Bryants' Minstrels

Event Information

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

Proprietor / Lessee:
Dan Bryant

Manager / Director:
Dan Bryant

Conductor(s):
James H. Ross

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 October 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

07 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
08 Dec 1874, 8:00 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:  Bryants' Minstrels;  Dan Bryant;  Nelse Seymour;  Charles Templeton;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  William Henry [minstrel] Rice;  John P. Hogan [minstrel];  William H. Brockway;  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond;  Joseph Norris;  Jimmie [song and dance] Emerson;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
2)
Périchole, La, "Hoop la"
aka Perichole, La, Hoop la
Composer(s): Offenbach
3)
"Poor little lost one"
Composer(s):
Text Author: Cooper [comp-lyricist]
Participants:  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly
4)
Barnyard imitations
Participants:  Dave [minstrel] Reed
5)
"Nellie was a lady"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
6)
"Day when you'll forget me"
Composer(s): Thomas
Participants:  William [minstrel tenor] Raymond
7)
"Johnny, you're in luck"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Dan Bryant
8)
"That song of thine"
Composer(s): Thomas
Text Author: Moriarty
Participants:  Charles Templeton
9)
"You never miss the water till the well runs dry"
aka You never miss the lager till the keg runs dry
Composer(s): Howard
Participants:  Fred Walz
10)
Tin-pan-onion
aka Tin panonion; Tin-pan-on-ion; Tinpanonion; Tin pan onion; Tin Pano-ni-on; Tin-pan-o-ni-on; Timpanion
11)
In and out of place
Text Author: Johnson
12)
Rival darkies, The
aka Rival darkeys
13)
Cremation
14)
Cousin Joe, [minstrel parody]
15)
Mme. Angot's kids
16)
Conspirators, The
17)
Slippery day, A
18)
"Come where my love lies dreaming"
Composer(s): Foster
Participants:  Charles Templeton;  Joseph Norris;  Fred Walz;  J. J. [minstrel tenor] Kelly

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 06 December 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New York Clipper, 19 December 1874, 302.

“…the average attendance has been good, though not so large as during the early portion of the season.” Changes to the program since last week.