New Idea

Event Information

Venue(s):
New Idea, The

Price: $.50 orchestra and balcony; .25 other seats

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
8 October 2010

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

20 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
21 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
22 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
23 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM
24 Jul 1863, 8:00 PM

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  New Idea Corps de Ballet;  Desiree [dancer] Mathieu;  Mathilde Marzetti;  Esther [pantomimist] Martinetti;  John N. [composer] Senia;  Julian Martinetti;  Philippe Martinetti;  Paul Martinetti;  Albert Martinetti;  Edouard Velarde;  Gustavus Geary;  Camille Mathieu;  William B. [comic singer] Harrison
2)
Jocko; ou, Le singe du Brésil, [drama]
aka Jocko; or, The Brazilian ape; Jocko, the man monkey; Jocko, der brasilianische Affe; Joko, the Brazilian ape
Text Author: Gabriel, Rochefort
3)
Sylphide, La
aka Sylphid, The
Composer(s): Schneitzhoeffer
Participants:  Albert Martinetti;  Esther [pantomimist] Martinetti;  Julian Martinetti;  Philippe Martinetti;  Paul Martinetti
4)
Musical melange, unidentified
aka Musical mélange

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 20 July 1863, 7.

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 July 1863, 7.

3)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 25 July 1863, 115.
“The New Idea, which was closed during a portion of the week on account of the riots, re-opens this evening, July 20th, when the pantomime of ‘Jocko’ is to be produced there for the first time.”