What is Apollo Theater?

One of the most famous places in New York and remarkable for its almost exclusively African American acts, the Apollo Theater is located in Harlem and is in the national register of historical places. The Apollo Theater, which was immersed in African American culture, began as a popular burlesque place owned by Jewish entrepreneurs and was opened only to a white audience. In the end, however, this theater closed and the Apollo Theater reopened in a new location, while the owners of Apollo satisfied the theater almost exclusively on the African American audience. In addition, African American artists were cheaper to hire, so in the object of WWII Harlem the Apollo Theater became one of the only places where African Americans were represented. A career started here when Ella Fitzgerald debuted at the Apollo Theater and theater acquired over the next decade with acts such as Billie Holiday, Supremes, James Brown and Jackson 5.An artist who joined the Apollo Theater.

In the 1980s. In 1987, the TV program Showtime in Apollo First was broadcast and presented both established and upcoming acts and start their career again. The not number of acts found its beginning at the Apollo Theater during the showtime in Apollo and the acts were not exclusively an African American. The show is still running today and still contains prominent and lesser -known actions, as well as an amateur night that opens the scene with a virtual unknown.

Theater is located on the 125th street in Harlem. It was reconstructed and renovated by the Numelous Times, the latest, which takes place in 2005. The state of New York bought the Apollo Theater in the early 90s and now operated by a non -profit organization entitled The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.