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Robert Dana

Robert W. Dana was the author of these reviews. Introduction and photos
 

Tips on Tables - Robert W. Dana - March 1, 1961

Rowan & Martin Headline at Latin Quarter

In their first Broadway engagement as stars at the Latin Quarter, comedians Rowan and Martin last night opened near the tail end of the seductive, daringly accoutered Ron Lewis spectacle, “Viva La Femme.” If they had brought along with their pipes and slouched in easy chairs they couldn't have been more relaxed. I'm not much on this instant stuff, but they’re instant success.

These handsome, clean cut chap's are in for three weeks, I'm told, so you better catch them fast. California lads, 37 and 36 if you want to know their ages, former comedy writers, they practically shout the clarion call that all those wits who bask in the wings while another guy spouts their lines should charge a out and be do-it-yourself comics.

Rowan & MartinThis, isn't as easy as it sounds, but it serves as an example and, surely, the brilliance of these two is found not only in the carefully-composed lines that carry a message even as they introduce themselves but in their theatrical presence, which many a drama critic would admire.

After dillying and dallying with the television commercials, they conclude with the longest and meatiest portion of their routine, a conception of Sir Laurence Olivier Heckled By a Drunk in Las Vegas.

This ingratiatingly hilarious portrait uses only the props of the table and some beer for the heckler and the microphone for “Sir Lawrence.” In fact, these boys are mighty stationary, don't do any handstands, hop, skip or jump. But they're immensely funny.

As for “Viva La Femme” it's as if all the most beautiful women in the world were distilled and presented in their various shapes in the imaginative costumes designed by Freddy Wittop and let loose in well staged order against a background of music and orchestrations by Tom Joerder and Bill Jacob.

Among the other newcomerowrs to the review last night where The Therons, a troupe of cyclists from Paris, whose act not only presents a highly professional, therefore easy, Touch of balance but a modicum of whipped to lend an added zest.

Also new were Chop Chop and Charlene, a magic act, in which the man swallows and inordinate amount of live flame and a group of doves try to steal the act. It's another of the top acts of the world garnered by E. M. Lowe and Ed Risman for the Latin Quarter, one of the world's most famous night clubs, and justly so.

“Viva La Femme” and Rowan and Martin for three weeks, then stay tuned for continued excellence at the Broadway show place.

THE REVIEWS
Andrews Sisters - Latin Quarter 1957
Desi Arnaz - w/Diosa Costello 1948
Count Basie - Lincoln 1943
Tony Bennett - Copacabana 1958
Milton Berle - Latin Quarter 1948
Joey Bishop - w/Andy Williams 1959
Ray Bolger - Wizard of Oz Scarecrow, Empire Room 1956
Cab Calloway - Greenwich Inn 1949
Diahann Carroll - Persian Room 1961
Betty Clooney - Waldorf Astoria 1954
Nat King Cole - Copacabana 1958
Perry Como - Versailles 1944
Copacabana - famous night club restaurant is reviewed 1953
Crosby Brothers - Latin Quarter 1961
Xavier Cugat - Waldorf Astoria 1951
Vic Damone - Riviera 1953
Billy Daniels - Copacabana 1952
Sammy Davis Jr. - Copacabana 1959
Phyllis Diller - w/Bobby Short 1958
Nancy Donovan - Copacabana 1952
Jimmy Durante - Copacabana 1951
Billy Eckstine - Copacabana 1951
Duke Ellington - Basin St. East 1961
Eddie Fisher - Empire Room 1959
Judy Garland -Town & Country 1958
Jackie Gleason - La Vie en Rose 1953
Benny Goodman - Empire Room 1956
Dolores Gray - Waldorf Astoria 1954
Buddy Hackett - Copacabana 1956
Connie Haines - Terrace Room 1951
Dick Haymes - Versailles 1956
Horace Heidt - 30th Anniversary 1954
Florence Henderson w/Bill Hayes 1958
Hildegarde - Pierre 1953
Celeste Holm - Plaza 1958
Eddy Howard - Roosevelt 1955
Burl Ives w/Wally Cox - Persian Room
Lisa Kirk - Persion Room 1958
Frankie Laine - Latin Quarter 1955
Julius La Rosa - Romanian 1958
Peggy Lee - Copacabana 1958
Jerry Lewis - Town & Country 1957
Joe E. Lewis - Copacabana 1945
Ted Lewis - Latin Quarter 1953
Liberace - Persian Room 1947
Guy Lombardo - Roosevelt 1957
Vincent Lopez - Grill Room 1954
Tony Martin - Riviera 1953
Martin and Lewis - Copacabana 1950
Ray McKinley - Glenn Miller Band 1957
Mills Brothers - Latin Quarter 1956
Vaughn Monroe - Astor 1955
Constance Moore - St. Regis 1958
Johnnie Ray - Copacabana 1953
Rowan & Martin - Latin Quarter 1961
Della Reese - Copacabana 1961
Sugar Ray Robinson - French Casino
Dorothy Shay - St. Regis 1961
Frank Sinatra - Wedgewood 1943
Danny Thomas - Copacabana 1949
Sophie Tucker - Latin Quarter 1950
Mae West - Latin Quarter 1956
Julie Wilson - Persian Room 1954
EDITORIALS
Dean Martin - thoughts on Mr. Sauve
Peter Lawford - retrospective
Rise & Fall of the big bands
INTERVIEWS
K Baggelaar- Copacabana author
Don Dellair - cabaret performer
Denny Farrell - big band disc jockey
Hal Turner - Performer/Conductor
B Zickafoose - played in WWII Europe
ASSORTED
Bernie Bierman bio
Sammy Kaye - Roosevelt 1957
Dinah Shore - press release and autograph from the 50's
A Letter about a WWII song
Harbers & Dale - Dance Team
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