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Showtime at the Apollo
- Title
- Showtime at the Apollo / Ted Fox.
- Author
- Fox, Ted, 1954-
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, ©1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | MWED (New York) 84-607 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 84-142 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 97-253 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- xii, 322 pages : illustrations, portraits; 25 cm
- Summary
- Book Description: For close to 60 years the Apollo Theatre in the heart of Harlem has been one of America's foremost cultural institutions, a top showcase for black entertainers and a launching pad for some of the greatest talents of our time: Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Sarah Vaughan, and Richard Pryor are just a few. Ted Fox has written a history of the special combination of people and atmosphere at the Apollo; he lets the theatre's stars tell a large part of the story through personal anecdotes, augmented by a splendid array of rare pictures. The author also discusses the evolution of black cultural forms in music and comedy, and in so doing, preserves routines, Apollo trademarks, and backstage lore that might otherwise be lost.
- Subject
- Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
- 1900-1999
- African American theater > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
- African American entertainers > Interviews
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > New York (State) > New York
- African American entertainers
- African American theater
- Buildings
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.)
- Theaters > Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) > Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- New York (N.Y.) > History
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History
- New York (State) > New York
- New York (State) > New York > Harlem
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Interviews.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The World's Most Famous Theatre 1 -- 1 Harlem's Early Years--The Apollo's Heritage 39 -- 2 The Thirties 67 -- 3 Amateur Night and the Apollo Audience 104 -- 4 The Forties 132 -- 5 The Fifties 167 -- 6 Gospel and the Blues 214 -- 7 The Sixties 239 -- 8 The Final Days of the Apollo? 285.
- Call Number
- MWED (New York) 84-607
- ISBN
- 0030605334
- 9780030605338
- LCCN
- 83004299
- OCLC
- 9393699
- Author
- Fox, Ted, 1954-
- Title
- Showtime at the Apollo / Ted Fox.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, ©1983.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- MWED (New York) 84-607Sc E 84-142Sc E 97-253