B. P. O. Elks: Annual Benefit: 6th
Event Information
Venue(s):
Niblo's Garden
Manager / Director:
Frank [minstrel] Girard
Conductor(s):
Henry Wannemacher
Price: $1.50 orchestra and orchestra circle secured; $1 general admission; $.50 family circle; $10, $12 private boxes
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
24 March 2025
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
30 Oct 1873, 1:30 PMPerformers and/or Works Performed
Citations
Enormous cast list that includes regulars from Niblo’s Garden, Bryant’s Minstrels, Tony Pastor’s, the Metropolitan Theatre, the San Francisco Minstrels, and the Theatre Comique. Performance includes “the largest and most gigantic olio of fun ever seen in the world.” A separate card on the same page announces a rehearsal on Wednesday (10/29/73) at 10:30am at Tony Pastor’s. Event is heavily advertised in the Herald throughout the week.
“The Sixth Annual Benefit of the B. P. O. of Elks almost filled Niblo’s Garden on the afternoon of Oct. 30. The gallery was crowded, the intermediate circles were well peopled, and scarcely a vacant seat was to be seen in the lower house. Notwithstanding that a cheerless rain began to fall at about toilet time, the lady friends of the organization attended in force. The programme was rich and liberal—in fact, too liberal, exhausting fully three hours and fifty-three minutes, and this in spite of the dropping of the sketch of ‘The Liquor Dealers.’” A very long description of the event follows, noting each sketch and its performers.