Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
31 July 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Feb 1875, Evening
09 Feb 1875, Matinee
09 Feb 1875, Evening
10 Feb 1875, Evening
11 Feb 1875, Evening
12 Feb 1875, Matinee
12 Feb 1875, Evening
13 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;  Frank [minstrel] Girard;  Larry Tooley;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  Nelly Germon [actress];  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Barry;  Hannah Birch;  Katie Kane;  Kittie Whitland;  Katie [vocalist] Howard;  Annie [contralto] Morgan;  Harry M. [trained dogs] Parker
2)
Behind the scenes
aka Peep behind the scenes
3)
Revengeful rival, The
4)
Great catastrophe, The
aka Cat-as-trophe; Cat as trophe; Catastrophe
Participants:  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Emmett;  Billy [Ethiopian comedian] Barry
5)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Larry Tooley
6)
Comic songs
Participants:  Katie [vocalist] Howard
7)
Jig
Participants:  Kittie Whitland

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 11 February 1875, 2.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 20 February 1875, 374.

“…Katie Howard sang serio-comic songs, winning liberal applause and several recalls…”