Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 October 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Oct 1867, Evening
29 Oct 1867, Evening
30 Oct 1867, Evening
31 Oct 1867, Evening
01 Nov 1867, Evening
02 Nov 1867, Evening

Program Details

Brougham's Love and murder was performed by an unidentified band of female minstrels.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: J. H. [comic singer] Bowers; Thomas W. [Dutch comic singer] Bolas; Frank A. [gymnast] Gibbons; Mickey [jig dancer] Warner

2)

Three fast men, The

aka Three fast men of New York

Text Author: Unknown playwright

3)

Leap for life

aka Trapeze perileuse

Participants: Frank A. [gymnast] Gibbons

4)

Gymnastic routine

aka Gymnastic exercises; Ring feats; Gymnasium scene; Gems of the gymnasium

5)

Love and murder

Text Author: Brougham

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 October 1867.

2)

Review: New York Herald, 29 October 1867, 7.

“The songs interspersed, the dances and the gymnastic performances all made the Bowery boys and girls feel that they had more than their money’s worth.”