Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
17 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

05 May 1873, Evening
06 May 1873, Evening
06 May 1873, 2:30 PM
07 May 1873, Evening
08 May 1873, Evening
09 May 1873, Evening
10 May 1873, Evening
10 May 1873, 2:30 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Zig Zags;  Frank Kerns;  Harry Hart [Ethiopian Comedian];  Billy Pastor;  Ida [actor] Leslie;  Iona [vocalist] Lang;  Alice [child singer] Bennett;  Rosa [vocalist] Lee;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Barry;  Jenny [Irish vocalist] Murray;  Johanna [vocalist] Granger;  Emma [vocalist] Rice
2)
Greedy clown, The
3)
"Little footsteps"
Composer(s): Barney
Text Author: Leavitt
Participants:  Emma [vocalist] Rice
4)
"Close the shutters"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Alice [child singer] Bennett
5)
"My poor heart is sad with its dreaming"
Composer(s): Bishop
Participants:  Iona [vocalist] Lang
6)
Comic songs
Participants:  Billy Pastor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 04 May 1873, 4.

“Ladies admitted free on Friday evenings.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 17 May 1873, 54.

“Little Alice Bennett, a miss of some twelve summers, who has a remarkable voice, was lavishly applauded for her singing of ‘Close the shutters.’ With proper care in the cultivation of her voice, she should attain a high position in the musical world.”