The post Apollo Theater Closes For A Year: Here’s Why appeared first on Blavity. Harlem’s iconic and historic Apollo Theater is set to close for a year. Why? It’s undergoing its first large-scale ...

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 ...

The Apollo theater has dimmed the lights for a yearlong full-scale renovation project. The world-famous Apollo Theater officially closed its doors on July 1 for its first-ever full-scale ...

Apollo President and CEO Jonelle Procope, who will be ending her 20-year run leading the organization on June 12, poses under the Apollo Theatre marquee, Monday, June 5, 2023, in New York.

On Wednesday night, the 1,483 red-upholstered seats of the Apollo Theater will be occupied again at last, when the storied Amateur Night at the Apollo returns after its pandemic-induced two-year ...

Apollo Theater receives Kennedy Center honor As the Apollo Theater in New York City marks 90 years of music, talent and history, the venue is celebrating a prestigious Kennedy Center honor.

What Carnegie Hall is to a classical pianist, the Metropolitan Opera is to a mezzo-soprano and Yankee Stadium is to a third baseman, the Apollo Theater was to a jazz musician, tap dancer, rhythm an… ...

Apollo Theater President Michelle Ebanks shares vision for the future 02:12. NEW YORK - As Harlem's historic Apollo Theater prepares for its 90th Anniversary Spring Benefit, CEO and President ...

The Apollo Theater has been called many things: an “Uptown Met,” a “black Grand Ole Opry” and “the black equivalent of the Palace.” Surely it has been all of these, but much more.

The Apollo Theater is an American temple of memories and untapped possibilities. Now, it is the first institution to be celebrated by the Kennedy Center Honors.

NEW YORK – Icon and legend are some of the many words to describe Usher and Babyface, and on Tuesday, they were given the official titles from the Apollo Theater.. The historic theater in New ...