Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Proprietor / Lessee:
Billy Pastor
M. B. Leavitt

Manager / Director:
Billy Pastor
M. B. Leavitt

Event Type:
Play With Music, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
19 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Aug 1875, Evening
31 Aug 1875, Evening
31 Aug 1875, 2:00 PM
01 Sep 1875, Evening
02 Sep 1875, Evening
03 Sep 1875, Evening
03 Sep 1875, 2:00 PM
04 Sep 1875, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  La Verde Children;  Seamon and Somers [song and dance];  Lew and Pauline Parker;  Fanny Herring;  Billy Pastor;  Edward D. Lay;  George W. Middleton;  John T. [Irish vocalist, dancer] Kelly;  Joseph [juggler] Norton;  Alice d' Erina
2)
"World turned upside down, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Pastor
3)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
Participants:  John T. [Irish vocalist, dancer] Kelly
4)
Songs and dances
Participants:  La Verde Children
5)
French spy, The; or, The siege of Constantina
aka The French spy; Or, The storming of Algiers; The French spy; Or, The siege of Algiers; The French spy; Or, The fall of Algiers
Text Author: Haines

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 August 1875, 5.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 31 August 1875, 10.

“This cosey little theatre had a very attractive bill of fare last night and the theatre was pretty well crowded…” 

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 September 1875, 190.

Program changes since last week.