Article | By Margaret Hall | February 13, 2025
Colman Domingo Joins West End Producing Team For Ryan Calais Cameron's Retrograde
The play will transfer to London's Apollo Theater later this spring.
Article | By Andrew Gans | December 23, 2024
Watch Highlights From Kennedy Center Honors, Celebrating Harlem's Apollo Theater, Bonnie Raitt, More
Queen Latifah hosted the gala evening, celebrating the 47th class of honorees.
Article | By Andrew Gans | December 22, 2024
Queen Latifah hosts the gala evening, celebrating the 47th class of honorees.
Article | By Molly Higgins | August 15, 2024
Harlem's Apollo Theater Announces Full-Scale Renovation
The project will include a renovated and expanded lobby, new and restored seating, upgraded backstage areas, and more.
Article | By Andrew Gans | July 18, 2024
Harlem's Apollo Theater, Bonnie Raitt, Francis Ford Coppola, More Named 2024 Kennedy Center Honorees
The 47th class of honorees will be saluted at a gala evening in December which will subsequently be broadcast on CBS.
Article | By Molly Higgins | March 8, 2024
Photos: Go Inside the Apollo's Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at Its New Victoria Theater
The official opening marks the first physical expansion in the institution's 90-year history.
Article | By Terry Dickerson | February 27, 2024
5 Historically Black Theatres You Should Know
From New York City's Apollo Theater to Los Angeles' Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, celebrate a few of the spaces across the country that fostered Black art and culture in the midst of adversity.
Article | By Molly Higgins | December 30, 2023
Renowned Tap Dancer Maurice Hines Dies at 80
Mr. Hines passed away peacefully December 29 at the Actors Fund Home.
Article | By Margaret Hall | December 6, 2023
Photos: Step Inside Shoshana Bean's Holiday Concert at the Apollo Theater
Kristin Chenoweth, Betty Who, and Alex Newell joined Bean for the one-night-only concert at Harlem’s famed venue.
Article | By Margaret Hall | November 22, 2023
Alex Newell Will Join Shoshana Bean for Holiday Concert at the Apollo
The Tony winner will appear in Bean's one-night-only concert at Harlem’s famed venue.
Article | By Margaret Hall | November 7, 2023
Kristin Chenoweth To Join Shoshana Bean for Holiday Concert at the Apollo
Chenoweth will appear in Bean's one-night-only concert at Harlem’s famed venue.
Article | By Meg Masseron | October 25, 2023
Shoshana Bean Will Perform Holiday Concert at the Apollo Theater
Bean is currently starring in Alicia Keys' new musical Hell's Kitchen at the Public Theater.
Article | By Andrew Gans | October 6, 2023
Dyllón Burnside, Blaine Krauss, Zurin Villanueva, More Set for Readings of New Musical Long Way Down
Ken-Matt Martin will direct the musical penned by Dahlak Brathwaite and Khiyon Hursey.
Article | By Leah Putnam | August 4, 2023
National Black Theatre to Present World Premiere of (pray) Off-Broadway During 56th Season
NBT's 2023-2024 season is titled Defiance of Our Bloom.
Article | By Raven Snook | March 15, 2023
Curtis Stewart Grew Up Watching the American Composers Orchestra, Now He's Leading It
When the Grammy-nominated violinist was tapped to be the new artistic director of the American Composers Orchestra (ACO), it was a dream he didn't even knew he had.
Article | By Margaret Hall | January 3, 2023
Playwright and Librettist Bridgette Wimberly Passes Away at 68
Ms. Wimberly was the playwright behind the Off-Broadway hit Saint Lucy's Eyes, and the opera Charlie Parker's Yardbird.
Article | By Margaret Hall | October 19, 2022
Jonelle Procope, Longtime President of the Apollo Theater, to Step Down in 2023
Procope will have led the legendary venue for two decades at the time of her departure.
Article | By Margaret Hall | August 29, 2022
Lyrics From Lockdown Plays Apollo Theater August 29
The award-winning one man show will be simultaneously live-streamed to correctional facilities across the United States, Africa, and Europe.
Article | By Logan Culwell-Block | August 22, 2022
2nd Annual Antonyo Awards Set Live Ceremony at the Apollo; See the Full List of Nominees
Presented by Broadway Black, the honors recognize the best in Black theatre artists.
Article | By Hayley Levitt | May 6, 2022
A program of orchestral and choral works that reflect on racial violence and community healing will be presented at the Apollo on May 7.
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