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:
7 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
13 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
14 Jan 1874, Matinee
14 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
15 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
16 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM
17 Jan 1874, Matinee
17 Jan 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Schrotter Sisters;  Sanford and Wilson;  Master Barney;  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Add Ryman;  Billy West;  George F. [actor] Ketchum;  Clara [singer] Butler;  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Howard;  Johnny Hart;  Jennie [vocalist] Hughes;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  E. D. [ventriloquist] Davies;  I. Frank Frayne;  Kate [dancer] Wilson
2)
Three-legged man, The
aka Three legged man
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West
3)
Pas de bouquet
Participants:  Schrotter Sisters;  Kate [dancer] Wilson
4)
Who'll join the band?
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson
5)
Ambition, [sketch]
Participants:  Johnny Hart;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
6)
Our new man
7)
Two frauds, Tom and Joe
Participants:  E. D. [ventriloquist] Davies
8)
Old folks from Connecticut, The
Participants:  E. D. [ventriloquist] Davies
9)
From the altar to the scaffold
Participants:  Clara [singer] Butler;  I. Frank Frayne
10)
Old Uncle John
Participants:  Charles [Ethiopian comedian] Howard
11)
Polynesian mystery
Participants:  Johnny [Ethiopian comedian] Queen;  Billy West

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 January 1874, 8.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 January 1874, 342.

“…Miss Jennie Hughes sang the freshest songs her repertory contained, and the plaudits of her listeners assured her that she had gained their favor…The attendance has been very large, standing-room being in demand shortly after eight o’clock.”