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:
24 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Feb 1874, Matinee
23 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
24 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
25 Feb 1874, Matinee
25 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
26 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
27 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM
28 Feb 1874, Matinee
28 Feb 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Schrotter Sisters;  Jackley Family [gymnasts];  Martinetti Pantomime Troupe;  Cool White [minstrel];  Frank Hussey [minstrel-var.];  Master Barney;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West;  Lizzie Kelsey;  George F. [actor] Ketchum;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Leona [trapeze] Dare;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Worley;  Kate [dancer] Wilson
2)
Two Gregories, The; or, Where did the money come from?
aka Luck in a name
Text Author: Dibdin
Participants:  Lizzie Kelsey;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes
3)
Cheap lodgings
4)
Sonnambulist, The
5)
Actor's studio, The
6)
Unlucky marquis, The
Participants:  Martinetti Pantomime Troupe
7)
Comic songs
Participants:  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 February 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 24 February 1874, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 07 March 1874, 390.

Program changes since last week; “The attendance has been good…”