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:
27 March 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Dec 1873, 7:45 PM
02 Dec 1873, 7:45 PM
03 Dec 1873, 7:45 PM
04 Dec 1873, 7:45 PM
05 Dec 1873, 7:45 PM
06 Dec 1873, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)

LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)

Participants: Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]; Nully Pieris; Master Barney; Add Ryman; Billy West; George F. [actor] Ketchum; Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon; Johnny Hart; Sam [comedian] Rickey; Leona [trapeze] Dare

2)

Virginius, The; or, Ryan’s avengers

Text Author: Unknown playwright

3)

Seeing Ketchum

4)

Little Furgey

5)

Wanted, a nurse

aka Wanted a nurse

6)

Slippery day, A

7)

"Lowena Schneider"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]

8)

"Rip Van Winkle's son"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]

9)

"Broadway band, The"

Composer(s): Unknown composer

Participants: Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety]

Citations

1)

Advertisement: New York Herald, 30 November 1873, 4.

Full cast list.

2)

Review: New York Clipper, 13 December 1873, 294.

“Prof. O’Reardon was the only addition to the company at the Metropolitan Theatre on Dec. 1. He has lost none of his skill in manipulating the Tumbleronicon, and the sweet sounds emitted from the musical glasses, blending with those of the piano, upon which he performs with his left hand, have a very pleasing effect upon the ear. He cheerfully responded to numerous encores. John Allen sang ‘Lowena Schneider,’ ‘Rip Van Winkle’s Son,’ and ‘The Broadway Band,’ which elicited much laughter… [there were] serio-comic songs by Miss Nullie [sic] Pieris; songs and banjo solos by William West…” No further mention of music.