American Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]
Manager / Director:
Fred Van Olker
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
2 August 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
22 Jun 1863, Evening23 Jun 1863, Evening
24 Jun 1863, Evening
25 Jun 1863, Evening
26 Jun 1863, Evening
27 Jun 1863, Matinee
27 Jun 1863, Evening
Program Details
La Thorne, stage mngr.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: American Theatre, corps de ballet; Augusta Walby; Johnny [minstrel] Mack; Emma [dancer] Ross; William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew; Matilda Schultze; Frances LeRoy; Lizzie [actor] Schultze; Julia [dancer] Lehman; Ernestine de Faiber; Tony Pastor; Thomas Grattan Riggs; Mary [dancer] Blake; James F. Wambold; Millie Flora; Thomas Henry [Ethiopian comedian] Ryan; Charles E. Collins; Bob [minstrel] Hart; James S. Maffit; Charley White
Citations
6)
Says: Ernestine De “Faiber.” “If you wish to see a varied performance, including dancing, singing, ‘play acting,’ Nigger business, acrobatisms, and ‘sho’ actin,’ the ‘American,’ 444 Broadway, is the place to visit. Here, the supple-legged beauty whirls and tosses, and pitches herself about in all the bewitching allurements of the mazy dance—common newspaper scribblers call this sort of thing ‘tripping it on the light fantastic toe;’ that’s danced out, though; us uncommon critics understand how to clothe such affairs in new and gayer apparel, and that’s what’s the matter with us now.”
7)
“All the Gems of Pantomime, Ballet, Comedy, Opera, Vaudeville, Burlesque, Gymnastics, Ethiopian Minstrelsy, Plantation Illustrations, Sentimental and Comic Vocalism, Scenic Display, Instrumental Music, Local Extravaganza, Stump Oratory, &c., &c., ‘Ad Infinitum.’”