Union Square Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Union Square Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 October 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

04 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
05 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
06 Dec 1871, 2:30 PM
06 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
07 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
08 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM
09 Dec 1871, 2:30 PM
09 Dec 1871, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Raynor Brothers;  Matthews Family;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Lew Rattler;  Charles [minstrel] Sturges;  Rollin Howard;  David S. Wambold;  Hughey [minstrel] Dougherty;  William [clog dancer] Ashcroft
2)
Beauties of the rainbow
3)
Nicodemus, [pantomime]
aka Nickodemus; Nicodemus; or, The unlucky fisherman; Nicodeme; Nicodemus; or, baked alive

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 03 December 1871, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 06 December 1871, 5.

“Walbold ‘melodizes’ to some purpose, and sings, among others, a couple of political songs which bring down the house at almost every line."