Broadway Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Broadway Theatre [485 Broadway; 1864-69]

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 June 2017

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Feb 1868, Evening
18 Feb 1868, Evening
19 Feb 1868, Evening
20 Feb 1868, Evening
21 Feb 1868, Evening
22 Feb 1868, Matinee
22 Feb 1868, Evening

Program Details

Farewell benefit of Miss Lotta on Friday.

Family jars included the songs "Mickey's gone away" and "Mrs. MacGowan's reel."

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Lotta Crabtree
2)
Pet of the petticoats, The
Composer(s): Barnett [composer]
Text Author: Buckstone
Participants:  Lotta Crabtree (role: Paul)
3)
Family jars
Text Author: Lunn
Participants:  Lotta Crabtree (role: Liddy)
4)
"Mickey’s gone away"
aka Mickey is gone away
5)
"Mrs. MacGowans’s reel"

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 February 1868.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 17 February 1868, 7.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 17 February 1868, 4.
4)
Review: New-York Times, 18 February 1868, 4.

No mention of music.

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 February 1868, 366.

“Lotta terminates her engagement at the Broadway Theatre with the close of the present week. . . . Although she has attracted very good houses during her engagement, they have not been so large as during her engagement here last summer. This is owing to the location of the Broadway, which is too far down town, coupled with its not being very popular with the public.”

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 February 1868, 374.

“Lotta concludes a brilliant four weeks’ engagement at the Broadway Theatre, on the 22d inst. So far it has proved the most successful one of any star that has appeared at this establishment since George Wood relinquished the managemet. Some of the original stars in the dramatic firmament have during the past two seasons fulfilled engagements here, but all except Lotta have met with poor encouragement. Even Forrest played to some poor houses and Mrs. Bowers, who is one of the finest actresses on the American stage, could not bring the people, and she played on several occasions to very bad business. The theatre is located too far down Broadway, and it takes the strongest kind of attraction to meet with encouragement. Under these circumstances it must be gratifying to Lotta to have met with such success.”