Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre
Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack
Manager / Director:
Theodore Moss
Alexander [manager] Henderson
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
8 November 2019
Two advertisements on one page; one is specifically for the Saturday matinee. “New music, novel dances, and an unusually powerful cast of characters, introducing a large and splendid ballet.”
“Manager Moss has made a decided hit with the burlesque pantomime of ‘Mother Hubbard’ at Wallack’s. Crowded houses are the rule, and, what is more, the audiences are apparently well satisfied with the entertainment. The piece is superbly mounted, and the ballet is one of the best at present upon the stage in this city.” Continues to negatively review the Lauri troupe for being “extremely English;” no mention of music.
Two advertisements on one page; one is specifically for the Saturday matinee.
Two advertisements on one page; one is specifically for the Saturday matinee.
"Henderson is said to be one of the managers of the ‘Mother Hubbard’ at Wallack’s. This rolling stone, it would appear from that, has gathered some moss.” This announcement alludes to the controversy at Niblo’s Garden; see event entry of 06/07/69: Sinbad the Sailor.
“English Pantomime has proved a greater failure at Wallack’s than it did at Wood’s Museum. ‘Mother Hubabrd’ attracted two good, but not crowded audiences the first two nights at the Wallackian Temple, since which time the attendance has been growing so beautifully small that we doubt if the actual nightly salary list has been counted up from the receipts at the box office. As a pantomime, it is a poor affair, while its burlesque opening is about the flattest that has been presented to a New York audience for some time. One or two clever performers cannot expect to redeem so bad a piece, and notwithstanding the united efforts of Effie Germon and John Lauri to please, the whole affair falls flat upon the audience. The probabilities are that Messrs. Moss and Henderson will be considerably out of pocket by this speculation.”