#15 The Apollo Theater

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2008

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Harlem's jewel, the Apollo Theater, has more than lived up to its promise as a place "where stars are born and legends are made." It's been the cultural centerpiece of New York for more than seven decades, not bad for a former burlesque theater. And find out which icon made his name -- and held his funeral -- on the same stage.

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0:00.0	Episode 15 of The Bowery Boys It's Showtime at the Apollo.
0:07.0	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys.
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0:25.0	Hello there, and welcome to The Bowery Boys.
0:27.0	This is Greg Young.
0:28.0	And this is Tom Myers.
0:30.0	And I'm glad to have you here for another week.
0:32.0	I might sound a little funny to you this time.
0:34.0	You always sound funny.
0:37.0	I mean, you always are funny.
0:39.0	I've been a little under the weather as you can tell.
0:42.0	I've got my soul voice, my light jazz voice on.
0:47.0	You know, it works.
0:48.0	I have to say, I'm kind of envious over here.
0:51.0	Well, thanks. Maybe I'll get sick more often.
0:53.0	We'll get sick every week.
0:55.0	And, you know, so I got my soul voice on.
0:57.0	We're sitting so close to each other.
0:59.0	Maybe I'll be sick next week probably.
1:02.0	So anyway, we just happened to be doing for today's subject, The Apollo Theater.
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