On Wednesday nights, the Apollo Theater in Harlem is one of the hottest tickets in town. But there's no celebrity headliner. It's Amateur Night! And the audience is there to pick the NEXT breakout ...

It was the depths of the Great Depression. Racial segregation prevailed in much of America. But in Harlem the opening of the Apollo Theater on Jan. 26, 1934, produced a frisson of hope. As Hurtig and ...

In February, the Apollo will open new stages at the revamped Victoria Theater, the first expansion since its 1934 opening. As the legendary Harlem venue takes on a new life — we look back at the night ...

When a 9-year-old Leslie Uggams made her debut at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater in 1952, she instantly won over the notoriously tough crowd as the “extra added attraction” on a bill with jazz great ...

The famous Harlem theater will be refurbished. In the meantime, Amateur Night is on hiatus. By James Barron Signs at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the Apollo Theater are among the latest to lose their ...