Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
28 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

01 Feb 1875, Evening
02 Feb 1875, Matinee
02 Feb 1875, Evening
03 Feb 1875, Evening
04 Feb 1875, Evening
05 Feb 1875, Matinee
05 Feb 1875, Evening
06 Feb 1875, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Female Minstrels;  Sheehan and Jones [song and dance];  Tony Pastor;  Larry Tooley;  Jennie [vocalist] Morgan;  Katie Kane;  Kittie Whitland;  Harry M. [trained dogs] Parker
2)
"Murphy twins, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Sheehan and Jones [song and dance]
3)
Tour around the world, A
4)
Ballads
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
Participants:  Jennie [vocalist] Morgan
5)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Larry Tooley
6)
Comic songs
Participants:  Katie Kane

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 31 January 1875, 13.

“Ladies free on Friday evenings.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 13 February 1875, 366.

“…Sheehan and Jones, who are evidently beginners, gave an Irish song and dance called ‘The Murphy Twins,’ which was not wholly without merit, but further practice will prove advantageous. They deserve encouragement, as they bid fair to become good performers. Tony Pastor did not appear during the week after Monday evening, out of respect to his intimate friend the late Nelse Seymour, who died on Feb. 2…Attendance good…”