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:
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

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels
2)
Grand Dutch S, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 February 1868.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 19 February 1868, 3.

“Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels.—Foster or Schneider would receive new hints were they to see ‘La Grande Duchess’ in an Ethiopian point of view, as presented at this handsome little hall. The ‘Grand Dutch S,’ with Leon as the dusky prima donna, the everlasting sabre, the cancan and the extraordinary court and army of the lady in question draw like a corkscrew and receive great applause.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 22 February 1868, 366.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 22 February 1868, 367.

“The extraordinary favor with which LEON’S unprecedented successful burlesque of the GRAND DUTCH ‘S’ has been received during the past two weeks is an indication that its repetition is a necessity . . .”

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

“Crowded houses continue to greet Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels, to witness the burlesque of ‘The Grand Dutch ‘S’,” which has proved the most successful of Leon’s productions. In addition to the burlesque there will be an entire change in the first part of the programme for the current week.”