View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Apollo Theater opened on December 15, 1913 as Hurtig & Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater. The 1,853 seat theater is located in the Harlem neighborhood of ...

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 ...

Like today, it was also a Friday, 90 years ago exactly, Jan. 26, 1934, when a shuttered burlesque house on 125th St. reopened as the Apollo Theater. Unlike Hurtig and Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater, ...

“The Nutcracker,” ice skating, menorah lighting, and Big Band carols at Lincoln Center: Here are some of our favorite things to do this season. By Christopher Kuo Taking over for his father in 1961, ...

Like any New York City neighborhood, Harlem is in a constant state of change, wrestling with gentrification while seeking to protect its history. In among that flux has been a constant—the Apollo ...