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Harlem Song, a revue about Harlem's history, opened at the Apollo in 2002, becoming the Apollo's first "open-ended" show with no definite end date. [ 464 ] [ 465 ] The theater has also hosted other plays, musicals, and revues in the 21st century, such as The Jackie Wilson Story in 2003 [ 466 ] and Apollo Club Harlem in 2013, [ 467 ] as well as ...
William Stevens Bryant (August 30, 1908 – February 9, 1964) [1] was an American jazz bandleader, vocalist, and disc jockey, known as the "Mayor of Harlem". [ 2 ] Biography
The play was loosely based on Thurman's short story "Cordelia the Crude". The play was written with Thurman's friend William Jourdan Rapp. [2] [3] It opened at the Apollo Theater and was successful, featuring a depiction of a migrant family coming to New York for a better life but meeting hardship in the city. [2]
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 ...
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 ...
UTA has signed cultural landmark the Apollo Theater in all areas. Located in New York’s Harlem community, the Apollo Theater has been known as the “soul of American culture” for nearly nine ...
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 ...
The Apollo Theater, a bastion of Black music and culture and one of New York City's most storied venues, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. On Tuesday, the historic theater held its annual ...