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:
4 November 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
29 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
30 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
31 Dec 1874, 8:00 PM
01 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
01 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM
02 Jan 1875, 2:00 PM
02 Jan 1875, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

2)
aka Kitty Magee
Composer(s): Tucker [comp.-cond.-voc.]
3)
aka Bonny Jean
Composer(s): Miles
Text Author: Burns
6)
aka Taming the elephant; Baby elephant; Pet elephant; Who owns dis elephant?
7)
aka Riding in a street car; Riding in a street-car
8)
aka Nitroglycerine; Nitro glycerine; Glycerine oil
9)
aka Grand scene Norma

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1874, 9.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 03 January 1875, 3.

“Crowded audiences nightly attest the popularity of Bryant’s Minstrels. On this chosen stage of Ethiopian melody a constant stream of good things is poured for the benefit of the public. A visit to Bryant’s is a certain cure for hypochondria unless the unfortunate be beyond earthly aid. There is a confusing succession of side-splitting varieties, some old favorites, others brand new from the nameless authors who amuse the town in this favorite theatre by trivialities thrown off from ready pens. The performance concludes with an appropriate sketch entitled ‘Santa Claus,’ in which the whole strength of the company appears.”

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 January 1875, 326.

Program changes since last week.