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The theater's history was chronicled in the 1976 television special Apollo, [525] the 1980 NBC special Uptown, [526] [527] and the 2019 documentary The Apollo. [528] [529] Lee Daniels also considered directing a documentary called The Apollo Theater Film Project in the mid-2010s. [530] [531] Several books have been written about the theater.
"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.
Cooper is best known as the original master of ceremonies and founder of amateur night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City, in 1935. He wrote, produced, directed and acted in ten motion pictures. Titles include The Duke Is Tops, Dark Manhattan, Gangsters on the Loose and Gang War. Because of his debonair good looks, he was known as ...
Mable Lee (August 2, 1921 – February 7, 2019), sometimes spelled Mabel Lee, was an American jazz tap dancer, singer, and entertainer. Lee appeared on Broadway, at the Apollo Theater , and was known as "Queen of the Soundies " due to her numerous performances in the films.
The Apollo Comedy Hour is a sketch-comedy that aired in first-run syndication [2] [3] [4] from 1992-1995. The series was filmed the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem , New York . It was produced by the same people who produced It's Showtime at the Apollo .
James Cavallo (March 14, 1927 – December 2, 2019) [1] [2] was an American musician best known for performing with his band in the 1956 movie, Rock, Rock, Rock, by pioneering music DJ Alan Freed. Jimmy and the Houserockers were the first white band to play at the Apollo Theater in Harlem , where they celebrated the movie's release.
After a dispute with the Apollo Theater Foundation in 2002, the original producers minus Bob Banner, who was no longer with the show after 1996 [6] [7] left to start a rival show called Showtime in Harlem [8] [9] [10] later known simply as Showtime. [11] Showtime in Harlem was produced at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Maxine Lewis starting working for Percy Sutton in the early 80s. Sutton produced It's Showtime at the Apollo, a syndicated, music television show first broadcast on September 12, 1987. She has worked for the Apollo theatre for decades as a producer for Showtime at the Apollo, and Apollo Kids at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. [4]