DRURY, THEODORE

DRURY, THEODORE. Concert singer/Opera producer (1860s [?]; 1940s in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [?]). Nothing is known of his early life. He began his career as a concert baritone, and during the 1880s he toured in the Northeast and was assisting artist on programs of the Grand Star Concerts in New York, New York. In October 1889 his newly organized Theodore Drury Colored Opera Company made its debut at Brooklyn, New York. The company toured briefly but staged most of its productions...