Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryant's Opera House (W. 23d St.)

Conductor(s):
James Morrison

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
07 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
08 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
09 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
10 Feb 1872, 2:00 PM
10 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance];  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  John S. [minstrel] Cox;  William H. Brockway;  Master Barney;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour
2)
Ballo in maschera, Un, [burlesque]
aka In plain old U. S. talk
3)
Coal heaver's revenge
4)
"Hot corn," [song; all unidentified versions]
aka Little Katy; Hot corn, who’ll buy; Hot corn brothers; Hot corn boys
5)
Obeying orders
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  William H. Brockway
6)
Pastimes on the levee; or, The watermelon man
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
7)
Tin-pan-onion
aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on
8)
"Shoo fly, don't bodder me"
aka Shoo fly don't bother me; Shu fly don't bother me; Shew fly don’t bother me
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed
9)
Flute solo
aka Work, flute, unidentified
Participants:  John S. [minstrel] Cox

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 February 1872, 2.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 17 February 1872, 366.

"The attendance was moderate."