Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Conductor(s):
Henry Wannemacher

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
11 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Aug 1873, Evening
19 Aug 1873, Evening
20 Aug 1873, Matinee
20 Aug 1873, Evening
21 Aug 1873, Evening
22 Aug 1873, Evening
23 Aug 1873, Matinee
23 Aug 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Reynolds Brothers;  Nully Pieris;  Helene [dancer] Smith;  George H. Coes;  Add Ryman;  George F. [actor] Ketchum;  Belle Howitt;  Luke Schoolcraft
2)
Grimshaw, Bagshaw, and Bradshaw
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  George F. [actor] Ketchum
3)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Add Ryman
4)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Helene [dancer] Smith
5)
Oh well, it's no use
aka Oh well it's no use
6)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  Nully Pieris
7)
"My gal"
aka My girl
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Reynolds Brothers
8)
Funny mokes in a fog
Participants:  Add Ryman

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 August 1873, 9.
2)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 23 August 1873, 166.

Names of company members.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 August 1873, 174.

“Helene Smith was seen to advantage in songs-and-dances, the excellence of her performances being well known.”