Tony Pastor’s Opera House

Event Information

Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House

Proprietor / Lessee:
Tony Pastor

Price: $.25; .35; .50

Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
29 April 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

27 Nov 1865, Evening
28 Nov 1865, Evening
29 Nov 1865, Evening
30 Nov 1865, Matinee
30 Nov 1865, Evening
01 Dec 1865, Evening
02 Dec 1865, Matinee
02 Dec 1865, Evening

Program Details



Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Buffalo Boys;  Willis Armstrong;  Blanche Stanley;  Master [song and dance] Barry;  Ellen Collene;  William M. (Billy) Reeve [actor];  Tony Pastor;  Johnny Wild;  Marietta Zanfretta;  Martini [wire act] Cairiski
2)
Song and dance
Participants:  Blanche Stanley;  Ellen Collene
3)
Clog dance
aka Clog reel
Participants:  Buffalo Boys

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 27 November 1865, 7.
2)
Advertisement: New-York Times, 27 November 1865, 7.
3)
Review: New York Herald, 30 November 1865, 4.

"Tony Pastor's Opera House.—This establishment . . . sustains its neat outward appearance in its interior arrangements and the amusement afforded by the proprietor.  Last evening it was densely crowded, and the programme for this (Thursday) evening gives assurance of a splendid and amusing entertainment.  The ‘Buffalo Boys’ come out in a clog dance, and Miss Blanche Stanley and Miss Ellen Cellence in song and dance. The tight rope performances of Marietta Zanfretta are wonderful and excellent.” 

4)
Advertisement: New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, 30 November 1865, 6.
5)
Review: New York Clipper, 09 December 1865, 278.

“The entertainment offered last week was a good one, consisting of Martini Chiriski’s wire walking act, which is exceedingly well done. Marietta Zanfretta also walked the tight rope with great daring and grace. The Buffalo Boys do a good double clog dance, and Master Barry is clever in song and dance. Willie Armstrong, Billy Reeve, and Johnny Wild make a good team in burnt cork.”