Wood’s Museum and Metropolitan Theatre

“Among the most popular attractions of the day may be instanced the Lydia Thompson Burlesque Troupe, who have made a very favorable impression, the beauty of face and form of the ladies being a magnet of attraction which few of our susceptible young men can withstand; hence, Wood’s Theatre is nightly crowded.”

“Abounding with comic dances, songs, duets and choruses of every conceivable shade of absurdity, and most ingeniously devised stage business, well acted throughout, it is not surprising that it should have achieved a success unequaled by any other burlesque since the first production of Brougham’s ‘Pocahontas.’ Full of humorous business, many dances, choruses set to popular tunes, it goes off merrily, bursts of laughter attending its performance, and every song and dance encored, to the great and sometimes ludicruous discomfiture of the overtaxed performers in general, and more particularly Lydia Thompson, who was seriously indisposed all the past week, and it was in several instances impossible to answer the encores. Lisa Weber continues in high favor, dancing and singing with such grace and vivacity as to draw down loud marks of popular admiration. She has caught the true spirit of burlesque and acts with as much ease as a child at play.”