Apollo’s ‘Executioner’ Prepping One-Man Show for Spring

June 19, 2013

Apollo’s ‘Executioner’ Prepping One-Man Show for Spring

May 2, 2013 by EURpublisher02 Leave a Comment

*For 70 years, performers brave enough to take the Apollo stage for Amateur Night have not only risked the embarrassment of being booed, but also the humiliation of being physically booted off the stage by a tap-dancer. It was Howard “Sandman” Simms that originated the position – for 17 years shooing off booed folk with [...]

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Jamie Foxx on ‘Rebooting the Apollo’ for Centric’s ‘Apollo Live’

November 5, 2012 by EURpublisher02 Leave a Comment

*This month, Centric will premiere its new talent show “Apollo Live,” an update of the “Amateur Night” portion of the syndicated “Showtime at the Apollo” series – where the audience is encouraged to boo an act that’s not on point. Filmed inside of the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, “Apollo Live” will give its [...]

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Gladys Knight, Doug E. Fresh in Centric’s ‘Apollo Live’ (Audio)

September 12, 2012 by EURpublisher02 1 Comment

*BET’s sister station Centric and Jamie Foxx’s production team are joining forces to reboot the Apollo Amateur Night in the upcoming series “Apollo Live.” [Scroll down for a promo.] [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Premiering Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., the show puts a fresh coat of paint on the classic talent show and [...]

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Gladys Knight Joins Doug E. Fresh, Bivins for ‘Apollo Live’

July 11, 2012 by EURpublisher02 1 Comment

*Gladys Knight has been announced as an addition to the judging panel for “Apollo Live,” a new singing competition series set to debut this fall on BETs sister network Centric. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Knight will work as lead judge” on the series, which is filmed at New York’s famed Apollo Theater and puts [...]