Olympic Theatre: George Warren Benefit

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Conductor(s):
Karl [cellist] Steele

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Dec 1873, 2:00 PM

Program Details

It is unclear if Warren actually performed at this event.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Metropolitan Theatre Company;  Karl Steele Orchestra;  Morrisey and Emerson [song and dance];  Bryants' Minstrels;  Freeman Sisters;  Tony Pastor’s Company;  Joseph Lang;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Barry;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Johnny Hart;  Billy West;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  Add Ryman;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Master Barney;  Nelse Seymour;  William H. Brockway;  Charles F. [actor] Seabert;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Larry Tooley;  Johnny Allen [minstrel/variety];  George [vocal/banjo] Warren;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Frank [minstrel] Girard;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Tony Pastor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 14 December 1873, 4.

“Prices as usual.”

2)
Announcement: New York Sun, 18 December 1873, 1.

Brief; a “host of volunteers will appear.”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 27 December 1873, 310.

The page number at the upper left reads 810, but that is clearly a typo and should read 310. Brief review. The event “Attracted some five or six hundred dollars.”