Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
4 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1874, Evening
29 Dec 1874, Matinee
29 Dec 1874, Evening
30 Dec 1874, Evening
31 Dec 1874, Matinee
31 Dec 1874, Evening
01 Jan 1875, Matinee
01 Jan 1875, Evening
02 Jan 1875, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Favorite ballads ; Ballads and warblings; Beautiful ballads
4)
aka New Year's call; New Year's greetings
8)
aka Jim Crow alive
Text Author: Cavanaugh
9)
Participants:  Larry Tooley
11)
Participants:  Tony Pastor

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1874, 9.

“Ladies admitted free on Tuesday and Friday evenings.”

2)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 January 1875, 326.

“Miss Louise Anderson, a petite brunette, tastily attired in a neat costume of white satin, who sang ballads with pleasing effect; Frank Jones, who skillfully performed upon a great number of musical instruments; Miss Josie Foster, who in her vocal efforts evinced the possession of a voice of much power and sweetness; and William and Maggie Ray, clever delineators of Ethiopian character, who performed a musical sketch entitled ‘The Old Man’s Passing away,’ comprised the new people at Tony Pastor’s on Dec. 28, where the average attendance has been good…”