Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
30 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
31 Aug 1870, 2:30 PM
31 Aug 1870, 8:00 PM
01 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
02 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM
03 Sep 1870, 2:30 PM
03 Sep 1870, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Helene [dancer] Smith;  Frank Kerns;  Amelia [dancer] Gorenflo;  Charles F. [actor] Seabert;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Sheppard;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Nelse Seymour;  Tony Pastor;  Johnny Wild;  Jennie Engel
2)
Balloon ascension [burlesque]
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Frank Kerns
3)
Chinese dance
Participants:  Amelia [dancer] Gorenflo
4)
Going for the cup
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  Johnny Wild;  Frank Kerns;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Sheppard
5)
Comic songs
Participants:  Jennie Engel
6)
Great catastrophe, The
aka Cat-as-trophe; Cat as trophe; Catastrophe
Participants:  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Sheppard
7)
Highland fling
Participants:  Helene [dancer] Smith
8)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter
9)
Rival artists, The
10)
Jack Tait and his monkey
Text Author: Unknown playwright

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 August 1870, 11.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 03 September 1870, 174.