American Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]
Proprietor / Lessee:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Conductor(s):
Fred Van Olker
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
29 July 2014
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
14 Dec 1863, Evening15 Dec 1863, Evening
16 Dec 1863, Evening
17 Dec 1863, Evening
18 Dec 1863, Evening
19 Dec 1863, Evening
19 Dec 1863, 2:30 PM
Program Details
Mons. La Thorne, stage manager.
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: American Theatre, corps de ballet; Adelaide Nixon; Tony Pastor; Johnny Wild; Charley White; Marie Bertha [dancer, actor]; Miss [var./vaud.] Melville; Bob [minstrel] Hart; Ed. [American Theatre] Murray; Millie Flora; Miss Morand; James F. Wambold; Frank Nixon; Denny [actor, minstrel] Gallagher; Florence Wells; Mary [dancer] Blake; Viro Farrand
Citations
1)
New program, consisting of new Ethiopian farces, new ballets, songs, dances, music, scenes.
2)
Life on a Mississippi Steamer represents “the loading, firing up, landing at a wood pile, starting, the challenge, the race, the burst up, and destruction of the steamboat by fire, just as those things are done in reality on the Mississippi.”