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:
5 May 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Dec 1867, Evening
24 Dec 1867, Evening
25 Dec 1867, Evening
25 Dec 1867, 2:30 PM
26 Dec 1867, Evening
27 Dec 1867, Evening
28 Dec 1867, Evening
28 Dec 1867, 2:30 PM

Program Details

Includes “Santa Claus and his Holiday Gifts.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  George [tenor] Percival;  Rollin Howard;  George W. Howard Griffin;  Nelse Seymour;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  Ruey Hughes;  Sam Price [minstrel]
2)
Romeo and Juliet, [burlesque ballet]
Participants:  Rollin Howard (role: Juliet);  Nelse Seymour (role: Romeo)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 December 1867.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1867.