Articles on the destruction of two theatres by fire

Event Information

Venue(s):
Lina Edwin's Theatre
Arion Music Rooms

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
15 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Nov 1872
29 Nov 1872
07 Dec 1872

Citations

1)
Article: New-York Times, 28 November 1872, 5.

Overnight fire at 714, 716, 718, 720, and 722 Broadway; destruction of Lina Edwin’s Theatre and the Arion Music Hall.

2)
Article: New York Post, 28 November 1872, 1.
3)
Article: New-York Daily Tribune, 29 November 1872, 5.
4)
Article: New-York Times, 29 November 1872, 8.
5)
Article: New York Sun, 29 November 1872, 3.
6)
Article: New York Clipper, 07 December 1872, 286.

Destruction of the theatre in which Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels were performing. Program for the troupe’s opening night on November 25, 1872.