Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
30 October 2021

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Mar 1870, Evening
08 Mar 1870, Evening
09 Mar 1870, Evening
10 Mar 1870, Evening
11 Mar 1870, Evening
12 Mar 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels;  Francis Leon;  Edwin Kelly;  Sam Price [minstrel];  Sam S. [Ethiopian comedian] Purdy;  Cool [minstrel] Burgess
2)
Petit Faust, Le
Composer(s): Hervé
Text Author: Crémieux
Participants:  Francis Leon (role: Marguerite);  Edwin Kelly (role: Faust)

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 07 March 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 March 1870, 398.

“During the past week there was quite an increase in the attendance, and this troupe bid fair to once more establish themselves among the permanent and paying establishments, which they are fully deserving of, for they are giving a most enjoyable minstrel entertainment.”