American Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Manager / Director:
John M. La Thorne

Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
14 July 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Apr 1863, Evening
28 Apr 1863, Evening
29 Apr 1863, Evening
30 Apr 1863, Evening
01 May 1863, Evening
02 May 1863, Evening
02 May 1863, 2:30 PM

Program Details

Parody of “When this cruel war is over” (Pastor).

Performers and/or Works Performed

3)
aka One hundred years hence
Composer(s): Pastor
Text Author: Pastor
Participants:  Tony Pastor
4)
Composer(s): Pastor
Text Author: Pastor
Participants:  Tony Pastor
6)
aka Lanagan's ball; Lannergan's ball; Lannigan's ball; Lynagan’s Ball
Composer(s): Bryant, Glover
Text Author: Pastor
Participants:  Tony Pastor
7)
aka Carte-de-visite album, The
Participants:  Tony Pastor
8)
aka Dearest Sal, do you remember; When this cruel war is over, No. 3
Participants:  Tony Pastor
9)
aka Black-eyed William; Black eyed William
Text Author: White
Participants:  Charley White

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 April 1863, 7.

 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 April 1863, 7.

 “Lizzie Schultze, The favorite Comedienne, Vocalist and Danseuse, in Dance, Song, Ballet and Pantomime.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 April 1863, 5.

 

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 April 1863, 5.

 Titles of works. “Tony Pastor in a number of new songs, among which . . . his great original parody on ‘When This Cruel War Is Over.’”

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 April 1863, 7.

 

6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 May 1863, 7.

 

7)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 May 1863, 24.

“Presenting every evening A Kaleidoscopic Epitomization of the Combined Amusement of the World. . . . Pastor, America’s Greatest Comic Vocalist . . .White, the master delineator, author of all the Popular Negro Farces and Burlesques of the day.”

8)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 May 1863, 7.

 

9)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 May 1863, 27.

 “There was an immense jam . . . on Fast evening.”