Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Conductor(s):
Joseph [conductor] Braham

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Sep 1872, Evening
17 Sep 1872, Matinee
17 Sep 1872, Evening
18 Sep 1872, Evening
19 Sep 1872, Evening
20 Sep 1872, Evening
21 Sep 1872, Matinee
21 Sep 1872, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart;  Tony Pastor;  Jennie Engel;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon;  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Kittie [jig dancer] Le Roy;  John Le Faver Manning
2)
Artful dodger, The
Text Author: Blanchard
3)
"Dollar a dozen for shirts, A"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  John Le Faver Manning
4)
"Big and the little of it, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
5)
Old John Hutchinson
6)
Jig
Participants:  Kittie [jig dancer] Le Roy
7)
"Courtship"
Composer(s): Glover
Participants:  Tony Pastor;  Jennie Engel
8)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
9)
Dutch justice, The
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
10)
Tumbleronicon music
Participants:  Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 07 September 1872, 182.

Re-opening for the regular season; chief members of the company.

2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 15 September 1872, 7.

Grand re-opening week. “Ladies admitted free on Tuesdays.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 September 1872, 4.

Company members.

4)
Review: New York Herald, 17 September 1872, 8.

No mention of music.

5)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 21 September 1872, 198.

Chief artists of the opening company.

6)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 September 1872, 206.

“Miss Jenny Engel, one of the most charming serio-comic vocalists in the profession, clad in a rich and tasteful costume, sang several songs which were loudly applauded.”