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May 3, 2021 · Pastor formed his own big band after Shaw walked away from musical fame and fortune, and carved out an impressive career mixing swing and pop for over ten years. This three disc, 73 song collection shows that jazz and swing could become popular if mixed the right way.
Mar 26, 2017 · A leading theatre owner at the turn of the twentieth century, Tony Pastor (1837–1908) was especially influential in the fields of variety and vaudeville. Among his most notable efforts was his success in catering to mixed-gender audiences.
- Gillian M. Rodger
- 2017
May 28, 2010 · Trav has been in the vanguard of New York’s vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers.
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From the age of eight, Pastor was performing for the delight of his Lower West-Side neighbors, who would occasionally throw a few pennies his way. In 1843, he made his official public debut for the Hand in Hand Society, a temperance association with which he would be associated for several years. In the fall of 1846 he became affiliated with P.T.Ba...
As the burnt cork -smeared face was coming into vogue, Pastor immediately became a part of that aspect of show business, which served him well for many years. For some years he continued working in various ‘menageries’ and circuses until he made his variety debut in Philadelphia at Frank Rivers’ Melodeon in the autumn of 1860. Following that Pastor...
Tony Pastor was indefatigable in his steady performances of Civil War songs, including “March for the Union,” “We are Marching to the War,” “Ye Sons of Columbia” and his own compositions celebrating the various victories of the Northern troops. Some of these songs were “The Monitor and the Merrimac,” “The Peaceful Battle of Manassas,'” “Sumter, the...
“Tony Pastor’s New Fourteenth Street Theatre” was situated on the north side of East 14th Street between Irving Place and Third Avenue. Here Pastor would present such musical stars as Lillian Russell, May Irvin, Florence Merton, Kitty O’Neil, Niles and Evans, Sheehan and Jones and others, many of whom were Pastor discoveries. A woman called Sophie ...
Pastor’s theatre began its decline in the early years of the 20th century, due, in no small way, to the proliferation of cheap nickel shows that seemed to sprout up overnight. Tony was getting older and unable to keep up the pace of performing that he had set for himself, and the palsy that had just been an irritation was now taking hold of him mor...
The series also contains two notebooks, one from 1861 with a partial script in Pastor's hand, and the other containing undated lyrics for speaker and chorus in another hand. For a fuller description of the collection, see: Kattwinkel, Susan. "Tony Pastor's Vaudeville: Serving the New York Community."
- Pastor, Tony, 1837-1908
- Tony Pastor Collection
- 1861-1908 (bulk 1866-1890)
Tony Pastor. Antonio Pastor (May 28, 1837 – August 26, 1908) was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late-nineteenth century. He was sometimes referred to as the "Dean of Vaudeville".
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Tony Pastor (May 28, 1837 – August 26, 1908) was an American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late nineteenth century.
