Article on Bowers and Pendergrast's Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
3 January 2026

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

30 Apr 1864

Program Details

Unclear if this company ever opened the new hall and performed in New York.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Bowers and Pendergrast's Minstrels

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 30 April 1864, 24.

“BOWERS & PRENDERGAST’S MINSTRELS.  The above Company will travel for a short season previous to the opening of their NEW OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK.  The Company is comprised of the following Gentlemen: E. BOWERS, T.B. PRENDERGAST, J.H. BUDWORTH, J. BLACKBURN, F. WYANT, T. SIMPSON, C. BARRAT, J. CLARK, L. NEVERS, E. FAGEN, G. REMIG, S. RICHTER, H.W. WALSH, R. THOMPSON, R. WILLIAMS, E. BURNETT, T. JACOBS. . . . A COMPLETE VOCAL QUARTETTE, A COMPLETE ORCHESTRA, A COMPLETE FIRST CLASS ETHIOPIAN ENTERTAINMENT.  Admission . . . . . . . . . . 25 cents. E. BOWERS, T. PRENDERGAST, Managers.”