Bowery Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Bowery Theatre (after 1/67)

Manager / Director:
William B. Freligh

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Aug 1873, Evening
12 Aug 1873, Evening
13 Aug 1873, Evening
14 Aug 1873, Evening
15 Aug 1873, Evening
16 Aug 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb's New York Combination;  McKee and Rogers;  Lulu Delmay;  John [mystic changes] Morris
2)
Sonnambulist, The
3)
Wonderful quack doctor and his banjo, The
4)
Schneider's courtship
5)
Jig
6)
Mystic changes
Participants:  John [mystic changes] Morris
7)
"Rebecca Jane"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  McKee and Rogers
8)
Mazeppa, [burlesque]
aka Wild steed of Bohoken; Wild steed of the Bowery; Wild mule of Tartary; Wild zebra of Elm Park
9)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb
10)
Imitations of singers
Participants:  Bobby Newcomb

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 August 1873, 9.

Bobby Newcomb benefit Friday evening.

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 August 1873, 166.

“Bobby Newcomb, in songs-and-dances and imitations of operatic artists, met with unqualified success.”