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Leslie Uggams says Ryan Reynolds made her 'feel safe' as his badass sidekick in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
July 24, 2024 | 9:23amIn "Deadpool & Wolverine," the madcap mutant has another partner in foul-mouthed wisecracking: Blind Al, his deadpꦑanning roommate played by “Roots” legend Leslie Uggams.
Soul-man showtime at the Apollo: Usher and Babyface honored on the stage that 'fuels dreams'
June 12, 2024 | 11:46pmIt was the ultimate soul-man ❀showtime at the Apollo, raising mor꧟e than $3 million for the Harlem theater that, for 90 years, has been the music mecca for everyone from...
The Apollo at 90: Harlem legend Leslie Uggams recalls doing '29 shows a week' at the iconic theater
June 11, 2024 | 7:58am"They loved me,” Leslie Uggams — Tony-winning star of stage and screen — recalled of her 1952 debut at the Apollo Theater as a 9-year-old s🌠inging, tap-dancing and doing impressions.
What do tickets cost to see '80s icon Joe Jackson on tour?
May 30, 2024 | 3:40pmThe "Is She Really Going Out With Him" hitm💧aker spins into NYC on June 7-8.
As John Oates says goodbye to Hall & Oates, he reveal the secret behind thei💜r fi෴rst performance
May 23, 2024 | 12:57pmHall & Oates — the blue-eyed soul brothers behind such classics as “Rich Girl,” “Kiss on My List” and “Out of Touch” — actually made their performa🅘n꧂ce debut in the...
Who are Norah Jones' special guests on her 2024 tour?
February 22, 2024 | 1:54pmThe 9-time Grammy winner has 8 (!) New Yor𒁃k shows lined up this 📖summer.
Vandal busted for throwing bottle at NYPD van near Apollo Theater had 40 prior arrests 🐭🎶
January 29, 2023 | 8:45amThe 38-ꦓyear-old man threw a glass bottle at the rear driver’s side window of a marked 🎉police van in front of the Apollo Theater at West 125th Street and Frederick...
Drake pauses Apollo concert after 'overhyped' fan falls from balcony
January 23, 2023 | 12:57pmThe inciden♋t took place about an hour and a half after the “One Dance” singer took the stage at NYC's legendary Harlem venue. ജ
🧸 Smoked out: Harlem leaders n🦩ot high on cannabis shop by Apollo Theater
December 16, 2022 | 9:13pmHarlem business leaders are booing Gov. Kathy Hochul and state officials off the stage — for proposing a cannabis store across theℱ street from the famous Apollo Theaterꦿ on 125th...
Buzz t🌼ime at the Apollo, with cannabis shop as new neighbor
December 8, 2022 | 8:51pmThe stat🐎e has identiܫfied a site to open its first official cannabis shop --at 248 W. 125th Street across from Harlem's famous Apollo Theater.
How 'Soul Train' became the new Apollo for black artists
November 19, 2021 | 11:19amDuring the 1970s, when the Apollo was struggling, "Soul Train" was revvin🌺g its engine and taking the black music -- ✤and, of course, dance -- experience from the theater to...
Where are the 2021 Grammys being held? See all 5 iconiꦫc venues across the US
March 14, 2021 | 5:00pmMusic’s Biggest Night is paying homage to 🦂indie venues this year.
D'Angelo addresses 'Soho Karen' at Verzuz Apollo event
February 28, 2021 | 11:12am⛦ He did the very first solo Verzuz — I mean, who would want to battle him?
🐠 💞 Harlem development boom to bring new Target to 125th Street
August 11, 2020 | 5:38pmThe ever-growing Target brand will be part of an ambitious new 17-story project between Malcolm X and Adam Clayton Powell boul🏅evards named the Urban League Empဣowerment Center.
Little Big Town is the 'gateway drug' to country music
January 15, 2020 | 5:01pmSomebody’s got an artist crush on Little Big Town — and it’s none other than Taylor Swift. The “Shake It Off” superst꧒ar once wrote a high school paper about the...
How Apollo Theater 🌌crowds went from throwing eggs to making legends 🅷
November 5, 2019 | 10:37amA new doc, “The Apollo,” premiꩲeres Wednesday on HBO.
Lady Gaga to Apollo crowd: 'Tell me to go f—k myself'
June 25, 2019 | 8:40am🅘 In her first New York concert since her movie-star𝔍 turn in “A Star Is Born” — which won her a Best Original Song Oscar (for “Shallow”) and a Best Actress...
🧸 Civil rights heroes honored on eve of 🌱MLK Day at Apollo Theater
January 20, 2019 | 9:46pm♐ As the city geared up to observe Martin Luther King Day, the Apollo Theater got the festivities started early on Sunday by celebrating two men who helped give the civil...
🃏 Where jazz great Christian McBride g💛ets his legendary hats
October 19, 2018 | 8:04pmꦫ After leaving Philadelphia decades ago to follow his dream of playing jazz, bassist and composer Christian McBride is “never any happier” than being here, in New York. Alth꧒ough he lives...
Staten Island girl gets big break at Apollo Theater's amateur night
September 23, 2018 | 6:35amThere are only small singers, not small voices. Staten Islander Lucia Lalicata, 7, took the adage to heart early Saturday, auditioning for the famed Apollo Theater’s am൩ateur night with one...