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:
15 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jan 1868, Evening
07 Jan 1868, Evening
08 Jan 1868, Evening
09 Jan 1868, Evening
10 Jan 1868, Evening
11 Jan 1868, Matinee
11 Jan 1868, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels; George [tenor] Percival; Rollin Howard; George W. Howard Griffin; George N. Christy; Nelse Seymour; Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy; Sam Price [minstrel]

2)

New Year's calls, [minstrel]

aka New Year's call; New Year's greetings

3)

Theatrical agency

4)

Prize ring, The

5)

Happiest couple out, The

aka We are the happiest couple out

6)

Academy stars

7)

Broadway carnival

aka Coterie carnival

8)

Enchantress, The, [minstrel parody]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 January 1868.

2)

Announcement: New York Herald, 08 January 1868, 7.

3)

Review: New York Herald, 08 January 1868, 7.

“Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels.—Rarely has a better selected minstrel company been assembled together than we find at this cosey little establishment. ‘New Year’s Calls,’ ‘The Enchantress,’ Rollin Howard and George Christy are the chief attractions there this week.”

4)

Advertisement: New York Clipper, 11 January 1868, 319.