Benefit of W. W. Newcomb

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
12 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Aug 1873, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  W. W. [minstrel] Newcomb;  Johnny Thompson

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 August 1873, 9.

List of volunteers.

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

Newcomb, the veteran minstrel manager and comedian, has been suffering from illness for some time; name of volunteers, including Newcomb; use of Pastor’s theatre without charge.