New Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Price: $1; $.50; $.25

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 February 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

17 Nov 1873, 7:45 PM
18 Nov 1873, 7:45 PM
19 Nov 1873, Matinee
19 Nov 1873, 7:45 PM
20 Nov 1873, 7:45 PM
21 Nov 1873, 7:45 PM
22 Nov 1873, Matinee
22 Nov 1873, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Wilson Brothers [gymnasts];  Cogill and Cooper [song and dance];  Nully Pieris;  Master Barney;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Add Ryman;  Billy West;  Maggie [vocalist] Fielding;  John [vocalist] Fielding;  Johnny Hart;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
2)
Jim Crow alive again
aka Jim Crow alive
Text Author: Cavanaugh
Participants:  Johnny Hart
3)
Admiral Bombshell
Participants:  Johnny Hart
4)
No remarks
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Add Ryman;  Johnny Hart
5)
Laughing hyena, The
Text Author: Webster
6)
Happy Irish couple, The
aka Happy Irish pair
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
7)
Bad whiskey
Participants:  Sam [comedian] Rickey
8)
Our domestics
Participants:  Maggie [vocalist] Fielding;  John [vocalist] Fielding
9)
Street sweeper
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen
10)
"Come into the garden Maud"
aka Come into the garden Maude
Composer(s): Balfe
Text Author: Tennyson
Participants:  Nully Pieris

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 16 November 1873, 4.

“A brilliant olio bill every evening.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 29 November 1873, 278.

“Miss Nully Pieris, the only fresh appearance at the Metropolitan Theatre during the past week, quickly gained the favor of the audiences by her singing of ‘Come into the Garden, Maud,’ and in response to two encores sang other popular ballads. The attendance has been excellent. The Fieldings, in a new musical sketch called ‘Our Domestics,’ sang two distinct songs at the same time. Billy West sang humorous songs with banjo accompaniment…” No further mention of music; full cast list.