Wallack’s Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Wallack's Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Lester Wallack

Manager / Director:
Lester Wallack

Event Type:
Play With Music

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
9 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

25 May 1870, Evening
27 May 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Charles [actor] Fisher;  B. T. Ringgold;  John Gilbert [actor];  Effie [actress and singer] Germon;  Louisa [actress] Moore
2)
American in Paris; or, A game of dominoes, [comedy]
aka Americans in Paris
Text Author: Hurlbert
3)
Trying it on
Text Author: Brough

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 23 May 1870, 10.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 23 May 1870, 5.
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 25 May 1870, 12.

Full cast lists.

4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 25 May 1870, 7.

Full cast lists.

5)
Review: New York Herald, 26 May 1870, 6.

No mention of music.

6)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 May 1870, 5.

No mention of music.

7)
Announcement: New-York Times, 27 May 1870, 5.

“The representations at Wallack’s are now nearing a close for the season, so that few opportunities are left to witness entertainments commendable alike for subject, treatment and truthfulness of impersonation.”