Monday, Feb. 15, 1943

New Vaudeville In Manhattan

For Your Pleasure (produced by George M. Gatts). A vaudeville restricted to dancing, singing and music, For Your Pleasure makes skill the handmaiden of monotony. By midevening the audience yearns frantically for a trained seal; by evening's end it would trade all the guitar players on earth for a gag--even a thoroughly bad and bewhiskered gag.

Headlining the show are Veloz & Yolanda, whose sleek, accomplished ballroom dancing ranges from sambas to minuets, from pirouettes to parodies, but palls like any other meal after 13 generous helpings. Vicente Gomez is expert--and persistent --with a guitar; Jerry Shelton is lively--and lavish--with an accordion; Al & Lee Reiser are energetic--and relatively brief --with two pianos. The Golden Gate Quartet harmonizes--and with not too much variety. Susan Miller sings--a little too close to the microphone. Bill Gary dances--a little too much like Paul Draper.

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