BIG MUSICAL SHOW.
■ An, Easter attraction for New Ze*> land will be the'big .Williamson-spec-tacle, "Balalaika," with its elaborate cast of -150 "people. It is' one of tho most ornate'musical productions even ptit on by, the firm; excelling even "White Horse Inn" '.for,- wonderful mechanical presentation. • There are .42 principal artists, a chorus of 50, orchestra of, 30, ballet of 16 (including some' members of ,the Monte Carlo •Russian Ballet seen in New Zealand last year), and a.Balalaika stage band whose playing creates a furore at every performance. The exceptional cast is headed by! Robert Halliday, ■ a fine singer from the States, 'who i has associated with him Margaret Adams, Marjorie Gordon, and a number of musical comedy artists_,of front-rank calibre. Robert 'Halliday was the original Red Shadow of "Desert Song" in America, and in "Balalaika" he is'cast as a Bus* sian count whose love for a charmmft ballerina is1* the motif of Eric Masch* witz's highly spectacular musical play. "Balalaika" is a smashing success ill Australia, where it has been" running for' several months.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1938, Page 21
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174BIG MUSICAL SHOW. Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 22, 27 January 1938, Page 21
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