Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-23

function was to occupy the time
and Frederic French Revue
changed costumes. This is
what Miss Lawrence does. all
right. But her act is no mere
intermission between entertain
ment segments Of the Blue
Room show. This is a stellar
attraction if there ever was one.
Miss Lawrence Is attractive
with a winning personality and
she sings with respect for lyrics
and music and with feeling.
And when she gets around to
playing the piano as well as
singing, she is something akin
to sensational. No girl has won
such huzzahs with a piano
around here since Evalyn Tyner
left town. None Of this is in
tended to give short shrift to
the revue offered by Florence
and Frederic, who were a dance
team the last time they we're in
town. Their show is sparkling,
lively, colorful, French as can
be and it is performed with
zest.
Miss Sharpe, to get back to
her, is something of a change
of pace for the Sazerac Room,
which usually imports singers
from France or Greece or Italy
or Latin America. From Eng
land, Miss Sharpe is a cooler
type in her approach, but she
is a talented singer nonethe-
less. Since she came over here
to join the my Fair Lady" cast,
but for some reason didn't, she
has quite a way with some Of
the ballads from that score. |
She also makes comic use of
one of London's more famous
accents, with a fine Cockney |
treatment Of "One For the |
Road" and bill Bailey. Won't
You Please Come Home"
You've never heard either one
of them sung like this before. |
y ~ 4
STAR, NO GUEST That
announcement that the WASH
ington Ballet will be on its own
without guest stars next Sat-
urday and Sunday at Lisner
Auditorium is true, but not pre-
cisely- true. A prominent par
ticipant in the dance program |
will be Frederic Franklin, long
premier danseur of the Ballet
Russo de Monte Carlo. He's
we'll known as the man behind
the pas de deux with a long |
list of stellar ballerinas, in
Guiding Danilova, Alfonso. Mar
kova, Slavenska, Toumanova,
Baronova and Krassovska. Mr..
Franklin now is a resident
dancer with the Washington
Ballet. not guest star, having
come here after the. recent sud-
den death Of Lisa Gardiner to
join Mary Day in operation of
the Washington School of the
Ballet.
In addition to Mr.. Franklin's
appearance, the program next
week end is promising on an
other account. It will include
two premiere performances.
One Of these will be the first
performance of "Ondine e."
choreographed by Mary Day. to
music by Jan Sibelius. The
other will be the American
premiere of James Starbuck's
"The Bridge" already per-
formed in Europe.
Mr.. Starbuck has had quite
a varied career as a dancer. He
started with the San Francisco
Ballet Company, went on as a
dancer to become a soloist with
the Ballet Russo. He turned to
television, as photographer for
the original "Show of Shows"
with Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca
and Marge and Cover Cham
pion. He went to Hollywood
for a Danny Kaye musical and
has choreographed two num-
bers for the Marquis de Cuevas
Ballet Company in Paris. 1.-The
Bridge" is one of these and Mr..
Starbuck himself has done the
adaptation for the Washington
Ballet cast, which will be head
ed by Mr.. Franklin.