American Theatre

“This well known place of amusement enjoys a degree of popularity in keeping with the ample and varied programme of entertainment nightly furnished its numerous patrons.  Last night an excellent bill was furnished with an overflowing house, commencing with a most unexceptional minstrel olio, interspersed with ballads, comic and sentimental, to suit the tastes of the most exacting.  A burlesque on the great prize fight between McCoole [sic] and Jones followed, in which Fatty Stewart and Charley Pettengill ‘set to’ in most lively and ludicrous style, to the immense satisfaction of the audience.  The classic groupings by a corps of artists noted for their grace and beauty succeeded, and the evening’s entertainment concluded with a new local sketch, written expressly for the establishment, entitled The Three Fast Girls, or Life in New York.  The female minstrel scene in the last piece was a gem in its way and was heartily applauded.”

 

Source of alternate title for Ristori Burlesque.