Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Manager / Director:
John F. [1833-93] Poole

Price: $.25 family circle; $.50 dress circle; $1 reserved seat, orchestra, balcony

Event Type:
Opera, Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
23 December 2025

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

23 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
24 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
25 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
25 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
26 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
26 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
27 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM
28 Nov 1874, 2:00 PM
28 Nov 1874, 7:45 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson;  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Master Barney;  Alice [clog dancer] Somers;  Gus [comic singer] Williams;  Sam [comedian] Rickey;  Sol Smith [comedian] Russell;  Billy Courtright;  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day
2)
Broadway; or, New York in a nutshell
Text Author: Poole
3)
Musical mokes, The
Participants:  Sanford and Wilson
4)
"My only friend"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Billy Courtright
5)
"Dutch boarding house, The"
Composer(s): Unknown composer
Participants:  Gus [comic singer] Williams
6)
Scenes on the Rhine
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor]
7)
Dutch militia, The
Text Author: Poole
8)
$20,000 reward for Charlie Ross
aka Twenty-thousand dollar reward for Charlie Ross
9)
Slippery day, A
10)
Living fountain; or, The bath of the innocents
11)
Dutch songs
Participants:  Alice M. Harrison [vocal-actor];  Gus [comic singer] Williams
12)
Comic songs
Participants:  Emma [serio-comic vocalist] Day

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 22 November 1874, 4.

Cast and scene listing for Broadway; or, New York in a nutshell.

2)
Review: New York Herald, 24 November 1874, 7.

Brief; no mention of music. 

3)
Review: New-York Daily Tribune, 26 November 1874, 4.

Brief; no mention of music. 

4)
Review: New York Clipper, 28 November 1874, 278.

Program changes since last week.