American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner
For the saxophonist and bandleader, see Tony Pastor (bandleader).
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Tony Pastor
Born
Antonio Pastor (1837-05-28)May 28, 1837 New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died
August 26, 1908(1908-08-26) (aged 71) Elmhurst, Queens County, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Vaudeville entertainer, showman and theatre manager
Years active
1846–1905
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". The strongest elements of his entertainments were an almost-jingoistic brand of United States patriotism and a strong commitment to attracting a "mixed-gender" audience, the latter being something revolutionary in the male-oriented variety halls of the mid-century.[1] Although he was a performer and producer, Pastor is best known for "cleaning up" bawdy variety acts and presenting a clean and family-friendly genre called vaudeville.
A collection of his papers is maintained at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas in Austin,[2] and in the archives of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.[3]
^Snyder, Robert W. (1989). The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505285-4.
^"Tony Pastor: An Inventory of His Collection". Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
^"Tony Pastor collection". Archives & Manuscripts. New York Public Library. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
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successful in a London music hall, in a performance by Katie Lawrence. TonyPastor was the first to sing it in the United States. Its success in America...
her mother. She began to perform professionally by 1879, singing for TonyPastor and playing roles in comic opera, including Gilbert and Sullivan works...
light fantastic toe,/ Round the stage she used to go." It was sung by TonyPastor at his Bowery opera house, and was then published in 1867. In the opening...
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close for the rest of their lives. In 1934, Geer met Harry Hay at the TonyPastor Theatre where Geer was working as an actor. They soon became lovers....
imprint of Marvel Comics). The closing credits credit Rob Walsh and TonyPastor for the main title music, and Stan Lee for the lyrics. The series later...
production company Goalhanger Films Ltd. with former ITV Controller TonyPastor. During the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Lineker presented several short videos...
mega-church pastorTony Evans and her brothers are motivational speaker and chaplain Jonathan Evans and musician Anthony Evans. The daughter of Tony Evans,...
Marks, Edward B. & Liebling, Abbott J. (1935). They All Sang: From TonyPastor to Rudy Vallée. New York: Viking Press. Morath, Max (2002). The NPR Curious...
Musical cameos 1867: "Augustus the Much and Evelina the Mucher" by TonyPastor (TonyPastor's Book of Six Hundred Comic Songs and Speeches) 1962: "Shticks and...
Clarence Lung as Sergeant Ramon Gallardo, USMC (billed as Clarence E. Lung) TonyPastor, Jr. as Fox Robert F. Hoy as Reiner John W. Morley as Williams Curtis...
song was included in the album Bing: A Musical Autobiography in 1954. TonyPastor also had a chart version in 1946 with his recording on the Cosmo label...
of artists. Charted versions were by Russ Morgan, Evelyn Knight and TonyPastor. In the decades since, versions in genres ranging from children's choir...
Vettese, Andy Richards, Mathew Cooper – keyboards Luís Jardim – bass TonyPastor – guitar Dan Gillen, Neil Conti – drums A cover by The Hesitations reached...
Shaw said to her, "I want you on the band stand like Helen Forrest, TonyPastor and everyone else." When touring the South, Holiday would sometimes be...
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