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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33034, 29 September 1972, Page 18

RUSSLEY HOTEL Dance to JACK THOMPSON'S BAND , TONIGHT 8 to 10 p.m.

HURRY BOOK TODAY I AT D.I.C ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT TO BOOK FOR THE GALA OPENING THEATRE ROYAL NEXT MON. AT 8 p.m. (2ND OCTOBER) SIX B-l-G DAYS ONLY (SEASON MUST FINISH OCTOBER 7TH) FIRST COMPLETE OVERSEAS REVUE TO TOUR NEW ZEALAND IN 10 YEARS ON-STAGE VARIETY, GLAMOUR THE WORLD FAMOUS TOKYO REVUE Here is what the “Evening Post” critic said word for word: A packed house was treated to a feast of Broadway — Japanese-style — at the opening of the Tokyo Revue in the St James Theatre. It was a highly polished performance — colourful, faultless in choreography and acoustics — and the show is one of the best of its kind to come to Wellington in recent times. Th» «tars wer« the pop* dance when the chorus wore singing, gyrating Tiongco kimonos — the rest of the Brothers who held the audi- show was right up to the ence spellbound from their minute. opening with "Jezebel" to a Gerry Hatch skilfully Frank Sinatra-like rendition compered the show. He of "Impossible Dream.* described himself as the A close second was Sumiko "only Japanese Pom" in —only 4ft 6in in height and troupe, and gave impresdescribed as "751 b of dyna- sions of Norman Wisdom, mite." She opened with a Tiny Tim and Tom Jones. Japanese sons and wearing Cre(Ji , muJ , be given a kimono but soon dis- excellent orchestra concarded this in favour of a du( . tetJ by on Austra | ionf whit, sequined suit and top Goordwin, which went hat to s.ng favourite, of th. a |<)ng way tewor(Jj mo((ing past 50 years. |h p er f ormane e what it was. The chorus — the Pearls and Roses — dressed in H>» arrangements were typical Broadway high heels, really superb, and he played silk stockings and feathers, «n excellent obligato parton gave a wide variety of items * flugel horn. from •arlisr years, but apart Audience reaction was from a traditional dance of first class for a modern the geisha — the opening show which is Broadway number, and the sword Japanese-style —at its best. NEED WE SAY MORE ! B-U-T BOOK TODAY AT D.I.C EVENING PRICES: $3.10, $4.10, $5.10 MATINEE PRICES: $2.10, $3.10, $2.10 MATINEES FRIDAY 5.30 P.M., SATURDAY 2 P.M. PRESENTED BY FAME INTERNATIONAL.

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