Christy’s Minstrels

Event Information

Venue(s):
Fifth Avenue Opera House

Event Type:
Minstrel

Record Information

Status:
Published

Last Updated:
21 July 2016

Performance Date(s) and Time(s)

21 May 1866, Evening
22 May 1866, Evening
23 May 1866, Evening
24 May 1866, Evening
25 May 1866, Evening
26 May 1866, Matinee
26 May 1866, Evening

Performers and/or Works Performed

1)
LIST OF PERFORMER(S)/ORGANIZATION(S)
Participants:  Christy's Minstrels;   Macfarren [minstrel]
2)
"Barbara Allen"
aka Barbary Allen; Barb'ry Allen; Barbara Ellen
Participants:   Macfarren [minstrel]
3)
Mysteries of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
aka Scenes at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
4)
"Larboard watch"
Composer(s): Williams
Text Author: Williams
5)
Goddess of liberty
6)
Tableaux, unidentified
Composer(s): Unidentified
7)
Peter Piper, the man about town
aka Peter Pipes
Text Author: Bowers

Citations

1)
Advertisement: New York Herald, 21 May 1866.