Theatre Comique

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Josh Hart [actor, minstrel]

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
22 January 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

03 Nov 1873, Evening
04 Nov 1873, Evening
05 Nov 1873, Evening
05 Nov 1873, 2:30 PM
06 Nov 1873, Evening
07 Nov 1873, Evening
08 Nov 1873, Evening
08 Nov 1873, 2:30 PM

Program Details

The Waite Family only appeared on Monday; Hart terminated their contract on Tuesday.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Allen and Lester [song and dance];  Waite Family;  Ada [singer] Wray;  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy;  Alex [ventriloquist] Davis
2)
Chicago, before, during, and after the fire
Text Author: Unknown playwright

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 November 1873, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 15 November 1873, 262.

“…Alex Davis, whose performances have already been reviewed by our Boston correspondent, gave complete satisfaction. He is an excellent baritone vocalist and a good ventriloquist. The Waite Family, vocalists, failed to give satisfaction. Mr. Harry Waite, on Monday evening, sang a song which was rather displeasing, to put it mildly. The performances of the ladies were not up to the standard, and the services of the family were dispensed with after Tuesday evening, Mr. Hart having canceled their contract. Lester and Allen in songs-and-dances; serio-comic songs by Mrs. John Wilde, the Foy Sisters in their musical specialties…”