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:
30 March 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
02 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
03 Apr 1872, 2:30 PM
03 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
04 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
05 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM
06 Apr 1872, 2:30 PM
06 Apr 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Hernandez-Foster Pantomime Troupe;  Zig Zags;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Annie [actress] Wood;  Minnie [vocalist] Jackson;  Jennie [vocalist] Kimball;   Sappho;  George Atkins;  Miss S. E. [singer] Freeman
2)
Ring and the keeper, The
Composer(s): Montgomery
Text Author: Wooler
3)
Ernani; or, The horn of a dilemma
aka Secure places
Text Author: Brough
4)
Cowbell ogeons
aka cow-bell ogeons; cow bell ogeons; Cow-bell-o-gians; cow-bell ogians
Participants:  Zig Zags
5)
French dancing master, The, [torch dance]
6)
"If ever I cease to love"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
7)
Burlesque on the Boston peace jubilee

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 31 March 1872, 7.
2)
Review: New York Sun, 04 April 1872, 3.

“It [Ernani] has dash and sparkle, and the music is mostly selected from the most lively operas bouffes.”

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 06 April 1872, 6.