American Theatre

Event Information

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 November 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Aug 1867, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Includes “side-splitting Acts, Songs, and Dances, &c.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Zanfretta Troupe;  Frank [Ethiopian comedian] Wood;  George R. Edeson;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  Amalia Zuccoli;  Master Barney;  Charley [minstrel] Pettingill;  J. C. Stewart
2)
Medina; or, The mystic star
3)
Beauty of Palermo, The
4)
Champion jig
Participants:  Master Barney

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 August 1867, 3.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 07 August 1867, 3.

“The Beautiful Spanish Ballet, The Beauty of Palermo. Mlle. Zucchi [sic] And the Grand Ballet Troupe. Dougherty in his original “I am here.” Fatty Stewart in his original Comic Vocalism. Master Barney in his Champion Jig.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 10 August 1867, 142, 2d col., top.
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 17 August 1867, 150, 1st col., bottom.

“Frank Wood also commenced an engagement at this house in a song and dance and was heartily received by the audience.  Business was pretty good all through the week.”