Mills Bros, topped all records for ^ ae * . He £ He ?; turnout to Cave Supper Club 10 days ago (3). “We had to lock the doors and turn ’em away,” said cats and the Charlie Spivak orch for the entire season. The Corine Calvert show July 4- Gilford Set for Ifataim*?. «?*«<*?•■.“P / Comedian Jack Gilford again has been engaged by Rudolf Bing, general manager of the Metropoli¬ tan Opera, to repeat the role of Frbsch, the jailer, in “Flederraaus” next season at the Met. Gilford appeared-in the role In 1950. happened - In the last 10 years.” Billy Daniels’ fortnight last July came near to It. Attendance was big throughout Mills’ first frame here, had sar- Fellows, juggler Francis Brunn and Hal Loman & The Playmates. . Kaye Ballard gets the featured comedy slot and her first Wild¬ wood appearance with the Dick dined by Friday., but Satoda^ stint opened to an unprecedented 700 (capacity) reservations, with in this show will be singer Millie Vernon* wire artist Hubert Castle MCA PRESENTS TIM KIRBY JUBILEE RECORDING STAR LEONARD MENDLOWITZ RICHARD HARRISON Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Houston Press “Penn-Skcraton Menu to have “A rousing round of tunes by struck gold . . . lost week's do- singer Tint Kirby. He war the but with Tim Kirby was a evening's biggest Hit! i” smash." • PAUL HOCHULI ^ Houston Prsss / Cork Club—"Tim was so good E - ' that Glonn McCarthy saw fit to ^ - r x* hoid him over for as long, ds ha - wants to stay." CLEVELAND NEWS “In singer Tim Kirby the Hotel Statler Terrace Room floor show has a tenor baritone of infec¬ tious bounce, easy movement and charm . , , pplisfled and tastefuf." JACK WARFEL Cleveland. Press "Fresh entertainment at Hotel Statler's Terrace Roam presents a young new singer, Tim Kirby. He has a clear, appealing voice, good phrasing and an ap¬ parently boundless repertoire," HAROLD V. COHEN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : “The Penn - Sheraton Hotel’s Continental Room was Jam packed and Tim Kirby' never sounded better. The Intimacy of the place complements his style perfectly," PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE "Tim Kirby a hit at Holiday House.... John Berterd so sold on Tim Kirby he wants a firm commitment on him for six ap¬ pearances over next six years." boibffieT todtar hecoc' 7t $2!50 . s ner “We lammed another inn in King and Lou Monte standing, and locked the door at with ^Norman^ Dean 11:30” for the post-midnight floor- * De J?’. BU1 y M .V > r ‘ Show Watters saift ray and tIle Ardray Sisters. Martha Brisk 1biz^ coXued to closing >er appearance (10) for group’s 16th Vancouver August so that she may Joe Grady and Ed Hurst, WVUE- 117: TV disk jockels, are set to appear rlaSuC ristoleer Wins all summer at a boardwalk loca- mi w . i rii i tion * w^fie Mitch Thomas also of 1 hem Loses in Hub Club wvuE tv » -wm appear locally an . season: Boston, May 13. Hunt’s Starlight ballroom, home Latest In a series of holdups in base for Dick Clark all last sum- Hub niteries was attempted by lone mer, has not yet announced the bandit to take the Stage Bar last program for this year. Clark, of week. The holdup man, according course, was a boxoffice bonanza to police, was seated in the bar last summer, even before he for a half hour before making his achieved national recognition via move. tv. Nearing closing time, he moved --—,—:— i to the back of the club as some ^ patrons were leaving, and Danny Rogers, comic pantomim- snatCned $1,000 from David Baker, I st * wiI1 do'six weeks at Stork Club co-owner, who was counting up, A f n London starting May 251 Due bartender, who had seen the rob- back for Eden Roc, Miami, bery, rushed into the street shout- — 1 ■ 1 =a ing. An off-duty detective, Frank . ■ Murphy, ran into the night club “THE COMEDIAN” and in front of ah aud of scream- - vyrnu/inn ing, cheering men and women and _ The only Real Monthly i snatched the* gun from the holdup- T hH LrrE 5 T° NA r | man. After it was over, it was disr the most-up-to-datest -covered the fullsize pistol was a Now ini It* Mnd Issue, containing : plastic to}'. Tile money was re- Stories, onerllners, poemeltes, song ; covered titles, hecklers, audience stuff, mono- kv,i.,yu, . |.. c . J _LI. __ ur,. THE COMEDIAN” > ing, cheering men and women and _ The only Real Monthly i snatched the* gun from the holdup- T hH LrrE 5 T° NA r | man. After it was over, it was disr the most-up-to-datest jcovered the fullsize pistol was a Now ini It* Mnd Issue, containing : plastic to}'. Tile money was re- Stories, onerllners, poemeltes, song ; covered titles, hecklers, audience stuff, mono- 1 !® 9S ' parodies, double- gags, bits, , -^----- ideas. Intros, Impressions and Im¬ personations, political. Interruptions. Jane Powell Monte Carlo &“? h 5 A ■ Jane Powell has been signed for! I Y - ,6 °- s,n 9 ,# « I the Sporting Club, Monte Carlo, J s^-no^dS ; starting Aug. 3. i .. . B1Itw „ For Prompt Information H. G. FELDMAN 1S04 C. of C. Bldg., Pittsbirgh It AT 1-9000 NOW APPEARING STATLER-HILTON DETROIT, MICH. Other dates are to be set on the Continent. v • BILLY GLASON 200 W. 54 St„ New York If BEST ACTOR AWARD NOMINEE—VENICE FILM FESTIVAL DOTTS JOHNSON ART AND SOUL IN DRAMATIC SONGS 420 W. I3M St.. 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