Broadway (Manhattan)
took seven plays on the road that year. One of them, "Niagara", was scheduled to arrive in New York City at the beginning of 1886. Lee was engaged for the production as were Mattie Ferguson, Rose Eytinge, Harry Dalton, and others. The "Irish Minstrel" by Frederick Marsden was staged at Poole's Theatre, 8th Street near Broadway (Manhattan), in October 1886. W.J. Scanlan played the leading man with Lee being the primary female player.