Bryants’ Minstrels

“There is a good deal of fun to be had just now at the Bryants’ popular place of amusement in Fourteenth street. The extravaganza of shu-shu-fli keeps the audience in a roar by its drolleries; but better than this, perhaps, is the Corner song of Mr. Unsworth, in which he depicts the political experiences of New York with a humorous fidelity that every one at once recognizes, and which does not fail to produce repeated encores. In the same strain is the caricature of ‘New York by Gaslight,’ which never fails to send one to bed with all the cobwebs thoroughly shaken from his ribs, and his moral nature raised and improved by a hearty laugh.”

“Little Mac has made quite a hit at Bryant’s Minstrel Hall by his monkey performances and his dance of the ‘Essence.’ In the former, he is one of the most amusing we know of, and in his acts with Dan Bryant keeps the audience screaming with laughter all the time it is playing. For his Essence dance he receives from three to four encores nightly. . R. H. Carroll appeared the past week, giving his dance on a marble slab and meeting with favor from the audience. The slab used by him is entirely different from that used by other parties. It consists of two pedestals, resting upon five legs, each about five feet apart but connected with a slab, so that Mr. Carroll first dances on that part of the slab covering one pedestal, then on the connecting portion and finishes on the other pedestal. It is a novel act and pleases.”