Tammany Alhambra

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tammany Alhambra

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 May 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

09 May 1870, Evening
10 May 1870, Evening
11 May 1870, Evening
12 May 1870, Evening
13 May 1870, Evening
14 May 1870, Matinee
14 May 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kiralfy Ballet and Pantomime Troupe;  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Ida DeVere;  Jennie Engel;  Harry [minstrel] Bloodgood;  Yankee Locke;  Clara [singer] Butler;  Prince Sadi de Jalma;  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor];  Johnny Wild
2)
"My father sold charcoal"
aka My father sould charcoal; Me father sould charcoal
Composer(s): Traditional

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 May 1870, 8.

Long list of performers (but not comprehensive, as the advertisement notes “100 others” besides).

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 08 May 1870, 7.
3)
Announcement: New York Herald, 09 May 1870, 7.
4)
Review: New York Herald, 10 May 1870, 7.

No mention of music. “…Since Tammany has been reopened there is a noticeable change for the better in the class of entertainment furnished and also in the patronage bestowed by the public on the exertions of the managers. Their efforts to please have, in a great measure, been rewarded, and the establishment now bids fair to occupy a position which it did not formerly enjoy.”

5)
Review: New-York Times, 11 May 1870, 4.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 21 May 1870, 54.

Large paragraph. “…Jenny Engle, one of the best vocalists in the variety business, has a great selection of songs; she makes a good appearance, and understands how to please her auditors. She was encored from four to five times each evening the past week. Billy Athcroft does ‘My Father Sould [sic] Charcoal’ in clever style.”