Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 September 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

06 Jun 1870, Evening
07 Jun 1870, Evening
08 Jun 1870, Evening
09 Jun 1870, Evening
10 Jun 1870, Evening
11 Jun 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels
2)
"My spirit star"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
3)
Who got the pocket book?
4)
"She's like a sunbeam"
5)
Mysterious hogshead
6)
"Charming Henrietta"
Composer(s): Howard

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 05 June 1870, 9.
2)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 06 June 1870, 5.

“Messrs. Kelly & Leon’s Minstrels will keep open house all summer.” Brief and general praise for the company.

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 June 1870, 9.

Program.

4)
Announcement: New-York Daily Tribune, 11 June 1870, 8.

“…Songs, dances, farces, comic colloquies, and burlesques…afford genuine enjoyment to those who relish Negro Minstrelsy.”