Bryants' Minstrels

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:
18 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

18 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
19 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
20 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
21 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
22 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
23 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
23 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;  Master [comic singer] Martin;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
"Take me back to your heart, Kitty Kearney"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
3)
"Rock me to sleep, Mother"
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
4)
"Johnny, you're in luck"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
"Hard times come again no more"
Composer(s): Foster
Text Author: Foster
Participants:  Charles Templeton
6)
"Blue-eyed Jeannie"
aka Blue eyed Jeannie; Blue-eyed Jennie
Composer(s): Thomas
7)
Daniel in the Bryant's den
8)
Put a head on him
Participants:  Master [comic singer] Martin
9)
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 Times, 17 January 1875, 11.
2)
Review: New York Post, 23 January 1875, 3.

“The programme of Dan Bryant’s Minstrels is now unusually attractive, and the theatre is well filled every night.”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 30 January 1875, 350.

Program changes since last week. “A good business has been done.”