American Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [472 Broadway; 6/67-4/68]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 November 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

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

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charles E. Collins;  Charley [minstrel] Gardner;  George R. Edeson;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  Amalia Zuccoli;  Eugenia Zuccoli;  George H. Coes;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Charley [minstrel] Pettingill
2)
Sylphs, Les
Participants:  Amalia Zuccoli;  Eugenia Zuccoli
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  George R. Edeson
4)
Broadway dancing master
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen
5)
"My father sold charcoal"
aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal
Composer(s): Traditional
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 June 1867, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 July 1867, 102, 2d col., top.

Very brief, no mention of music.