The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-07
In. New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New YOrk.-The biggest LnlHk that has come into the night life oi Manhattan since repeal is the idea of the spacious type of music hai' in which all of the many customers can get a good peep at the noof show and can do gavotte tnem' selves if they're so inclined.
 You may not realize how reyo- lutionary this scheme Is unless you have spent Encouraging years ana quite a bit of money sitting behind pillars and breathing stale air and resigning yourself to the fact that there was no room to dance.
 Conditions are improving, and with them comes an interestine little ,four-cornered war between the Paradise and Hollywood. fore runners of the trend-and the re furnished Palais Royale and the new Casino de Farce. The first two are offering the melodies of Buddy Rogers and Rudy Vahee, together with the caperipgS o1 large rival choruses of nudies Ethel Waters and a specially-wrtt- ten revue are the boast of the Royale, along with a floor that offers frolicking space for every. body and an architectural scheme that provides visibility without the use of periscopes. :, z
 The Paree, though. Is just about the last word in night-clubberya II occupies the remodeled New York CT .theater. and has tiers of tables where the seats used to be. The stage, where customers dance be- tween shows, has been built out into the orchestra. A genuinely continental type of music hall .. In addition, it's all managed by Billy Rose, a Broadway producer who occasionally has been hailed as the logical successor to the mantle of the late MT Ziegfeld.,
 Rose dishes up two full-
 length acts of quite elegant
 revue material. And occasiOil- |
 ally his wife, whO, Is Fannie
 Brice, comes, over from the ! '4 Shubert restoration, of the
 Ziegfcld Follles to help opt. Those Good old Days ,sg < Of course there's nothing in. the least new about ,givins.a a fun-seekei break for his bank-roil. t.Awas back in the mauve decade music halls were a. distinct part of what Manhattan hadfto. offer. its visitors They also were. a real tcontributipf to the show tbusiness,' since many a thcatricaY figure was discovered .iT them. WeberfAnd Fields got ,theii start in a Bowery music shap. Dayid Warheid played them with his monologue, act. Roster and Bial's the most famous of such places brought .CaEmencita, rage Of 4 the Gay Nineties,,, to this country. And Bert Williams rose from thessarne spot. There were scores of others
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 ''Enrichening'' Night Life [ <.
 Take the Central Park Casino as an antithetical example Of the new deal in night life. Ton. ge there, in a misguided moment and in evening clothes, and what dc you get? You get whopping bie cover charge, and maybe a pousse cafe in Venetian glass at $ . gulp. You get to listen to- Eddy Duchin's music, watch Maurice and Cordoba dance, and hear somebody named Iliena Strenge sing some songs. These are very capable en.. tertainers. of course, but In anOthe, month they ali may be just iteml on a long list of acts in some two. dollar nightery on Broadway.
 It is just possible that some. thing, may be. done about the Casino pretty soon. Many people have been indignant about fht presence of such ans ultra-ultra es. tablishment in a public park, ans even have suggested that 1t miEh, be a sort of ballroom annex oi Tammany Hall. Now it Is rumored that Mayor LaGuardia, who has 6 taste fer Decent beer, may ask tlas tall coat and ermine crowd tf move over and make room for the clerks and their gals from Second avenue. MI