Tuxedo (vaudeville)

[3] It then toured, including to Boston, Massachusetts, beginning on August 24, 1891, and the National Theater in Washington, D.C.[4] Tuxedo arrived in New York at the Park Theatre (at Broadway and 35th Street) on October 5, 1891.

[6][3] In describing Tuxedo, The New York Times wrote: The work, it is said, makes no pretension to anything like a connected plot, but affords opportunity for the introduction of a large number of 'specialties' which are relied on to keep alive the interest of the audience.

The action takes place in Tuxedo, and during its progress an English Lord, a typical 'tough,' and a number of pretty girls are introduced.

The Thatcher company include Hughey Dougherty, George Lewis, Andrew Powers, James H. Powers, E. M. E. O'Rourke, and W. H. Frillman, and among the females of the cast are Ida Fitzhugh, Agnes Halleck, Irene Murphy, and Mamie Gilroy.

"[7]Just a week later, a Times critic wrote: The combination of minstrelsy and farce at the Park Theatre called Tuxedo has made the hit of the season at that house, which is rapidly becoming established as the chosen home of this light style of entertainment in New-York.