Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 February 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
25 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
26 Jun 1867, 2:30 PM
26 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
27 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
28 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM
29 Jun 1867, 2:30 PM
29 Jun 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Benefit for G. F. McDonald, Fri., afternoon, the 28th. Last week of the current 48-week season. First appearances of Dick Carroll and Pete Lee.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor;  Pete [Ethiopian comedian] Lee;  Dick [minstrel vocalist] Carroll
2)
Manager’s trials, A; or, The company on a strike
3)
Pecheurs de Palermo, Les
4)
"My father sold charcoal"
aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  Dick [minstrel vocalist] Carroll
5)
Bowery dancing master, The
6)
Songs, unidentified
aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Tony Pastor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 June 1867, 7.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 29 June 1867, 94, 2d col., bottom; 3d col., top.
3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 29 June 1867, 95.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 July 1867, 102, 2d col., middle.

House to be renovated over summer, during which troupe will travel “through the States.”  A very successful season--profits approaching $90,000 (no specific mention of music).