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Tips on Tables - Robert W. Dana - May 22, 1958

Julius La Rosa At Romanian

Jack Silverman's Old Romanian last night recognized La Rosa Portraitthe prom season by presenting Julius La Rosa, the smiling singer of note, as the star of its rousing,julius larosa excitingly choreographical Boots McKenna revue, "Up and Atom." The somewhat dignified, always likable and always impressive Mr. La Rosa lent balance to a production that steps high, wide and handsome.

Eight fetching slick dancing girls and three handsome, agile male dancers form the nucleus of the revue in three production numbers. I believe the word production doesn't do them justice, for what they do falls into a class by itself, particularly the middle number, acting out a newspaper headline about the "St. Louis woman who shoots her man."

Talent Recognized.

Mr. McKenna, long a successful cafe producer in this city, is long overdue for the attention he deserves. Jack Silverman has recognized his talent and used it with gratifying results for some years. He has that rare ability of merging the devil-may-care, hardhoofing spirit of another era with topical nuances of the present.

Before Mr. La Rosa's arrival on stage, one is treated to the taps and cha cha, mambo dancing of a pair of boys from South America and the glib comedy of Gary Morton, who asks for special applause so that he might bask well in the La Rosa show. He earns it well.

I call Mr. La Rosa dignified and he is. In fact, he doesn't speak to the audience until his first break, after five numbers. Then he sings six more and is through. No wild cry for encores, but a solid, appreciative applause for a job well done.

Julius makes a mild attempt to lose his dignity in the second half of his program, using using the hand mike to sing "There'll Never Be Another You," bringing pangs of nostalgia to oldsters with his singing of "My Romance," adding a Yiddish tag to "Eh Cumpari" and winding up memorably with "I Remember You" and "The Begat" from "Finian's Rainbow."

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
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Bernie Bierman bio
Sammy Kaye - Roosevelt 1957
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