Tammany Alhambra

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tammany Alhambra

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 July 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 May 1870, Evening
31 May 1870, Evening
01 Jun 1870, Evening
02 Jun 1870, Evening
03 Jun 1870, Evening
04 Jun 1870, Matinee
04 Jun 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  William Carleton [comedian, singer, composer];  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Pedanto [acrobat] ;  Bobby Newcomb;  James S. Maffit;  Johnny Wild;  William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 May 1870, 9.

Full cast list.

2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 30 May 1870, 5.
3)
Announcement: New-York Times, 30 May 1870, 4.
4)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 30 May 1870, 7.
5)
Announcement: New York Sun, 30 May 1870, 3.

Notes this is the first appearance of Maffit and Bartholomew in a year.

6)
Review: New York Herald, 31 May 1870, 3.

Entirely about Pedanto’s acrobatics.

7)
Review: New-York Times, 31 May 1870, 5.

Summarizes Pedanto’s performance accident on 05/30/70.

8)
Announcement: New York Herald, 01 June 1870, 6.

Letter from Pedanto noting that the “accident which befell me” at the Tammany on 05/30/70 gave him injuries “so light that they will not deter me from fulfilling my engagement.”

9)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 04 June 1870, 70.

“William Carleton, the Irish comedian and vocalist, opens at the Tammany this evening.”

10)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 June 1870, 78.

“…Carleton’s songs and dances were well received…Bobby Newcomb did his song and dance, and W. Carter gained applause for his banjo business.”