Tammany Alhambra

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tammany Alhambra

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 April 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

02 May 1870, Evening
03 May 1870, Evening
04 May 1870, Evening
05 May 1870, Evening
06 May 1870, Evening
07 May 1870, Matinee
07 May 1870, Evening

Program Details

Program included an unidentified “military ballet” and an unidentified ballet de follie.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Corps de ballet, unidentified;  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor];  Irma Marié;  Johnny Wild;  Ida DeVere;  Eva Brent;  Jennie Engel;  Harry [minstrel] Bloodgood;  Mlle. [dancer] Augusta;  Yankee Locke;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Howard;  Lillie [actress] Whiting;  James Cummings
2)
Wife for a day, A
Text Author: Bernard
3)
Cat-astrophy, A
aka Catastrophy
Text Author: Leavitt

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 02 May 1870, 7.

Longer cast list.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 May 1870, 12.

Longer list of dancers provided. Partial program.

3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 02 May 1870, 7.

“The management of the Tammany announces that he has added ten star artists to the hundred already in his possession. If variety alone will please there can be no fault-finding at this establishment.”

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 May 1870, 8.

Partial program.

5)
Review: New York Sun, 05 May 1870, 1.

Attributes the Tammany’s recent success to Mlle. Augusta. “…Miss Eva Brent, the well-known soprano, has also made a favorable impression, and altogether the company is extremely attractive.”

6)
Review: New York Herald, 08 May 1870, 7.

No mention of music.

7)
Article: New York Clipper, 14 May 1870, 46.

A very long article about Josh Hart’s management of the Tammany followed by a review of recent performances.