Griffin and Christy's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Manager / Director:
George W. Howard Griffin

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 December 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
19 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
20 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
21 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
22 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM
23 Mar 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

George W. Howard Griffin, “master of ceremonies.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Griffin and Christy’s Minstrels;  George W. Howard Griffin;  George N. Christy;  Frank [minstrel] Leslie;  Charles Henry [minstrel tenor];  John T. Boyce [minstrel];  Charles F. [minstrel] Shattuck;  Ruey Hughes;  Otto Burbank
2)
Black crook, The, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 March 1867.

Notes that this is the fourth week.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 March 1867.
3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 March 1867, 398.