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The Apollo Theater Chicago was built in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood in 1978, by theatre producers Jason Brett and Stuart Oken. [1] Located at 2540 N. Lincoln Ave. , the Apollo has 430 seats and a lobby featuring art exhibits and a full bar.
The theater featured ornate interior design common of the movie palaces of its era. It was known for showing exclusive runs and premieres of top Hollywood films. In the 1970s, the theater focused mostly on the action and horror films popular at the time, with the occasional blockbuster, such as the house-record breaking run of Jaws.
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"My administration is closely monitoring the roof collapse at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere tonight," Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted. Belvidere is located about 70 miles northwest of Chicago.
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The venerable Harlem theater The Apollo, which has launched generations of Black artists, also was recognized. Longtime Deadheads, including actors Miles Teller and Chloe Sevigny and talk show ...
"They loved me,” Leslie Uggams — Tony-winning star of stage and screen — recalled of her 1952 debut at the Apollo Theater as a 9-year-old singing, tap-dancing and doing impressions.
The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers following the era of venues run by the "white-owned-and-operated Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA)...formed in 1921."