American Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]

Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 September 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

29 Jun 1863, Evening
30 Jun 1863, Evening
01 Jul 1863, Evening
02 Jul 1863, Evening
03 Jul 1863, Evening
04 Jul 1863, Evening
04 Jul 1863, 2:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  American Theatre, corps de ballet;  Julia [dancer] Lehman;  James S. Maffit;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Lizzie [actor] Schultze;  Charles E. Collins;  Frances LeRoy;  Thomas Henry [Ethiopian comedian] Ryan;  Matilda Schultze;  Millie Flora;  William H. [pantomimist] Bartholomew;  James F. Wambold;  Johnny [minstrel] Mack;  Mary [dancer] Blake;  Thomas Grattan Riggs;  Augusta Walby;  Tony Pastor;  Ernestine de Faiber;  Charley White

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 28 June 1863, 7.
“Last Week of the Spring Season”
2)
Announcement: New York Herald, 29 June 1863, 2.
“The American theatre and the New Idea continue their usual and popular performances.  The audiences at all these places are very good without being very crowded.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 June 1863, 7.

4)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 July 1863, 9.

5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 02 July 1863, 9.

6)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 03 July 1863, 7.

7)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 04 July 1863, 96.
“Last week of the season. . . . [W]ill close on Saturday evening July 4, 1863”
8)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 July 1863, 7.