Apollo Theater
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Under the Radar Festival in Harlem
UNDER THE RADAR is New York City’s premier annual festival of experimental theater, featuring cutting-edge performances from around the world and across the U.S. The 20th edition of UTR will run from January 4-19, 2025 presenting over a dozen productions at various partner organizations across the city. UNDER THE RADAR connects with the city, the…
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ELLA FITZGERALD — CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Ella Fitzgerald, known as the “First Lady of Song” and “Lady Ella”, was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Synopsis Following a troubled childhood, Ella Fitzgerald turned to singing and debuted at the Apollo Theater in 1934. Discovered in an amateur contest, she went on to became…
A-Tasket, A-Tisket, American jazz, Apollo Theater, Bing Crosby, Centennial Celebration, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Ella, Ella Fitzgerald, First Lady of Song, Harlem, Irving Berlin, jazz, Lady Ella, Mel Torme, NAACP Image Award, Pearl Bailey, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Queen of Jazz, scat singing
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YARDBIRD OPERA COMING TO HARLEM
The Apollo’s First-Ever Opera Program– Based on the life of Charlie Parker, ‘Yardbird’ will have its New York City premiere this spring According to the Wall Street Journal, an opera based on the life of jazz legend Charlie Parker will get its New York City premiere this spring, despite the recent demise of one of its…
West Harlem Art Fund 