Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Price: Ladies admitted free on Friday evening and Saturday matinee

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
7 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jan 1874, Evening
13 Jan 1874, Matinee
13 Jan 1874, Evening
14 Jan 1874, Evening
15 Jan 1874, Evening
16 Jan 1874, Evening
17 Jan 1874, Matinee
17 Jan 1874, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

5)
aka Clog reel

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 January 1874, 8.

“Ladies admitted free Friday evening and Saturday matinee.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 24 January 1874, 342.

“…Patti Rosa, who has a very childish appearance, atoned for the shortcomings of her vocal efforts in serio-comic songs by a lively clog dance, and Boyd and Scott in their songs-and-dances proved to be the possessors of more than average ability. The Freeman Sisters, who reappeared after a brief absence, performed fresh musical sketches, which afforded much pleasure to their auditors. These young ladies are quite versatile, and seemingly ambitious, and, by the neatness and correctness of their costumes, their evident efforts to please and their modesty of deportment, have become great favorites. Among the freshest of Tony Pastor’s songs was a medley, introducing some half-a-dozen popular airs with imitations of young men who are supposed to have sung them. Tony is a great favorite with his patrons, and ever appears the personification of good humor, which is evinced by his readiness to respond to numerous recalls…”