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In 1865, Pastor opened his own theatre, Tony Pastor's Opera House. The theater was located on the Bowery in partnership with minstrel show performer, Sam Sharpley, whom he later bought out. The same year he organized traveling minstrel troupes who toured the country annually between April and October.
By 1881, Pastor had moved into the 14th Street Theater on Union Square at the center of the Rialto, the emerging entertainment district of the time. As he steadily improved the location of his theater, Pastor also desired a wider audience.
Mar 26, 2017 · Tony Pastor’s first theatre, known as Pastor’s Opera House, was at 199–201 Bowery, and he opened it in 1865. In many ways Pastor’s theatre was little different from other variety halls of the period, although the location placed it apart from many of the halls that had moved across to Broadway below Houston and to surrounding streets ...
- Gillian M. Rodger
- 2017
Tony Pastor (April 26, 1833-August 26, 1908) was known as the Father of Vaudeville for his contributions as a performer and manager of variety entertainment. Pastor began his career as a circus clown, later shifting to comic singer on stage, and finally to manager and entrepreneur.
Pastor owned several theaters, with his most famous being the Tammany Hall Theater in Union Square that operated from 1881 until his death in 1908. Personal Life. Pastor was born on April 26th, 1833 in New York City to parents Antony Pastor and Cornelia Pastor (nee Buckley).
May 28, 2010 · Pastor began performing regularly at a music hall at 444 Broadway, just after the Civil War broke out in 1861. It was such a dive it never had a name; it was always called simply “444”. The bar offered variety entertainment, with Pastor functioning in a role similar to that of the chairman in the English music hall.
Tony Pastor, c.1837–1908, American theater manager, b. New York City. Pastor appeared on the stage from childhood and became an experienced acrobat, dancer, and singer. He opened his first theater at 444 Broadway, New York City, in 1861.
