The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-31

VI .ne season prevent the theatres from being
higntiy thronged. The columns of the HERALD
contained yesterday morning no less than
'"en'y-nine advertisements of theatrical, must
cal and other kindred entertainments in New
york. Brooklyn and Williamsburg, which are
virtually but one city. At Pixies Opera House.
La Chanson de Fortunio" and sT.as
Bavards; at the French theatre, ssGeneviAva
de Brabant' and one act of ssBarbe Bleue :.
at Wallack's, Lord Lytton's great comedy
Money" at Niblo's Garden, "After Dark !"
at the Broadway theatre, s'The Emerald
Ring;" at the Olympic, "Humpty Dumpty:"
at the Bowery, 'Claude Duval" and the ballet
OF 1.-THE Magic Flute;" at the New York
theatre, burlesques of '.Barbe Bleue" and .Ia
Belle Helene;" at Woods Museum, ssTbe
Quiet Family" and sErnani;" at Brv-
ants Minstrels' Opera House, Dan Bry-
ants comical impersonation of Gabels
Pltou in the scene of the gendarmes, in
'Genevieve de Brabant;" at Kelly Il Icons
Minstrels', at Tony Pastors Opera House, al
the Hibernian Minstrels' and at the San Fran
cisco Minstrels', the usual fat budget of song
and fun; at the New York Circus,
Christmas pantomime, in addition to equestrian
and acrobatic feats; and at the Central Park
Winter Garden, an extraordinary variety Of
musical, dramatic, gymnastic and pantomimic
amusements, not emitting the wonderful ex-
ploits of Mile. Marietta Zanfretta on the tight
rope-such were the attractions offered for
last evening. In Brooklyn, at Mrs. Conway's
Park theatre, Aladdin" at the new Vaude-
vile theatre, "The Child of the Regiments"
at Hooley's Opera House Gas well as at his
Opera House in williamsburg, "Santa Claus
and the Children's Gifts" are the cards. AT
the Brooklyn Atheneum Signor Bltz is ven
triloquizing and exercising his prestidigitatory
talents. The Brooklyn Academy of Music will
be visited on New Years night by the Wallack
company, with "Still Waters Run Deep" and
lei On Parle Francois" Nine. Won Baern-
dorff Baroness Won Schoultz) will begin
series of representations in the Union Club
theatre on Saturday evening, January 8.
Ole Bull will give two "Grand Concerts al
Steinway Hall on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, January and s. Moreover,
Signor Abilities will give his "Grand Annual
Concert, assisted by all his pupils, on Satur-
day, January 16, in General Ferrero's fins
new hall in Twenty eighth street.
Finally, the date of the initial performances
at ''The Tammany," completely transformed
into mammoth palace of amusements, :" has
been postponed to the 4th of January. This
transformation Of Tammany Hall into an i'm
mense theatre, with innumerable side shows,
is as marvellously sudden as any at Nibloa
during the thousand and one nights of the
"Black Crook" Loud promises are made that
it will be followed by more gorgeous specta-
cles and more variously miscellaneous enter
tainments than were ever before offered by any
theatre. 1t is also mysteriously whispered
that something peculiarly attractive has been
borrowed for the programme from almost every
source-from the theatres, concert rooms, ball
rooms, restaurants, coffee houses, cider Gel,
lars, beer usniars, wine cellars and barrooms
of London, Paris, Wen ma, New York and Ha-
vana, and even from the tea gardens of Japa n.
The directors have obviously been encouraged
by their ''Black Crook" successes to run the
new machine under full head of steam, like
high pressure Mississippi steamboat But we
must warn them not rashly to attempt too
much; for high-pressure Mississippi steam
boat is very liable to burst her boiler. Is the
Big Indian insured?