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:
25 April 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
24 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
25 Mar 1874, 2:00 PM
25 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
26 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
27 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
28 Mar 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Mar 1874, 8:00 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];  Rollin Howard;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  Kitty Henderson;  George F. [comedian] Moore;  Charles [acrobat] Seamon
2)
Rights and wrongs of woman, The
Text Author: Morton
Participants:  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell
3)
Bad whiskey
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers]
4)
"Any port in a storm"
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Rollin Howard
5)
German emigrants, The
Participants:  Kitty Henderson;  George F. [comedian] Moore
6)
Wandering minstrel, The, [farce]
Text Author: Mayhew
Participants:  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 22 March 1874, 7.
2)
Review: New York Post, 25 March 1874, 2.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 27 March 1874, 4.
“…the Berger Family rang their Swiss bells and performed on brass instruments…”
4)
Review: New York Clipper, 04 April 1874, 6.

Program changes since last week.