Union Square Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Union Square Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Conductor(s):
David Braham

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
5 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
17 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
18 Oct 1871, 2:00 PM
18 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
19 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
20 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM
21 Oct 1871, 2:00 PM
21 Oct 1871, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Wednesday matinee to benefit the victims of the Chicago fire. See also separate event entry of 10/13/71: Articles on benefit entertainments for victims of the Chicago fire.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Matthews Family;  Lizzie [actress] Willmore;  Prof. William [ventriloquist] Hilton;  Lizzie Kelsey;  Emma Alford;  Belle Howitt;  J. W. [dancer] Morton;  Fred [vocalist] Foster;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  Miron Winslow Leffingwell;  Maria Bonfanti;  William [clog dancer] Ashcroft
2)
Pocahontas, [burlesque]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 October 1871, 7.

Proceeds of the Wednesday matinee to be donated to the fund for victims of the Chicago fire.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 17 October 1871, 10.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 October 1871, 238.