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:
18 December 2023

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
13 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
14 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
15 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
16 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM
17 Feb 1872, 2:00 PM
17 Feb 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Bryants' Minstrels; Dan Bryant; William Henry [minstrel] Rice; Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor]

2)

Ballo in maschera, Un, [burlesque]

aka In plain old U. S. talk

3)

"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

4)

Trovatore, [burlesque opera]

aka Ill Trovatore well-treated—by the M

Participants: Dan Bryant (role: Count de Lunatic); William Henry [minstrel] Rice (role: Leo-norah); Monroe Dempster [minstrel tenor] (role: Man-weak-oh)

5)

Tin-pan-onion

aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on

6)

Pastimes on the levee

7)

Obeying orders

Citations

1)

Review: New York Clipper, 24 February 1872, 374.

“A burlesque on the tower scene from ‘Il Trovatore,’ introducing the miserere chorus, was the only novelty at Bryant’s Minstrels during the past week.” “Dempster and Rice sang the music allotted them in an excellent manner, and the choruses were well rendered.”