Tony Pastor’s Opera House: Tony Pastor Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 October 2022

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jun 1870, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Tony Pastor’s Company;  Robert [pantomimist] Butler;  B. Little Morrisey;  Alice [clog dancer] Somers;  Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon;  James [pugilist] Mace;  Tom [pugilist] Allen;  Tony Pastor;  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 18 June 1870, 7.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 25 June 1870, 94.

“…the present season closed with a grand testimonial benefit to Tony Pastor, afternoon and evening, on which occasion a new straw hat was presented to every boy that attended, and several hundred boys turned out next day in new hats.”