On the night of riot, Forrest was performing at Bowery Theatre.  theatre in places like this was DESCRIBE WILD AND WOOLY.  Had been this way a long time.

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Suffice it to say, if you can’t guess from the name alone, this was an experience wildly different from what might have been had at the ASTOR PLACE OPERA HOUSE.