Event Information

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

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:

This event is still undergoing additional verification.

Last Updated:
30 June 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
28 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
29 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
30 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
01 May 1874, 8:00 PM
02 May 1874, 2:00 PM
02 May 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene;  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph;  Fred [minstrel] Emerson
2)
"I'm off for Charleston"
aka Off to Charleston
Composer(s): Donaldson
Text Author: Donaldson
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
3)
"Old home is not what it used to be, The"
Composer(s): White
Participants:  Charles Templeton
4)
"Hannah! How's your ma?"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
5)
"Rosa Lee; or, Don't be foolish Joe"
Composer(s): Unidentified
Participants:  Carl [minstrel] Rudolph
6)
Trovatore, [burlesque opera]
aka Ill Trovatore well-treated—by the M
Participants:  James Unsworth;  [minstrel singer] Eugene
7)
Go west, or, Riding in a Pullman car
8)
Elephant, The
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
9)
Tin-pan-onion
aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on; Timpanion
10)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  James Unsworth
11)
Challenge dance
Participants:  Dan Bryant;  Dave [minstrel] Reed

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 April 1874, 13.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 May 1874, 46.

Program changes since last week.