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 ...
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 ...
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Apollo Theater opened on December 15, 1913 as Hurtig & Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater. The 1,853 seat theater is located in the Harlem neighborhood of ...
Harlem’s iconic and historic Apollo Theater is set to close for a year. Why? It’s undergoing its first large-scale renovation in its 91-year history. history. The New York City landmark closed ...
Like any New York City neighborhood, Harlem is in a constant state of change, wrestling with gentrification while seeking to protect its history. In among that flux has been a constant—the Apollo ...
The Apollo has unveiled the design for the first full-scale restoration, renovation, and modernization of its iconic Historic Theater by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects + Planners with consultants ...
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 ...
We’re still thinking about those Amateur Night auditions from Apollo LIVE @ American Dream last month—the energy, the talent, and everyone who showed up and showed out in Jersey. Big congrats to our ...