Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.30 family circle; $.50 parquette & balcony; $1 reserved seat

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:

This event is still undergoing additional verification.

Last Updated:
16 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

16 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
17 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
18 Mar 1874, 2:00 PM
18 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
19 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
20 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM
21 Mar 1874, 2:00 PM
21 Mar 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Berger Family of Swiss Bell Ringers;  Cogill and Cooper [song and dance];  Snow Brothers;  Thomas and Heeney [clog dnacers];  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  William [clog dancer] Ashcroft;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  Kitty Brooke;  William H. [tenor] Tilla;  Charles [acrobat] Seamon
2)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Thomas and Heeney [clog dnacers]
3)
Irish peddlar
4)
Toodles, The
aka Broken heart; Farmer's daughter
Text Author: Raymond
Participants:  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell
5)
Arabs of New York, The
Text Author: McCloskey
6)
Charleston girls, The
aka Charleston gals, De
Participants:  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood
7)
Dutch twins
aka German twins
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers]
8)
Comic songs
Participants:  Kitty Brooke
9)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  William [clog dancer] Ashcroft
10)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  William H. [tenor] Tilla

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 15 March 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Post, 17 March 1874, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Herald, 17 March 1874, 3.

No mention of music.

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 March 1874, 414.

Program changes from last week; “The attendance was fair.”