Evening star., 1950-03-30

cabaret life because you're tired of
seeing those same old acts" over
and over again, you'll have to
come up with a new excuse. The
Shoreham has an answer for you
In the Dance Ballads" of nellie
Fisher, Jerry Ross and Jack Rus
sell. now being displayed twice
nightly in the Blue Room. Dance
Ballads" are different, all right,
from the usual run-of the night
entertainment
Miss Fisher and Mr.. Ross are
dancers and Mr.. Russell is the
singer whose ballads they illus
trate. Their forte is the folk song
out of Americas S past and folk art
never was endowed with more
charm and sprightliness of spirit.
Miss Fisher is familiar to tele-
viewers, more SO than her two
companions, since she has been
pushed from one spot to another
and with several different part
ners, but always Frightening
whatever program she turned up
on. The present trio has become
one of the fixtures of New York's
"Show of Shows" segment of
MICS Saturday Night Revue" in
support of Sid Caesar and Imo-
gene Coca.
Miss Fisher and her associates
turn out to be as entertaining
full size. and in person at Blue
Room as they have been cut down
to the size of q living room TV
screen. They are more colorful,
as a matter of fact, since some
handsome (and comic) costumes
are part of the act. The scenery
problem even has been taken care
of the Blue Room, by hiding the
orchestra behind scrim curtain
and using a couple of flats" to
help set a mood.
The Dance Ballads" opener is
a lively, humorous saga of the
crossing of the plains and, after
a session of Mr.. Russells songs
and a moderately standard COM
edy ballroom dance, they wind up
with a top-notch affair called
"Wait for the Wagon" It's all
very fine and if you don't enjoy
this you'll just have to stick to
canasta and stay home.
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The vagaries and whims of the
people who advertise things on the
radio and television have been
noted many times, but Danny Hoe
tor and Betty Byrd think they
have come up against prime ex-
ample. The dancers, now bright
ening life at the MayfloWer
Lounge, have made number OF
TV appearances and on one show
were planning to do their version
of that Highland Fling number
danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger
Rogers in "Barkleys of Broadway"
It's done. f1ttingly enough. in
kits and, also flttingly, lot of
business with a clay pipe is in
volved. Miss Byrd and Mr.. Hoctor
rehearsed without costumes or
props and everything was fine.
Everything was fine, that is, until
the night Of the telecast when he
produced that clay pipe.
You're not going to use that?"
shouted an assistant producer in
genuine horror.
"Why not?" asked Mr.. Hoctor.
"It's part of the dance"
Not on a program paid for by
a cigarette manufacturer, it isn't, >"
said the asst prod. "The sponsor
would have apoplexy. He'd stand
us all against a wall at dawn. Shoot
us down like dogs"
Don't be silly" said Mr.. Hoe
tor. "Scotsmen having their fling
in the Highlands smoke clay
pipes"
You hardly need to be told who
won that argument. Mr.. Hoctor
did his Highland Fling" business
with a cigarette instead of clay
pipe.
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Observation-Disclosures Entirely =
to = Good News: Evalyn Tyner
brings her trio and her magic
piano touch back to the Statler
Embassy Room on Monday night
for another indefinite stay. Miss
Tyner's most recent vote of con-
f1dence and approval was rem
dered her at the West India Room
OF the Palm Beach Biltmore. The
spot was in the doldrums when
she arrived to do two Commute
shows night for a six-week stay,
with only four or five tables a
night being occupied. Three weeks
after our Miss Tyner went to