Eighth Avenue Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Eighth Avenue Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]
Frank Kerns

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1867, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Broadway Boys, The;  Dick Ralph;  Josh Hart [actor, minstrel];  Florence Wells;  Viro Farrand;  Robert Smith [House of Commons];  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  Emma Gardener;  Helene [dancer] Smith;  Frank Kerns;  Laura le [dancer] Claire;  Mlle. [dancer] Natalie;  George Cassidy

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 20 July 1867, 119.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 July 1867, 126, 3d col., top.

“The hall was densely crowded and hundreds turned away unable to gain admittance, notwithstanding the night was a stormy one. . . . The company . . . . ` made a favorable impression, and nearly every act was encored.”