NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The Apollo Theater will reopen with a musical “extravaganza” at the end of the month, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
The “Uptown Saturday Night Extravaganza” will kick off at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, de Blasio said at a news briefing.
The event will feature performances by Forces of Nature Dance Company, the Nat Adderly Jr. Jazz Quintet, Nona Hendryx, Broadway’s “Ain’t Too Proud” and Bishop Hezekiah Walker, among others.
“When you think of culture, when you think of music in New York City… you think about the Apollo Theater,” the mayor said. “And the Apollo Theater is back.”
The show will include a 50th anniversary “musical salute” to Harlem’s 1969 “Summer of Soul” music festival, de Blasio said. It will also feature a tribute to R&B Hall of Famer Lloyd Price.
“Since it is the Apollo, there will be R&B, there will be jazz, there will be dance, there will be Gospel, there will be Latin, and a taste of Broadway,” he said. “Amazing, amazing lineup.”