The Apollo News

The next four dates for Show Off! will be Friday 11 June 2010, Friday 25 June 2010 and Friday 9 July 2010. All will take place at Cafe Koha in Covent Garden.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., Ailey's Official Vehicle Partner, is providing support to bring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's inspiring performances to audiences in 20 cities through June. In combination with the tour, Toyota's redesigned 2011 Avalon will welcome audiences at theaters in Richmond, VA; Jacksonville, FL; Miami, FL; and New York City at Brooklyn Academy of Music from June 10th - 20th and at Ailey at the Apollo!, a special benefit evening on May 4th at Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater, 'where stars are born and legends are made.'

Today, PBS enlists HISTORY DETECTIVES fans across the nation to solve a 40-year-old mystery: 'Who is John F.?' - and did he really help send Andy Warhol's art to the moon? HISTORY DETECTIVES has posted 'Moon Museum' online today, two weeks before the segment airs in the June 21 broadcast premiere. The producers of the PBS series, a summertime favorite, are releasing the story prior to the season launch in the hopes that online viewers will produce evidence to answer this question.

The Francesca Harper Project, a contemporary dance company led by dancer/choreographer/vocalist Francesca Harper, celebrates its fifth anniversary season at Joyce SoHo Friday, June 4 - Sunday, June 6, 2010.

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

The Francesca Harper Project, a contemporary dance company led by dancer/choreographer/vocalist Francesca Harper, celebrates its fifth anniversary season at Joyce SoHo Friday, June 4 - Sunday, June 6, 2010.

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

The next four dates for Show Off! will be Friday 28 May 2010, Friday 11 June 2010, Friday 25 June 2010 and Friday 9 July 2010. All will take place at Cafe Koha in Covent Garden.

DoSomething.org hosted an exquisite refuge for members of the Tri-State Area who were not at the Sex & The City 2 fashion-show-disguised-as-a-film-premiere last night. Held at Harlem's flagship attraction, the Apollo Theater, guests congregated for the announcement of this year's DoSomething Award recipient nominees.

The next four dates for Show Off! will be Friday 28 May 2010, Friday 11 June 2010, Friday 25 June 2010 and Friday 9 July 2010. All will take place at Cafe Koha in Covent Garden.

Following the extended run of their hit musical Langston in Harlem, Urban Stages (Frances Hill, founder/artistic director and Lauren Schmiedel, managing director) is proud to announce their annual benefit gala, entitle Celebrating The Harlem Renaissance Then and Now on May 24th at the Boathouse in Central Park from 6:30PM to 11PM.

'27 Seconds,' a new exhibition that tells the story of the 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy when, during routine tests, a fire took the lives of astronauts Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee, will open at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue) in Manhattan, on Saturday, June 12th. The exhibition will run through November 21, 2010 and is free with the price of admission to the museum. For more information, visit www.intrepidmuseum.org.

THEATRE ROYAL BRIGHTON (TRB) has been named Most Welcoming Theatre at today's TMA Theatre and Management Awards.

On Thursday, May 20, The Jazz Foundation of America will presents its 9th annual 'A Great Night in Harlem' from 8 PM to 10 PM at the Apollo Theater (253 West 125th St. New York, NY).

Come join us every Friday and Saturday from 11PM-2AM for our piano lounge. No cover, no minimum!

Variety reports today that the Andrew Lloyd Webber produced musical, Bombay Dreams, will be adapted for the screen and will shoot in India beginning in 2011. The film will be penned by Sabrina Dhawan, best known for writing Monsoon Wedding, and feature the original music of A.R. Rahman.

Latino comedian Gabriel Iglesias will perform his hilarious stand-up routine inside the Lance Burton Theatre at Monte Carlo September 9 - 11 and September 16 - 18. The shows are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.