This includes the October 2014 premiere and 2015 international tour of the dance celebration project “James Brown: Get on the Good Foot” the annual Africa Now! Festival Apollo Club Harlem and the 2016 New York premiere of the opera “Charlie Parker’s YARDBIRD.” The Apollo is a presenting organization that also produces festivals, large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives: Apollo Music Signature Programs – Amateur Night, Salon Series and Apollo Music Café Legacy Series – work that celebrates and extends the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens Global Festivals, including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme and Special Projects – multidisciplinary work with partner organizations. With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, performance art, spoken word initiatives and more. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York and the world. The legendary Apollo Theater – the soul of American culture – plays a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching legends. The Apollo audience is famed as one of entertainment’s most boisterous and brutally honest and those amateurs who don’t win over the crowd risk being booed off the stage. Additional guests and performers to be announced.Īlong with the well-known acts, the special will showcase Apollo’s legendary Amateur Night – the long-running, live talent competition, now in its 82 nd year – which provides a platform for up-and-coming artists to perform in front of the toughest audience in the world. The two-hour event, hosted by Emmy Award-winning personality Steve Harvey, airs Monday, Dec.

Fresh and Rakim and classic musical acts Bell Biv DeVoe and En Vogue return home to the Apollo stage on SHOWTIME AT THE APOLLO. Don’t miss an unforgettable night when comedy icons Tracy Morgan, Mike Epps and Gabriel Iglesias rappers Doug E.

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