Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Price: $.25; $.50; $1

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
12 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
13 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
13 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
14 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
15 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM
16 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
16 Jan 1875, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Griffin and Rice [song and dance];  Frank [Ethiopian comedian, musician] Jones;  Stevie Sarsfield;  Paddy Hughes;  Nellie [vocalist] Hughes;  Bonnie Nelson;  Minnie [vocalist] Gray;  Tim [Ethiopian comedian] Morris;  Ella Heflin;  Willis Pickerts
2)
School girls of the period, The
aka Girls of the period and boys of the day
Text Author: Unknown playwright
3)
Ballet in the style of the Soirées au jardin Mabille
4)
Scottish songs
5)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Stevie Sarsfield
6)
Songs and dances
Participants:  Griffin and Rice [song and dance];  Frank [Ethiopian comedian, musician] Jones;  Minnie [vocalist] Gray
7)
Comic songs
Participants:  Bonnie Nelson
8)
Jig
Participants:  Paddy Hughes
9)
Robbers of Bay Ridge, The
10)
Dutchman's baby, The

Citations

1)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 January 1874, 342.

“…Attendance very large in the cheaper portions of the auditorium.” 

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 January 1875, 9.