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The Topsey Turvey Burlesquers are appearing at The Standard Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.The New Yon Yonson is playing at The Grand Theatre, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. The show features Arthur Donaldson singing My Northern Home.
T.W. Dinkin's Vagabonds play the first of three nights at The New Gaiety Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. The show includes The Four Mignanis, The Three Nudos, Lillian Washburn, Topack And Steele, Flo Jansen, Barrett And Learned together with 20 Pretty Girls.
The musical comedy Hodge, Podge And Co plays at Hoyt's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 81 Perfomances.
Clarice Vance, billed as "The Best Singer Of Coon Songs", plays at The Palace Theatre, New York City, USA.
Primrose And Dockstader's Minstrel Company plays at The Los Angeles Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A 'Big Vaudeville Bill' including The Hayes brothers, Ed Reynard, Mlle. Jeanette, Claire Fex, The Gagnouxs and Irving Jones is presented twice daily at The Chutes And Zoo, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Esmonds, Ameta, Ina Allen And Ed Reynard, The Hayes brothers and Robert A. Nome are appearing at The Chutes And Zoo, San Francisco, California, USA.
Musical comedy The Little Duchess, starring Anna Held, with music and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and Reginald De Koven, is playing at The Casino Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 136 performances.
After a run of 205 performances, The Emerald Isle, with music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, closes at The Savoy Theatre, London, UK.Frank L. Perley's Singing Comedians open for a week in the "Merry Operatic Comedy" The Chaperons, at The Metropolitan Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The musical comedy Dolly Varden is presented at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 163 performances.
Burlesque entertainer May Fiske, with Her Own Solo Orchestra, performs during a week of performances at The Academy Of Music, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. The show also features vaudeville acts including Major General Tom Thumb and Count And Baron Magri, billed as "the smallest people in the world".
The musical comedy Artie Hall, billed as a "Southern Coon Shouter" is among the entertainments on offer at Chase's Polite Vaudeville Playhouse, Washington DC, USA. Also on the bill is the "eccentric singing and dancing speciality" act, Frank Hayes And Anna Suits.
The Hawaiian Glee Club, The Blossoms, Warren And Blanchard, Christine Towne, Mary Norman and others are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A "continuous Vaudeville" show at The Columbia Theater, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, features The Four Musical Colbys, Gracie Emmett And Co, Hughes And Anger, Rossley And Lee, Jefferson Caspers, Radford And Winchester, Hayes And Healy and others.
The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
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The Weber And Fields' burlesque show Fiddle-Dee-Dee is playing at Fischer's Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.The musical comedy Dolly Varden is presented at The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 163 performances.The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, plays at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.
The Belle Of New York, billed as "The World's Greatest Musical Comedy" is presented at The California Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
Harry B. Smith's musical comedy the Je wel of Asia opens at The Criterion Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 64 performances.
Robies' Knickerbockers are appearing during a week of shows at The Empire Theater, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The Fashionable Vadueville show at The Grand, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is featuring Wright Huntington And Co, Edith Helena, The Waterbury Brothers And Tenney, The Four Nelsons, Hayes And Healey, John H. Keefe, The Four Normans and The Three Osnates.
The Four Emperors Of Music ("The Refined Musical Comedy Quartet) are appearing at The Orpheum, San Francisco, Caliufornia, USA, along with Nina Morris And Company, Howard And North, The Avon Comedy Four and Susie Fisher.The Broadway Gaiety Girls play the sixth night of a week at The New Lyceum Theatre, Washington DC, USA, along with The Georgia Campers, billed as "The greatest colored act on the stage".
Land Of Tomorrow, billed as a "Big Musical Comedy Act" is playing at The Lois Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Bessie Clayton, Bud Fisher, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Josie Heather And Eddie Ross, McConnel And Simpson, Palfrey, Hall And Brown, Harris And Manion and Romalo And Delano are playing the Vaudeville show at The Palace Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Victor Herbert's comic opera The Princess Pat is playing at The Cort Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Two musical attractions at B.F.Keith's Theatre in Washington, DC, USA, on this day are The Bride Shop, described as a 'miniature musical comedy hit' and The Tik Tok Man Of Oz, with 'fantastic songs and dances sending the audiences into paroxysms of laughter'.
An "extraordinary tri-star constellation of comedy, song, dance and novelties" opens for a week at The Hippodrome, Youngstown, Ohio, USA. The show includes "The Best Sellers - a musical fantasy based on modern fiction", and performers such as Hermine Shone, Jack Wyatt's Scotch Lads And Lassies, William Seabury and others.
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra record Cross Your Heart [from the Musical Comedy 'Queen High'] and Mountain Greenery for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is playing at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
Spike Jones And His City Slickers play at Central High School Auditorium, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
The Penguins record the Frank Zappa composition Memories Of El Monte, at Pal Studio, Cucamonga, California, USA. On the track, Frank Zappa plays xylophone.
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Moms Mabley records her live album The Funny Sides Of Moms Mabley for Chess Records at The State Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.The Smothers Brothers play at The Academy Of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Hollies, Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, The Rustiks, The Remo Four and Danny Williams appear in the fifth night of Gerry's Christmas Cracker at The Odeon, Liverpool, UK.
I'm Telling You Now by Freddie And The Dreamers reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Spike Jones, leader of comedy jazz combo The City Slickers, dies in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, having never recovered from an asthma attack some months earlier.
The Beatles' Third Christmas Record is sent out to members of the group's fan club in the UK and USA.
The musical comedy The Happy Time closes at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 286 performances. The show features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.Ian Dury And The Blockheads play the first of two nights at Hammersmith Odeon, London, Englnd, UK, Europe, supported by Screaming Blue Messiahs and Beltane Fire.
A bronze statue of beloved British comedy-singer George Formby is unveiled in the Grand Arcade shopping centre in his birthtown of Wigan, Lancashire, UK.1846 |
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