Tammany Hall

No mention of music.

Review of Gurr’s performance; no mention of music.

“The largest audience present at the Tammany this season, so far, was that of the 15^th inst., for James Mace’s benefit, when the house was densely crowded and quite a large number were unable to obtain even standing room, notwithstanding the night was a very disagreeable one, it raining all the evening. In addition to his appearing in his statues, Mr. Mace had a set-to with his cousin, Pooley, and in both of his ‘turns’ was enthusiastically cheered. Tony Pastor volunteered and sang a budget of songs, was encored four times and was one of the principal features of the evening. Dan Bryant and Dave Reed did the act of ‘Shoo Fly Don’t Bodder Me,’ and Unsworth did an act, all of which received loud applause. On the 11^th inst. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neville opened in the dramatic sketch of ‘A Conjugal Lesson,’ but were so quizby [sic] that their services were dispensed with after the 12^th, when a portion of the first act of ‘Ixion’ was played, Alice Harrison dressing the character of Ixion very handsomely, while Bessie Sudlow looked well as Venus. Lizzie Kelsey as Cupid and Louis Mestayer as Minerva were also very good, while the rôle of Ganymede, in the hands of Mr. Sheldon, was ridiculously portrayed. The Rizarelli Brothers did a ground act called ‘Juegos Diabolles,’ in which, among other things, they try the feat of turning a somersault on the shoulders, which they do so poorly that they had better stick to their aerial business, for they meet with too many ‘accidents’ in the other act.”