Bryants’ Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Mechanic's Hall

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
26 June 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

12 Jun 1865, Evening
13 Jun 1865, Evening
14 Jun 1865, Evening
15 Jun 1865, Evening
16 Jun 1865, Evening
17 Jun 1865, Evening

Program Details

The Streets of New York includes Grand finale, “Fire in Baxter Street,” tableau

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Nelse Seymour;  William P. Grier [minstrel];  Frank [minstrel] Moran;  Dave [minstrel] Reed;  Daniel Decatur Emmett;  Neil Bryant
2)
Taming a butterfly, [minstrel parody]
3)
"Nancy fat"
Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]
Text Author: Reed
4)
Black carpet bag, The
Participants:  Neil Bryant;  Frank [minstrel] Moran
5)
Streets of New York, The, [burlesque]
aka Streets of New-York
Participants:  Daniel Decatur Emmett (role: Jerry, the faithful policeman);  Neil Bryant (role: Fatty Reed the Hackman);  Nelse Seymour (role: Josh Goshen, a greenhorn);  William P. Grier [minstrel] (role: Hanksclan, on the drop game);  Frank [minstrel] Moran (role: McFadden, a sharper);  Dave [minstrel] Reed (role: Joe Buster, a sharper)
6)
"Fire in Baxter Street"

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 12 June 1865, 7.
2)
Review: New York Herald, 14 June 1865, 4.

     “[A]t Bryant’s we find The Streets of New York admirably burlesqued, in which Neal [sic] Bryant and Dan Emmett literally bring down the house.  There is something refreshing, even in this weather, in the genial humor which flashes on the stage of the minstrel opera houses.”