The Apollo just lately celebrated the opening of the Apollo Levels on the Victoria Theater—the primary bodily enlargement within the establishment’s 90-year historical past—with a particular ceremony and Apollo sign-lighting that includes Mayor Eric Adams, Empire State Improvement Commissioner Hope Knight, Apollo Board Chair Charles Phillips, Apollo Chair Emeritus Richard “Dick” Parsons, Apollo President and CEO Michelle Ebanks, and Creative Director Kamilah Forbes. The occasion included performances by four-time Grammy-nominee Stefon Harris, singer Nia Drummond, the marching band Marching Cobras, and extra.
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Attendees toured the brand new area, seeing every part from an up to date marquee to behind-the-scenes technical features.
Greater than 100 New Yorkers attended the ceremony, together with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine; Harlem Group Improvement Company President Curtis Archer; leaders of cultural establishments from throughout the town, together with the Nationwide Black Theatre; Apollo board members, and others.
For extra details about the Apollo, go to www.ApolloTheater.org.
