Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 August 2018

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Aug 1868, Evening
04 Aug 1868, Evening
05 Aug 1868, Evening
06 Aug 1868, Evening
07 Aug 1868, Evening
08 Aug 1868, Evening

Program Details

The aerial flights listed as “Three flying men.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Buislay Family;  Butler Pantomime Troupe;  Dick [comedian] Carrell
2)
Old Dame Grimes and her comical monkey
Participants:  Butler Pantomime Troupe
3)
Whirligig; or, 4,008
4)
Walking the ceiling fifty feet high
5)
Aerial flights
aka Aeriel flights; Three flying men of the air; Aerial promenade; or, The reversible traveler; Flying man, The
Participants:  Buislay Family
6)
Japanese act
Participants:  Buislay Family

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 August 1868, 7.
2)
Announcement: New-York Times, 03 August 1868, 4.
3)
Review: New-York Times, 09 August 1868, 5.

“The Buislay Brothers and the Butler Pantomime Troupe have met with considerable success at the Bowery Theatre during the past week.”