Theatre Comique
The Theatre Comique, formerly Wood's Minstrel Hall, was a venue on Broadway in Manhattan, New York City.In 1871, Josh Hart, who had formerly managed the Howard Athenaeum in Boston, took over and made the renamed Theatre Comique a variety house, vying with Tony Pastor to secure the best artists and the biggest popular theater audience in New York.Ned Harrigan and Tony Hart began a run at the theater in 1872, with Harrigan taking over from Hart as manager in the fall of 1876.Harrigan moved on to a New Theatre Comique further up Broadway and the old building was demolished in 1881.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about a theater building in the United States is a stub.