Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House
Price: $.25 family circle; .35 parquet
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
21 May 2021
“We ‘dropped in’ three nights last week, and found it a difficult matter to obtain even standing room, every seat being occupied and extra seats placed in all the aisles. Opening this place with a first class variety troupe has proved to be just the thing that the east-siders wanted, and they are turning out in full force. The performers engaged are all very clever in their respective roles. To find a greater favorite than Tony Pastor, and a better comic singer, would be a very difficult thing. Tony has a host of the most popular songs of the day, and he knows exactly how to please his patrons. Ernestine de Faiber is one of the most graceful and artistic danseuses we know of. Robert Butler, as pantomimist and comic old man, is excellent. Whatever he has to do he does to the best of his ability, and therefore pleases all. M’lle Bertha, in solo dances, as well as double dances with Ernestine de Faiber, displays a considerable terpsichorean ability. Amelia Wells has a repertoire of songs just suited to the times, and is a favorite with the audience. Carry Austin does the Zouave drill in a manner that shows she has considerable practice and has been well drilled. Martin [sic] Sheridan and Mack do a clever clog dance, and Gaynor’s banjo solos hit hard.”