Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.25 family circle; $.50 dress circle; $1 reserved seat, orchestra, balcony

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
13 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
29 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
30 Sep 1874, 2:00 PM
30 Sep 1874, 7:45 PM
01 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
02 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM
03 Oct 1874, 2:00 PM
03 Oct 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels];  Tierney and Cronin [song and dance];  Andrew J. Leavitt;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Joe [song and dance] Lang;  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy;  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight;  Eugene Blitz;  Sam [minstrel tenor] Holdsworth;  Billy Gray;  Adah [vocalist] Richmond
2)
Trip to Blarney Castle
Participants:  Master Barney;  Sam [comedian] Rickey
3)
"Mr. and Mrs. Brown"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Bertha [vocalist] Foy;  Ida [song & dance] Foy
4)
Charleston girls, The
aka Charleston gals, De
Participants:  Andrew J. Leavitt;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews
5)
New Year's eve
Text Author: Unknown playwright
6)
Love tricks
Participants:  Delehanty and Hengler [minstrels]
7)
Comic songs
Participants:  Adah [vocalist] Richmond
8)
"Ashantee recruits, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Tierney and Cronin [song and dance]
9)
Sphinx, The, [burlesque]
10)
Weston, the walker
aka Weston, the walkist; Weston vs. Judd
Participants:  George S. [Dutch songs] Knight

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 September 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 29 September 1874, 7.

No mention of music. 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 10 October 1874, 222.

“…Ada Richmond, in tasteful attire, sang serio-comic songs, which elicited deserved applause. She has a sweet and powerful voice, and her enunciation is very distinct…”