Kelly and Leon’s Minstrels
Event Information
Venue(s):
Kelly and Leon's Minstrels Hall (720 Broadway)
Event Type:
Minstrel
Record Information
Status:
Published
Last Updated:
16 April 2016
Performance Date(s) and Time(s)
07 Oct 1867, Evening08 Oct 1867, Evening
09 Oct 1867, Evening
10 Oct 1867, Evening
11 Oct 1867, Evening
12 Oct 1867, Evening
Performers and/or Works Performed
5)
aka Thrilling flying leap of the Japs;
Arrival and appearance of the Japs in their Yeddo Sunday clothes;
Burlesque of the miraculous Japs
6)
Citations
3)
Includes: “Amusements, Burlesques, Comedies, Dancing, Eccentricity, Funnyisms, Grotesques, Humor, Instruction, Knowledge, Laughter, Music, Novelty, Opera, Peculiarities, Queries, Refinement, Sarcasm, Tragedy, Ubiquity, Versatility, Witticisms, Xcellence, [sic] Yes! All that makes an evening delightful is here.”
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“The Revival of the burlesque of the ‘Japs’ at Kelly and Leon’s Minstrel Hall was attended with success, the attendance being very good. It is a capital trifle, and from its opening to its close the audience are [sic] kept in one continued round of laughter.”