American Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]
Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Manager / Director:
John M. La Thorne
Conductor(s):
Fred Van Olker
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant
Event Type:
Orchestral, Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
16 September 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
26 Jan 1863, Evening27 Jan 1863, Evening
28 Jan 1863, Evening
29 Jan 1863, Evening
30 Jan 1863, Evening
31 Jan 1863, Evening
31 Jan 1863, 2:30 PM
Program Details
The Olga (Spanish Divertissement)
1st – Introductory Dance (Ladies of the ballet)
2nd – Mongador Polka (Mary Blake, Ross, Archer, Bogart, Scott, A. Blake)
3rd – Olga Polka Mazourka (Blanchard)
4th – Grand Finale (Blanchard, M. Blake, Ross, and Corps de Ballet)
J. Wambold, banjoist and Ethiopian comedian [WED-SAT]; Dan Shelby, Ethiopian comedian [WED-SAT]; Fred Shaw, comic vocalist and comedian [WED-SAT]; Kathleen O’ Neil, Irish vocalist, danseuse and comedian [THU-SAT]
Venue advertised as The Great American Music Hall.
1st – Introductory Dance (Ladies of the ballet)
2nd – Mongador Polka (Mary Blake, Ross, Archer, Bogart, Scott, A. Blake)
3rd – Olga Polka Mazourka (Blanchard)
4th – Grand Finale (Blanchard, M. Blake, Ross, and Corps de Ballet)
J. Wambold, banjoist and Ethiopian comedian [WED-SAT]; Dan Shelby, Ethiopian comedian [WED-SAT]; Fred Shaw, comic vocalist and comedian [WED-SAT]; Kathleen O’ Neil, Irish vocalist, danseuse and comedian [THU-SAT]
Venue advertised as The Great American Music Hall.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: American Theatre, orchestra; American Theatre, corps de ballet; Fred Shaw; Mr. Donnevan; W. H. Ashton; Annie Blake; Kate Scott [dancer]; Isabella Bogart; Fanny Archer [vocalist]; Ida [dancer] Ross; Tony Pastor; Dan Shelby; Kitty Blanchard; Thomas Grattan Riggs; Mary [dancer] Blake; James F. Wambold; Thomas Henry [Ethiopian comedian] Ryan; Charley White; Kathleen [singer] O'Neil
2)
Citations
2)
“First week of the beautiful Spanish Divertissement, ’The Olga,’ Arranged expressly for this establishment by Mons. Paul Brilliant. . . . Charley White, the world famed Ethiopian comedian and author of all the popular Negro Farces and Burlesques of the Day.â€
4)
“THE SONGS, DUETS AND OPERATIC PERFORMANCE. THE BALLETS AND DANCES, THE SABLE MINSTRELSY, THE GYMNASTIC FEATS, THE SOLOS AND CONCENTRATED [sic] PIECES OF THE ORCHESTRA, THE ETHIOPIAN SPEECHES, BURLESQUES, ETC. . . . To-night, first appearance of . . . J. WAMBOLD, the renowned Banjoist.”