Theatre Comique

Event Information

Venue(s):
Theatre Comique [1867- : 514 Broadway]

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Price: $.50; $1 reserved seat; $.25 family circle

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
6 July 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
24 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
25 Sep 1872, 2:30 PM
25 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
26 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
27 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM
28 Sep 1872, 2:30 PM
28 Sep 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Mackin and Wilson [song and dance];  Johnny Wild;  Larry Tooley;  Frank Kerns;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Jennie Benson;  Johnny Hart;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Annie [serio-comic vocalist] Adams;  Maggie (La Petite) Benson;  Nellie [actress] Sanford;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Black dwarf, The
aka African dwarf; African dwarf Tommy
Participants:  Johnny Hart
3)
Uncle Eph's dream
aka My old Kentucky home
Text Author: White
4)
Cash; or, The way of the world
Text Author: Poole
5)
Comic songs
Participants:  Annie [serio-comic vocalist] Adams

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 September 1872, 4.

Cast and scene listing.

2)
Article: New York Sun, 28 September 1872, 3.

Josh Hart’s success in managing the variety show, a New York institution.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 October 1872, 214.

“Miss Annie Adams, who continued during the week, won much favor in her serio-comic songs.”