The Apollo News

The Apollo has unveiled the design for the first full-scale restoration, renovation, and modernization of its iconic Historic Theater.

Phil Wang's second Netflix Original stand-up special, Wang in There, Baby!, premieres on 3rd September. Filmed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the show covers topics from British-Asian identity to minor fame.

TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is coming to the North Charleston Performing Arts Center from September 27-29. Tickets go on sale Monday, August 12 at 10 AM.

Flamenco Latino will present a free Panel Discussion with a Q&A: 'The Nature of Combining Flamenco, Tap, and Hip-Hop' on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 7:30pm - 8:30pm at The Secret Theatre.

Nelson Aspen and Allyson Briggs have a new tribute show to the great Tony Bennett, who passed away last July at the age of 96. You can catch Tony Bennett: A Tribute on August 7th at the Green Room 42 near Times Square. The Green Room 42 show will feature clips from his time with Bennett, reflections on his humanitarian work, career highlights, support of young musicians, and, of course, plenty of songs from the great American songbook that Bennett infused with his signature style.

Experience Flamenco Latino in Concert at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. Part of the 2024 Más Allá Series, this event showcases innovative Flamenco dance and music. Tickets are $20. Learn how to purchase tickets.

“The Best of Broadway,' a Benefit Performance for Sandy Hook Promise, hosted by Tony Award winner James Naughton and folk legend Rex Fowler of Aztec Two-Step will be held September 22, 2024 at 6:00 pm at SHU Community Theater in Fairfield, CT.

Celebrate New Year's Eve with D-Nice at Walt Disney Concert Hall for Club Quarantine Live, presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will discuss her new memoir at The Apollo Theater on September 3, offering insights into her life and career. Don't miss this special event with the Supreme Court Justice.

Russell Howard will host three live Wonderbox podcast specials at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with comedians David O'Doherty, Larry Dean, and Jason Byrne on August 1st, 2nd, and 4th at the Assembly Gordon Aikman Theatre.

Performances by Britton & The Sting and Justin Vivian Bond will begin tonight at Little Island. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Fan favourite comedian Milton Jones has announced extra dates to his HA!MILTON live tour. The show kicks off in London on 3rd September and is now extended through to 2025. Tickets for the new dates are available on Friday 26th July.

Poet/Curator Taalam Acey honed his poetic skills growing up in Newark. Now known as “The Godfather of Spoken Word,” Acey triumphantly returns home to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's (NJPAC) Victoria Theater on Saturday, August 24, 2024, to curate Spoken Word Apex, an illuminating night of poetry, visual arts and music, as part of NJPAC's Dodge Poetry series.

The Festival of Laughs is coming to Boston on October 11, 2024, featuring comedians Sommore, Lavell Crawford, Tony Roberts, and Tony Rock.

Following her hugely successful 40-date ‘Showgirl’ tour and ‘All Killa No Filla Live’ 10 year anniversary tour, comedian Rachel Fairburn (BBC Two’s Live at the Apollo) is heading out on her new 32-date ‘Side-Eye’ UK tour from 6th February 2025. Tour tickets are on sale from 10am this Friday 26th July. 

Actor/playwright/storyteller Rhonda 'Passion' Hansome, (SiriusXM 'John Fugelsang's Tell Me Everything') will be among the performers featured at TALE - “New York City's best storytelling show” - on Friday, July 26 at the Red Room @ KGB Bar in Manhattan.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 19, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The Apollo is among this year's honorees for the 47th Kennedy Center Honors, celebrating lifetime artistic achievements. This marks the first time an institution receives the honor.

The producers of the brand new musical HERE & NOW, presented by UK pop sensation, Steps, have announced the lead cast joining the production. Learn more about the cast here!

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Actors include Tony Award winners, current Broadway stars, and Royal Shakespeare Company members. Take a look here to find out which stars you may recognize from the theatre, including Gayle Rankin, Sir Simon Russell Beale, Eve Best, and more.