Varieties

Event Information

Venue(s):
Varieties Theatre

Price: $.50; .30; .25; .20; .10

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
2 June 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
22 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
23 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
24 Nov 1864, Matinee
24 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
25 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM
26 Nov 1864, 8:00 PM

Program Details

First appearance of Mlle. Lamerouse and Senorita Lopez.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Female Zouave Band;  Walby Sisters;  Señorita Lopez;  J. W. [minstrel] McAndrews;  George [minstrel] Winship;  S. [Varieties Theatre] Warren;  [Varieties Theatre] Smith;  [Varieties Theatre] Taylor;  Carrie Avery;  W. [acrobat - Varieties] Williams;  Augusta Lamerouse;  Louise Tournaire;  George [Varieties] Mankin;  Charles Shay

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 November 1864, 7.
 “First night of the renowned Female Zouave Minstrel Band, consisting of twenty-five ladies and gentlemen in Zouave costume, in choruses, ballets, solos and comic drama.  First appearance of the renowned Spanish danseuse, Mlle.
Lameroux, one of the most beautiful artists known to [illeg.]. First appearance of Senorita Lopez and her talented family in Gymnastic and Acrobatic exercises.”
2)
Advertisement: New York Sun, 21 November 1864.
“Remarkable success; immense excitement.  First night of the renowned Female Zouave Band.  First night of the beautiful Spanish danseuse, Madle Lamerouse.”
3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 24 November 1864.
Ballet, pantomime, acrobats, and minstrels.
4)
Advertisement: New York Clipper, 26 November 1864, 263.
“A Grand Double Matinee on Thanksgiving Day.”
5)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 26 November 1864.
The variety theatre of the masses.  Something for every taste and mind.