Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
20 November 2024

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

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

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter;  Eugene Blitz;  Kitty Henderson;  George F. [comedian] Moore;  Tony Pastor;  John [Ethiopian comedian] Mulligan;  Conchita [dancer] Ronzati;  Gus [comic singer] Williams
2)
Dutch organ grinder, The; or, The lost monkey
Text Author: Unknown playwright
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
3)
Comic songs
Participants:  Tony Pastor
4)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
5)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Billy [banjo comedian] Carter
6)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Kitty Henderson
7)
Happy Irish couple, The
aka Happy Irish pair
Participants:  George F. [comedian] Moore
8)
Living photographs
aka Animated photographs; Living pictures of great artists; Living portraits
Participants:  Eugene Blitz

Citations

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

“Ladies admitted free on Friday evenings.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 05 April 1873, 6.

“Gus Williams was warmly welcomed; his Dutch character-songs were heartily applauded, and he was recalled some half a dozen times. Billy Carter, a great favorite with the local audiences, gave satisfaction in his songs with banjo accompaniment.”