American Theatre
Event Information
Venue(s):
Butler's American Theatre [444 Bdway--before 3/66]
Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Conductor(s):
Fred Van Olker
Ballet Director / Choreographer:
Paul Brilliant
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
5 August 2014
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
21 Dec 1863, Evening22 Dec 1863, Evening
23 Dec 1863, Evening
24 Dec 1863, Evening
Program Details
Mons. La Thorne, stage manager.
"Odalisques" includes “Il bacio."
“First time in America" of Paul Brilliant’s "The Odalisques."
"Odalisques" includes “Il bacio."
“First time in America" of Paul Brilliant’s "The Odalisques."
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: American Theatre, corps de ballet; Miss Morand; Ada St. Clair [vocal]; Frank Nixon; Tony Pastor; Viro Farrand; Charley White; Johnny Wild; Marie Bertha [dancer, actor]; Thomas L. Donnelly; Bob [minstrel] Hart; Julia Melville; Clara Bogart; Millie Flora; Ed. [American Theatre] Murray; James F. Wambold; Jenny [American Theatre] Lorraine; Denny [actor, minstrel] Gallagher; Nellie [dancer?] Lorraine; Florence Wells; J. H. [American Theatre] Graham; Mary [dancer] Blake
2)
Participants: Thomas L. Donnelly (role: Mickey McGrath); J. H. [American Theatre] Graham (role: Don Manuel); Miss Morand (role: Ninetta)
3)
Composer(s): Brilliant
5)
aka Life on the Mississippi
Citations
1)
“First time in America of the new Ballet, composed expressly for this establishment by Mons. Paul Brilliant, of THE ODALISQUES. . . . In the course of the ballet, the favorite Waltz, IL BACIO, by the principal Dancers and Corps de Ballet. TONY PASTOR . . . in a variety of new and original songs on the doings of the day.