Event Information
Venue(s):
Tony Pastor's Opera House
Event Type:
Variety / Vaudeville
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
14 June 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
19 Feb 1866, Evening20 Feb 1866, Evening
21 Feb 1866, Evening
21 Feb 1866, 2:30 PM
22 Feb 1866, Evening
23 Feb 1866, Evening
24 Feb 1866, Evening
24 Feb 1866, 2:30 PM
Program Details
"The New York detective" “written expressly for this establishment.†Drama includes the song "Black your boots."
Performers and/or Works Performed
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Participants: Tony Pastor (role: Billy the Boot Black); Josh Hart [actor, minstrel] (role: Mose); Johnny [minstrel] Mack (role: the Detective); Laura le [dancer] Claire
Citations
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“[A] new and entirely original local drama, called The New York Detective, written expressly for this establishment, and to be produced with new scenery, new costumes, new songs and new tableaux. . . . concluding with New York on Ice, a skating carnival at Central Park, introducing the entire company on skates. Songs, dance and fun will [illeg.] before and after the performance.”