Olympic Theatre

Event Information

Venue(s):
Olympic Theatre

Price: $.30 family circle; $.50 parquette & balcony; $1 reserved seat

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 January 2026

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
31 Mar 1874, 8:00 PM
01 Apr 1874, 2:00 PM
01 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
02 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
03 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM
04 Apr 1874, 2:00 PM
04 Apr 1874, 8:00 PM

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers];  Martens Family;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood;  Angelique [illusionist] Schott;  E. D. [ventriloquist] Davies;  William H. [tenor] Tilla;  Kitty Henderson;  George F. [comedian] Moore;  Charles [acrobat] Seamon
2)
Tyrolean songs
Participants:  Martens Family
3)
"Duetto buffo di due gatti"
aka Cat duet
Composer(s): Rossini
Participants:  Martens Family
4)
Belle and swell, The
aka Broadway swell and belle, The
5)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Kitty Henderson
6)
Chapeau le diable
7)
Plantation scenes
Participants:  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood
8)
Banjo solos
Participants:  Harry [banjo player] Stanwood
9)
Who's dot knocking on the outhouse gade?
aka Who's that knocking on the outhouse gate?
Participants:  Sheridan and Mack [clog dancers]
10)
Temperance crusaders, The
11)
Genius of the emerald isle, The
Participants:  J. George Moore;  Kitty Henderson
12)
Great event of 1874, The; or, The traveling menagerie

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 29 March 1874, 4.
2)
Review: New-York Times, 31 March 1874, 5.

Brief; no mention of music.

3)
Review: New York Clipper, 11 April 1874, 14.

Program changes since last week.