The Rich Rizzo Professional Papers (approximately 1960-2022) are comprised largely of photographs documenting the life of Las Vegas, Nevada dancer and choreographer Rich Rizzo in shows such as Jubilee! and Lido de Paris in Las Vegas and in Paris, France. The photographs show rehearsal and performances, Rizzo with his partner and fellow choreographer Winston Helmsley, dancers and showgirls, Donn Arden, and Miss Bluebell. Other types of material include business and personal correspondence, contracts, production prospectives and set designs, show programs, and costume design photographs.
The Rich Rizzo Professional Papers (approximately 1960-2022) are comprised largely of photographs documenting the life of Las Vegas, Nevada dancer and choreographer Rich Rizzo in shows such as Jubilee! and Lido de Paris in Las Vegas and in Paris, France. The photographs show rehearsal and performances, Rizzo with his partner and fellow choreographer Winston Helmsley, dancers and showgirls, Donn Arden, and Miss Bluebell. Other types of material include business and personal correspondence, contracts, production prospectives and set designs, show programs, and costume design photographs.
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Rich Rizzo was a Las Vegas, Nevada dancer and choreographer known for his work with Donn Arden on Lido de Paris and Jubilee! in Las Vegas and Lido de Paris in Paris, France throughout the 1970s and 1980s. His partner, Winston DeWitt Helmsley, was also a dancer and choreographer. Rizzo latd produced and choreographed the Las Vegas Folies show at the Starbright Theatre in Summerlin in the 2000s. Originally from Niagara, New York, Rizzo passed away in Las Vegas on May 24, 2022.
Rich Rizzo Professional Papers, approximately 1960-2022. MS-01106. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1xr2t
Material was donated in 2022 by Rich Rizzo and Nick Rizzo; accession number 2022-073.
In 2023, Sarah Jones organized, rehoused, and described the material and entered the finding aid in ArchivesSpace. The collection had no discernable order, so materials were grouped by subject.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Su Kim Chung, curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings in entertainment. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.