Venue(s):
American Theatre [472 Bdway--9/67 and after]
Manager / Director:
Robert W. [manager] Butler
Event Type:
Minstrel, Variety / Vaudeville
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
7 January 2016
“Bobby Newcombe, better known as Bobby Hughes, Ethiopian performer, who went to England some years ago with the Rumsey and Newcombe party, but who is at present performing at Butler’s American Theatre, was married on the morning of Sept. 28th, to Mary Blake, the popular danseuse of the American.”
Notes a constant change of program every evening (presumably unadvertised).
“Pantomime is to be a leading feature at Butler’s American Theatre, which is as popular a place now as it was in the olden times when Christy was the great minstrel manager, and his little hall was packed nightly. Manager Butler is constantly on the lookout for novelties, and is running a fast race with the house further up the street. We believe it is not true that Mrs. Lincoln’s old clothes are to be exhibited at this house."