Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Conductor(s):
John [minstrel, conductor] Braham

Price: $.35; $.50 reserved

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
1 September 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 May 1872, 8:00 PM
28 May 1872, 2:30 PM
28 May 1872, 8:00 PM
29 May 1872, 8:00 PM
30 May 1872, 8:00 PM
31 May 1872, 2:30 PM
31 May 1872, 8:00 PM
01 Jun 1872, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Hurley and Marr [song and dance team];  Billy Pastor;  W. J. Thompson [actor];  Peter [comic vocalist] Cannon;  Victoria [song and dance] Reynolds;  Adeline [trapeze artist] Fontainebleau
2)
Yankee girls
Text Author: Thompson [actor]
Participants:  W. J. Thompson [actor]
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Billy Pastor
4)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  Peter [comic vocalist] Cannon
5)
Song and dance
Participants:  Hurley and Marr [song and dance team]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 May 1872, 13.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 June 1872, 78.

“Billy Pastor’s comic singing was a notable feature of the evening.”