Tony Pastor’s Opera House

“Morton Price and Catherine Lucette made their first appearance in the Bowery, at Tony Pastor’s Opera House, on Jan. 24^th, the lady giving what is called ‘Statuesque Vocal Visions,’ while Mr. Price acted as lecturer to said visions. Prior to the lady’s appearance, Mr. Price advanced to the footlights, with a hat in his left hand and in his right a white handkerchief. He stated that Miss Lucette, a lady who had appeared at the Grand Opera House in this city, in the ‘Tempest,’ would give several statue representations, accompanied with song. His appearance and peculiar style of address excited the risibles of the ruder portion of the audience, who guyed him terribly. On making his exit, a curtain rolled up, discovering Catherine Lucette (Mrs. Morton Price) at a spinning wheel. The calcium lights were put to use, and the effect was good, as a thin gauze curtain hung between the audience and the lady. After singing one verse of a song, down came the curtain and out came Morton Price, who was immediately received in true Bowery style. Hat and handkerchief in hand, he announced that the lady would represent a lady coming from the well after having met her lover, and after a few remarks about lovers, he made his exit, and up went the curtain again, showing Miss Lucette holding a brown jug in her right hand, and she sang one verse of another song. Vision three was a vivandiere giving succor to a wounded soldier, Mr. Price being the wounded soldier. Vision four was that of ‘Traviata,’ with song; vision five, ‘Angel of Innocence,’ with a prayer to one verse, vision sixth, ‘Ariel,’ from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’ and the last vision, ‘Victory,’ with music. The act occupied too much time, and dragged so much that the audience did not take to it as kindly as they did to a song and dance, or any of the negro acts by the company. It is a style of performance better suited to some Sabbath School fair than to a Bowery audience. Mrs. Lucette Price has a pleasing appearance and sang very prettily.”