Apollo Theatre
Famous Harlem stage
The Apollo Theatre is a legendary entertainment venue in Harlem, New York City, famous for launching Black musical talent since the 1930s.
Its Amateur Night competitions have been career springboards for performers from Ella Fitzgerald to Lauryn Hill.
She dreamed of performing at the Apollo.
The name also belongs to theaters in London's West End and other cities.
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
- stageRaised performance platform
- marqueeTheater entrance canopy
- showtimeScheduled performance start
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
talent show · soul · soul music · gospel · gospel choir · Motown · James Brown · Ella Fitzgerald · spotlight · audience · applause · standing ovation · legendary · historic · uptown · Manhattan · New York City · jazz
- TheatresLa Scala, Palladium
- British TheatreWest End, Macbeth, Globe, King Lear, pantomime
- Dusseldorf Sights
- PeoriaPeoria, Illinois River, Caterpillar
Apollo TheatreBroadway
Manhattan theatrical district
Metropolitan Opera · Carnegie Hall · Lincoln Center · Radio City Music Hall · Grand Ole Opry
Apollo TheatreGrand Ole Opry
Historic country music venue
Vienna State Opera · Royal Albert Hall · La Scala · Sydney Opera House · Ryman Auditorium
Apollo, theatre, theatres, theater, theaters, theatrical, theatrically, theatricality, Apollonian