New Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Sep 1873, 7:30 PM
09 Sep 1873, 7:30 PM
10 Sep 1873, Matinee
10 Sep 1873, 7:30 PM
11 Sep 1873, 7:30 PM
12 Sep 1873, 7:30 PM
13 Sep 1873, Matinee
13 Sep 1873, 7:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Yankee Locke;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Add Ryman;  Albert [singer] Springer;  Billy West;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Monsieur [magician] Mehay;  Teresa [singer] Springer
2)
Wife for a day, A
Text Author: Bernard
Participants:  Yankee Locke (role: Nathan Tucker)
3)
Bad whiskey
Participants:  Sam [comedian] Rickey
4)
Regular fix!, A
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  Add Ryman
5)
Devil's doctor, The
6)
"Duetto buffo di due gatti"
aka Cat duet
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Albert [singer] Springer;  Teresa [singer] Springer

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 September 1873, 9.

Full cast list. The Springers “in their celebrated CAT DUET.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 September 1873, 196.

“…Miss Teresa, who has a plump form, pleasing face and good voice, well-cultivated, sang a ballad which met with favor. Later in the evening, with Herr Springer, she sang the ‘Cat Duet,’ which has been so frequently heard in this city, as interpreted by other artists, that comparison was inevitable, and the result was unfavorable to the Springers. In other selections we think they will prove more successful. Banjo solos and songs by William West, a jig by Master Barney…songs-and-dances by Miss Helene Smith, a comic knee dance by Johnny Queen…filled out the programme, which attracted an excellent attendance during the week…”