The Apollo Theater is celebrating 90 years of soul-lifting showtimes with legendary acts such as Louis Armstrong (bottom left) and Leslie Uggams (top right). When a 9-year-old Leslie Uggams made her ...

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 York's ...

On November 21, 1934, a timid teenager stood paralyzed before the demonstrative Apollo Theater audience during amateur night competition. She had rehearsed a dance routine but was preceded by a duo ...

Ninety years ago, Amateur Night began at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and nothing was ever quite the same for performers with big dreams and unproven talent. What started as a radio show for amateurs ...

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*This October, the Apollo Theater announced some special additions to its lineup for 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella on Saturday, October 22 nd at 8 p.m, a special concert celebrating the centennial ...

HARLEM, New York (WABC) -- It was a big night in New York City history, a moment that some thought would never come. The Apollo Theatre, which had fallen on hard times, was reopening in grand style.

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 jazz great ...