Metropolitan Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Metropolitan Theatre

Price: $.25; $.50; $1

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
25 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
08 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
09 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
09 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
10 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
11 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
12 Dec 1874, 2:00 PM
12 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Agnes Sutherland;  Charles F. [actor] Seabert;  N. B. [comedian] Shimer;  Frank Bell;  Maggie [vocalist] Gray
2)
Irish songs
aka Irish melodies; Popular, national, and Irish airs; Hibernian songs
3)
Song and dance
Participants:  Frank Bell
4)
Stump speech
aka Stump oration; Any other man
Participants:  Frank Bell
5)
Scottish songs
Participants:  Agnes Sutherland
6)
Cancan
aka Can can

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 06 December 1874, 5.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 December 1874, 302.

“…The auditorium on Thursday, the night we were present, was densely crowded, showing that ‘The Cancan’ still continues the magnet at this house, as more or less indifference was manifested during the other performances…”