Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
18 October 2012

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

08 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
09 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
10 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
11 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
12 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM
13 Jan 1866, 2:00 PM
13 Jan 1866, 8:00 PM

Program Details

Half price for children at matinee.

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;  Paul Berger [Minstrel bass/bar.];  W. W. [minstrel] Hodgkins;  Theo. [minstrel] Donaldson;  George N. Christy
2)
Mrs. Day’s New Year’s calls for 1866
aka Sam in cork
Text Author: Christy
Participants:  George N. Christy
3)
"My Polly Ann"
aka Polly Ann
Composer(s): McNally [composer, conductor, minstrel]
4)
Flats and sharps
aka Sharps and flats of New York
Participants:  W. W. [minstrel] Hodgkins;  Theo. [minstrel] Donaldson

Citations

1)
Announcement: New York Herald, 08 January 1866, 5.

     “Mr. Paul Berger, the popular baritone, will make his first appearance with company, this evening.”

2)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 08 January 1866, 7.

     “Mrs. Day’s New Year’s Calls for 1866, as written and originally played by George Christy. . . . New and Beautiful Musical Gems.”

3)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 13 January 1866, 7.