Like so many of the good things that have happened to the independent club sector this year, the initial concept originated with NIVA. Continue Reading HOW THE GRAMMYS CAME TO HONOR THE TROUBADOUR, HOTEL CAFÉ, THE APOLLO AND STATION INN
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UTA will work to expand the Apollo Theater’s programming across TV, film, podcasts, publishing and events.
Continue Reading UTA Signs Harlem’s Apollo Theater
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Hard Rock International has taken to market a platinum-level sponsorship for “Play On: Celebrating the Power of Music to Make Change.”
Continue Reading Hard Rock Sponsors ‘Play On’ Concert
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Apollo Theater Executive Producer Kamilah Forbes Kamilah Forbes is the Executive Producer of the ‘World Famous’ Apollo and an award-winning director and producer inspired by and committed to the development of works by, for and about the Hip-Hop generation. She co-founded the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and worked on What’s Going On—the 40th anniversary celebration of Marvin Gaye’s seminal conversation with America (with John Legend as Marvin Gaye, Sharon Jones as Tammy Terrell); One Mic—a monthlong multidisciplinary celebration of HipHop Worldwide; and Nas’ 20 Year Anniversary of Illmatic—a celebration of the classic hip-hop album with 96 players from the National Symphony Orchestra. More recently, she co-produced an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ National Book Award winner “Between The World and Me” with music by Jason Moran featuring actors Angela Bassett and Joe Morton and musicians Ledisi, Black Thought, Common, TI and Killer Mike.
Continue Reading VIDEO: One-on One with Kamilah Forbes
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