Olympic Theatre

Prologue, prior to the winter season’s opening in two weeks.

“…Tony Pastor, in three of his most popular songs, sung with a vim which made the house ring, and for an encore he gave a song illustrated with dissolving pictures of scenes of American and European history…” 

Brief; no mention of music. 

Description of improvements to the theatre. “…an overture by H. T. Dyring and orchestra opened the entertainments…Miss Kitty Brooke sang a number of serio-comic songs with dash, and terminated her performance with a graceful hornpipe, which elicited liberal applause…Tony Pastor received a most enthusiastic welcome, as he stepped upon the stage. He sang several of his most popular songs, including the one during which stereoscopic pictures are exhibited. All were liberally applauded, and Tony with much good-nature replied to numerous encores…Gus Williams was warmly welcomed, and sang with his accustomed excellence a number of fresh Dutch songs, which kept the audience in an almost constant stage of laughter. The introduced dialogue of one of them was very funny, and fairly bristled with wit. Walters and Morton, excellent song-and-dance men, were advantageously seen in their specialties…Baby Benson astonished the audience by her precocity, and delighted them by her archness and winning grace. She shows marked improvement in her songs-and-dances. Billy Ashcroft gave his Ethiopian speciality of ‘The Funny Old Gal,’ and wound up by performing upon a great number of musical instruments…The theatre was crowded on the opening night…”