Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler

Price: $.25, $.50, $1

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
10 May 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 May 1874, 8:00 PM
19 May 1874, 8:00 PM
20 May 1874, Matinee
20 May 1874, 8:00 PM
21 May 1874, 8:00 PM
22 May 1874, 8:00 PM
23 May 1874, Matinee
23 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Praeger Family;  Prof. [glass tumbler player] O'Reardon;  Bessie [singer] Sudlow;  Lizzie [comic vocalist] Sherman;  Harry [comic singer, dancer] Watson;  Ned [Ethiopian comedian] Fox;  Thomas E. [actor] Jackson;  James [actor] Larkin;  Carrie Armstrong
2)
Boarding house, The
Participants:  James [actor] Larkin;  Carrie Armstrong
3)
Tyrolean songs
Participants:  Praeger Family
4)
"Duetto buffo di due gatti"
aka Cat duet
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Praeger Family
5)
Shootzen guards, The
Participants:  Lizzie [comic vocalist] Sherman;  Harry [comic singer, dancer] Watson
6)
Ghostly visit, A
Participants:  James [actor] Larkin

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 17 May 1874, 17.

“Opening of the summer season.” 

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 May 1874, 70.

“The musical performances of the Praeger Family, consisting of one lady and two gentlemen, included Tyrolean songs and warblings, the ‘Cat Duet,’ a duet upon violins, with trick playing, and performances upon the melophone and mandoline. They are skilled musicians, and their entertainment is pleasing.”