Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jul 1870, Evening
12 Jul 1870, Evening
13 Jul 1870, Evening
14 Jul 1870, Evening
15 Jul 1870, Evening
16 Jul 1870, Evening

Program Details

“New songs, dances, Negroisms and comic pantomime.”

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb;  Ada St. Clair [vocal];  James Gaynor;  Robert [pantomimist] Butler;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  General, Jr. Grant;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Polly Booth
2)
Song and dance
Participants:  General, Jr. Grant
3)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
4)
Sailor’s hornpipe
5)
Banjo solos
Participants:  James Gaynor
6)
Punch and Judy
7)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  Ada St. Clair [vocal]
8)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
9)
"Crossing the ferry"
Composer(s): Newcomb
Text Author: Newcomb
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
10)
Songs, unidentified
aka New songs; Foreign airs by native artists
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Polly Booth

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 July 1870, 12.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 July 1870, 126.

No mention of music.