Christy's Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Christy’s Minstrel Hall
Proprietor / Lessee:
George N. Christy
John N. Briggs
Price: $.25
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
6 August 2010
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
01 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM02 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM
03 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM
04 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM
05 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM
06 Sep 1862, 8:00 PM
Program Details
Performers and/or Works Performed
1)
Participants: George N. Christy; Billy [Minstrel dancer] Allen
Citations
1)
“Sentimental and Patriotic Ballads; Burlettas, Jigs, Banjo Refrains & C.”
2)
“George Christy’s Minstrels are doing famously at their handsome hall. . . . There is no place in the City where negro melodies, eccentricities and miscellaneous fun can be found in such perfection and variety.”
4)
“The minstrels are doing a good business. There seems to be little diminution of the audiences, whether the weather is hot or cold.”
6)
“First week of Billy Allen, the Empire Jig Dancer. The best Vocalists and Instrumental performers in the profession.”
9)
“There is quite a lively competition among the minstrels, there being no less than three troupes on Broadway in active operation at the present time, viz.: Wood’s, Bryants’, and Geo. Christy’s: The two former are doing a fine business, but Christy’s business is not good.”
10)
“The undersigned [Christy] having recovered from the severe accident which incapacitated him from the active duties of his profession takes leave to thank his friends and the public generally for their kind patronage and sympathy during his absence, and inform them that nothing shall be wanting on his part to evince his gratitude for past favors. . . . A matinee for ladies and children will be given Every Saturday at 3 O’Clock. The first of the series to commence September 13.”