Event Information

Venue(s):
Bryant's Opera House (W. 23d St.)

Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Conductor(s):
James H. Ross

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
16 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

11 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
12 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
13 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
14 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
15 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
16 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
16 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Templeton;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  Joseph Norris;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
"Excelsior," [vocal work]
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Charles Templeton;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
3)
Imitations
aka Impersonations
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
4)
Long and short of it, The
5)
Masks and faces, [burlesque]
6)
Ding dong bell, who’s in the well
7)
Ball's up, The; or, Skating in Central Park by moonlight
aka Ball's up at Central Park; Ball is up, The

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 10 January 1875, 9.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 23 January 1875, 342.

“At Bryant’s Minstrels there has been a good average attendance since our last report…”