St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-01-16
Critics Say Ice
FoIIieS This Year
Greatest Ever

Ice Follies fans in this area will
see what critics throughout the
nation are calling the best show
the Shipstads and Johnson ever
produced" when the 1859 produc-
ton gets to the Minneapolis Arena
April S-26 on their current record
smashing rave-notice tour.
Anticipating a Minneapolis at
tendance mark for the Follies bas-
ed on its tremendous reception in
such cities as San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Detroit,
Philadelphia and others, Mime
apolis Arena manager Lyle Wright
stated the mail order sale of tick
cts here will begin Immediately.
I'm the % years the Follies has
successfully toured the nation, !
have never read so many excellent
reviews by the show critics." de-
clared Wright. THE Follies has
always been highly accepted, but
this looks like the record year in
every way. I saw the show in Dem
yer and San Francisco, and it is
truly magnificent"
The Follies opened with a new
attendance mark at San Francisco.
Twenty seven straight performan-
ces were sold in Los Angeles where
Oscar johnson estimated $4,000
customers were turned away be-
cause the Pan Pacific Auditorium
couldn't seat them.
The attendance in Chicago Stad-
ium was SO per cent ahead of last
year, a new all-time Chicago mark.
The Chicago crowds totalled 1885,
1856 for 20 performances compared
to 1927 last year. In Detroit
another record was set when 104,-
369 turned out for Is performan-
ces.
The critics have joined the GUS
toners in applauding the newest
Shipstads and johnson creation.
This years Ice Follies is like
a dream, the best yet and I've
seen them all" wrote Charles
Dawn in the Chicago American.
THE Ice Follies has color, pace
and talent 1t has laughs and it
has pretty girls. 1t has an eye
popping abundance of creative, ar
tistic, stunning sets and costumes"
stated Glenna Syse of the Chicago
Sun Times.
Robert Cromie of the Chicago
Tribune wrote, THE capacity 49,
900 crowd went O-o-o-o-o--there
was tremendous variety and
plentiful supply of talent"
Something for everybody"
added Albert Jedlicka of the Chi
cago Daily News.
Roy and Eddie Shipstad and
Oscar Johnson have done it again
and come up with a honey" ex-
claimed George Van in the Detroit
Times.
Jack Smith of the Los Angeles
Times joined movie star-studded
first nighter audience with these
comments: The intricate and
graceful skating by a seemingly
inexhaustible troupe of young art
lists brought repeated bursts of ap-
plause. It was more than vaude-
vile on ice. The show was dis
by techniques and ideas
that could not be achieved in any
other medium"
Marge Montgomery of the Hol-
lywood Citizen-News said, The
show continues it's reputation and
ability to entrance youngsters and
provide an evening of lavish en-
tertainment for their elders"
THE jam packed audience hail
ed the fantastic production num-
bers that were reeled off in a
breath-taking panorama of gorge
Gus costumes and fast moving.
original themes" said Harry Cul-
yer in the Los Angeles Herald
Express.
"A fast paced snowy spectac-
ular," concluded Margaret Marford
of the Los Angeles Mirror News.
All of this prompts Arena man.
ager Wright to suspect tickets will
be at a premium when the Ice
Follies return home" April s.
He said mail orders should be
sent to the Minneapolis Arena,
29O0 Dupont Avenue S. Box and
rinkside seats are $3.50 and re-
served seats are $500, $3.50 and
$3.50.