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Musical comedy The Toreador is presented at The Gaiety Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 675 performances.
The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.
An advertisement for the Edison phonograph in the Racine Daily Journal of Wisconsin, USA, states that, 'Not very many years ago, a phonograph cost five hundred dollars. Today, the highest-priced phonograph costs only $100, and smaller insruments can be bought all the way down to $10.'
The musical extravaganza The Sleeping Beauty And The Beast is playing at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 241 performances.
Sousa's Band records Creole Belles, The Washington Post March, In Darkest Africa and other pieces for Victor Records in Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Turner's Music House of Winnipeg, Canada, advertises for sale, in the Winnipeg Free Press, the sheet music to the song Mammy, recommending it as 'A new darky song, as pretty and catchy as Little Black Me'. N.B. This is presumably not the same song made famous by Al Jolson many years later.
Christopher H. H. Booth records In The Sweet Bye-And-Bye for Victor Records in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The musical play A Country Girl, or Town and Country, with music by Lionel Monckton and additional songs by Paul Rubens, is performed at Daly's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 729 performances.
A Chinese Honeymoon, billed as 'The English Musical Sensation' is playing at The Casino Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 364 performances.
The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.
Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Apollo Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a lengthy run.
The musical When Johnny Comes Marching Home is presented at The New York Theatre, on Broadway and 45th Street, New York City, USA, during a run of 71 performances.
Sam Devere's Big Company is playing during a week of shows at The Star Theatre, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. Devere is a popular blackface singer, banjo player and songwriter.
Joe W. Spear's Comedians present The Irish Pawnbrokers at Cordray's Theatre, Portland, Oregon, USA. The show is described as "A comedy with music by Edgar Selden".
McIntyre And Heath plus The Orpheum Road Show perform during a week of shows at The Orpheum, San Francisco, California, USA. McIntyre And Heath were said to be the best-known, and highest paid, minstrel performers of all time. They are thought to have introduced the "buck and wing" tapdance routine as well as the song Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.
Blackface comedy duo
The Rogers Trio, Minona, Sam Singer's Illusion Comedy Company, The Juvenile Vaudevillians and The Britons are appearing at The Chutes, San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical comedy The Sultan Of Sulu is presented at Wallack's Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 192 performances.
The musical comedy The Billionaire, with music by Gustav Kerker and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, is presented during a three month run at Daly's Theatre, New York City, USA.