Apollo Theater

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historic landmark music venue theater

The Apollo Theater is a historic Harlem performance venue famed for launching the careers of numerous African American artists and serving as a cornerstone of Black entertainment and culture in the United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Apollo Theater canonical 12
Apollo Theater Foundation 1
Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic landmark ⓘ
music venue ⓘ
theater ⓘ
architecturalStyle neoclassical ⓘ
associatedWith African American music ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance cornerstone of Black culture in the United States ⓘ
major center of African American entertainment ⓘ
designation New York City Landmark ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
hasMarquee Apollo Theater marquee on 125th Street ⓘ
helpedLaunchCareerOf Aretha Franklin ⓘ
The Supremes ⓘ
surface form: Diana Ross & The Supremes

Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ
Lauryn Hill ⓘ
The Jackson 5 ⓘ
hostedPerformanceBy Billie Holiday ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Michael Jackson ⓘ
Prince ⓘ
Stevie Wonder ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
locatedIn Harlem ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
neighborhood Harlem ⓘ
notableProgram Amateur Night at the Apollo ⓘ
opened 1914 ⓘ
originalName Hurtig & Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater ⓘ
owner Apollo Theater self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.
primaryUse comedy shows ⓘ
live music performances ⓘ
television tapings ⓘ
theatrical performances ⓘ
reopenedAsBlackVaudevilleHouse 1934 ⓘ
seatingCapacity about 1500 ⓘ
slogan Where Stars Are Born and Legends Are Made ⓘ
streetAddress 253 West 125th Street ⓘ
yearAddedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1983 ⓘ
yearDesignatedNYCLandmark 1983 ⓘ

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New York City Landmark → hasNotableExample → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan → hasLandmark → Apollo Theater ⓘ
subject surface form: Harlem
Apollo Theater → owner → Apollo Theater self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.
Redd Foxx → performedAt → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Harlem → hasLandmark → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Hurtig & Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater → laterBecame → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Hurtig & Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater → predecessorOf → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Amateur Night at the Apollo → locatedIn → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Amateur Night at the Apollo → venue → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Amateur Night at the Apollo → organizer → Apollo Theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollo Theater Foundation
125th Street → hasLandmark → Apollo Theater ⓘ
Live at the Apollo → recordedAt → Apollo Theater ⓘ
West 125th Street → hasLandmark → Apollo Theater ⓘ
125th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) → hasNeighborhoodLandmarkNearby → Apollo Theater ⓘ
African-American theatre → hasNotableInstitution → Apollo Theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harlem’s Apollo Theater