Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Manager / Director:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Conductor(s):
Henry Wannemacher

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

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
28 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
29 Jan 1873, 2:30 PM
29 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
30 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
31 Jan 1873, 8:00 PM
01 Feb 1873, 2:30 PM
01 Feb 1873, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Matthews Family;  Harrigan and Hart;  Master Barney;  Billy West;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Arthur [gymnast] Gregory;  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
2)
Ali Baba; or, The forty thieves, [burlesque]
Composer(s): Poole
3)
"Mollie darling"
aka Molly darling; Molly dancing; Don't go, Mollie darling
Composer(s): Hays
Text Author: Hays
Participants:  Billy West
4)
Who owns the clothes line?
Participants:  Harrigan and Hart
5)
Comic songs
Participants:  Ada [singer] Wray;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes
6)
Jig
Participants:  Kitty [dancer] O'Neil
7)
Lalla Rookh, [extravaganza]
Text Author: Poole
8)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Master Barney
9)
Keno and Lotto; or, Leo and lots of it
Text Author: Poole

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 January 1873, 9.

Three-column ad, including quotes from several newspapers; cast and scene listings for all three burlesques.

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 February 1873, 358.

“William West, among other songs, sang a parody of ‘Mollie Darling,’ which was lavishly applauded.”