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{{Short description|American variety performer and theatre owner (1837β1908)}} {{for|the saxophonist and bandleader|Tony Pastor (bandleader)}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=December 2023}} {{Original research|date=December 2023}} }} {{Infobox writer | name = Tony Pastor | image = Tony-Pastor-01.JPG | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Antonio Pastor | birth_date = {{birth date|1837|5|28}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.A. | death_date = {{death date and age|1908|8|26|1837|5|28}} | death_place = [[Elmhurst, Queens|Elmhurst, Queens County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | occupation = Vaudeville entertainer, showman and theatre manager | yearsactive = 1846β1905 }} '''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 [[United States|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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Snyder |first=Robert W. |title=The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York |url=https://archive.org/details/voiceofcityvaude00snyd |url-access=registration |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1989 |isbn=0-19-505285-4}}</ref> 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,<ref name=RansomCtr>{{cite web |title=Tony Pastor: An Inventory of His Collection |url=http://research.hrc.utexas.edu:8080/hrcxtf/view?docId=ead/00106.xml |publisher=Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center |access-date=2014-12-23}}</ref> and in the archives of the [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Pastor collection |url=http://www.nypl.org/archives/4785 |publisher=New York Public Library |work=Archives & Manuscripts |access-date=2014-12-23}}</ref>
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