Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 April 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Sep 1867, Evening
01 Oct 1867, Evening
02 Oct 1867, Evening
03 Oct 1867, Evening
04 Oct 1867, Evening
05 Oct 1867, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly
2)
Vivandiere, The
Participants:  Edwin Kelly
3)
Japs, The
aka Thrilling flying leap of the Japs; Arrival and appearance of the Japs in their Yeddo Sunday clothes; Burlesque of the miraculous Japs
Participants:  Francis Leon
4)
Am-a-sin march
aka Amaze-un march
5)
Saucy Sal
6)
Mosquito history
aka Mosquito's life
7)
Tom and Jerry, [minstrel sketch]
8)
Songs, unidentified
aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 September 1867.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 05 October 1867, 206.

“Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels this evening revive their burlesque of ‘The Japs,’ which last season proved a greater success than any of their burlesques.  The songs and specialties and all the delightful means with which this band make an evening slip by so pleasantly are as fresh and racy as ever. The refined taste which this company evince in their performances is one of the most pleasing features in their evening’s entertainment.”