Bryant’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryants’ Minstrel Hall (E. 14th St.)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 January 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1868, Evening
26 May 1868, Evening
27 May 1868, Evening
28 May 1868, Evening
29 May 1868, Evening
30 May 1868, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels
2)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
3)
How to keep a hotel
4)
Miserables, Les; or, Old times rocks, [burlesque]
aka Seedy musicians; Old time's rocks; Old times' rocks; Old times rock
5)
Wigwam, The
6)
Nell the belle

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 25 May 1868, 5.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 May 1868, 7.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 25 May 1868, 5.

“The new hall and the new company have been received with enthusiasm.  Hundreds are turned away nightly.  The programme is varied for the present week.”

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 May 1868, 7.
5)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 May 1868, 63.
6)
Review: New York Clipper, 06 June 1868, 70, 2d col., middle.

“Crowded audiences greeted the Bryant’s Minstrels every evening the past week, and on several occasions large numbers of ladies had to leave, unable to obtain a seat.  Since the opening night several improvements have been made in the ventilation of the house, and the auditorium on the warmest night last week was quite comfortable.  In addition to the six large windows on the north side of the hall, a lattice work has been made over the inner entrance door, which brings in a current of air, making the dress circle comfortable on the most crowded occasion.  There was a slight change in the programme from the opening week, but everything was well received, and the principal songs and acts encored.”