Event Information
Venue(s):
Central Park Garden
Price: .25 admission; $2 extra for Private boxes; $.10 for children
Event Type:
Choral, Orchestral, Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
15 April 2020
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
28 Dec 1868, 10:00 AM
29 Dec 1868, 10:00 AM
30 Dec 1868, 10:00 AM
31 Dec 1868, 10:00 AM
01 Jan 1869, 10:00 AM
02 Jan 1869, Matinee
02 Jan 1869, 10:00 AM
Program Details
Grand Automatic Theatre animated by a thousand Automatic Figures. Punch and Judy diorama with Captain Jinks. Two comical giants, and a variety of other entertainments. Open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. for sale of Christmas presents.
Performers and/or Works Performed
Citations
1)
Announcement: New-Yorker Musik-Zeitung, 26 December 1868, front page.
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 December 1868.
3)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 28 December 1868, 7.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 29 December 1868, 3.
The variety entertainment attracted a large audience last night. They also purchased many of the Christmas presents that were for sale.
5)
Review: New York Herald, 05 January 1869, 5.