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:
8 November 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

28 Dec 1863, Evening
29 Dec 1863, Evening
30 Dec 1863, Evening
31 Dec 1863, Evening
01 Jan 1864, Matinee
01 Jan 1864, Evening
02 Jan 1864, Matinee
02 Jan 1864, Evening

Program Details

Mons. La Thorne, stage manager.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  American Theatre, corps de ballet;  Ada St. Clair [vocal];  Miss Morand;  J. H. [American Theatre] Graham;  Miss Unidentified [American Theatre] Lorraine;  Ed. [American Theatre] Murray;  Clara Bogart;  Miss Frank Nixon;  Thomas L. Donnelly;  Johnny Wild;  Adelaide Nixon;  Viro Farrand;  Tony Pastor;  Mary [dancer] Blake;  Florence Wells;  Denny [actor, minstrel] Gallagher;  James F. Wambold;  Millie Flora;  J. [actor] Myers;  Julia Melville;  Charles E. Collins;  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor]
2)
Lilies of Killarney, The; or, The fairy of the lake
aka Fairy of the lake; Lillies of Killarney
Participants:  Ada St. Clair [vocal] (role: Beeswing, a fairy);  Miss Morand (role: Kate Kearney);  J. H. [American Theatre] Graham (role: Ned Ryan);  Miss Unidentified [American Theatre] Lorraine (role: Moonbeam, a fairy);  Ed. [American Theatre] Murray (role: Felix McCabe);  Clara Bogart (role: Amethyst, a fairy);  Miss Frank Nixon (role: Coral, a fairy);  Thomas L. Donnelly (role: Lanty McLoughlin);  Johnny Wild (role: McShane);  Viro Farrand (role: Gossamer, a fairy);  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor] (role: Sparkle, a fairy);  Mary [dancer] Blake (role: Zephyr, a fairy);  Florence Wells (role: Fairy Queen);  Denny [actor, minstrel] Gallagher (role: O’Donoho);  James F. Wambold (role: McDermot);  Millie Flora (role: Starlight, a fairy);  J. [actor] Myers (role: Darby Daley);  Julia Melville (role: Rose Kearney);  Bob [minstrel] Hart (role: Squire Lynch)
3)
Odalisques, The
Composer(s): Brilliant
4)
Dance, unidentified
aka Extravaganza dance
Participants:  Viro Farrand
5)
Take-it-and-leave man, The, [burlesque]
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Johnny Wild
6)
"Gum man, The"
Participants:  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Denny [actor, minstrel] Gallagher;  Johnny Wild
7)
Recruiting office, The
Text Author: White
Participants:  Cool White [minstrel];  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Denny [actor, minstrel] Gallagher;  Johnny Wild;  Ed. [American Theatre] Murray
8)
Olio
Participants:  Tony Pastor;  Marie Bertha [dancer, actor];  Bob [minstrel] Hart;  Adelaide Nixon;  Johnny Wild;  Miss Frank Nixon

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 December 1863, 7.
Full cast list and synopsis of plot.  “Matinee on New Year’s Day.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 01 January 1864, 7.

3)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 02 January 1864, 304.

4)
Announcement: New York Clipper, 02 January 1864, 302.

5)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 January 1864, 307.
“You ought to have seen us get squashed while endeavoring to make a call upon Mr. Butler on New Year’s all tattered and torn, and we think we have a shoulder put out of place.  In fact, we got all put out of place, for that matter.  However, two eminent physicians, consulted over us, and they pronounced us all right; they think we got in most too tight a place for a fragile youth.  Now that New Year’s is over, we’ll try it again.  You, too, if you have any desire to see a good show.”