Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

24 Feb 1873, Evening
25 Feb 1873, Evening
25 Feb 1873, 2:30 PM
26 Feb 1873, Evening
27 Feb 1873, Evening
28 Feb 1873, Evening
01 Mar 1873, Evening
01 Mar 1873, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Turner and Lester [song and dance];  Reynolds and Romer [song and dance];  Tony Pastor;  Frank [minstrel] Girard;  Jennie Engel;  Harry Hart [Ethiopian Comedian];  Marie [dancer] Gorenflo;  Amelia [dancer] Gorenflo;  Charles F. [actor] Seabert;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Jennie Benson;  Celia [comic vocalist] Iferd;  Maggie (La Petite) Benson;  Alice [child singer] Bennett
2)
Tenth ward by day and night, The
Text Author: Seabert
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor
4)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Reynolds and Romer [song and dance];  Gus [comic singer] Williams
5)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Turner and Lester [song and dance]

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 23 February 1873, 4.

“Ladies admitted free on Friday evenings.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 08 March 1873, 390.

“Little Alice Bennett sings remarkably well, considering her youth.””Little Maggie Benson continued her wonderful character songs and dances, and was enthusiastically applauded.”