The Apollo Theater Announces Winter/Spring Lineup for Apollo Comedy Club
Harlem, NY – January 15, 2019 – The Apollo Theater today announced details for its Apollo Comedy Club 2018-2019 Winter/Spring lineup. The popular program is part of the Late Nights at the Apollo series of programs, presented on the Apollo’s intimate soundstage. Apollo Comedy Club shows start at 10 p.m. food and drink service begin at 9 p.m.
The monthly series kicks off on Thursday, February 7 with performances by comedians Rey Gibbs, Correy Bell and Schuler King, and will feature Comedy Club’s resident deejay DJ Qool Marv along with host Drew Fraser. The series continues March 14 with JoJo Collins, Calise Hawkins, Barbara Carlyle and host Mugga; April 11 with Cookie Hull, Jason Weems, Kris Atkins and host A.G. White; May 2 with Aminah Imani, Daniel Tirado, Edgar Rivera and host Kool Bubba Ice; June 13 with Hassan Oliver, Phil Hunt, Rita Brent and host Kenny Williams.
Tickets for Apollo Comedy Club are $22 and $15 in advance for the Apollo’s A-List. There is a $10 drink/food minimum for each show. Tickets can be purchased at the Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531-5305, 253 West 125th Street, and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are on sale now.
Presented in partnership with Bob Sumner (co-executive producer and talent producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of truTV’s Laff tracks and LaffMobb on Aspire).
Apollo Comedy Club Schedule: February – June 2019
February 7
Hosted by Drew Fraser Rey Gibbs
Correy Bell Shuler King
March 14 Hosted by Mugga JoJo Collins Calise Hawkins Barbara Carlyle
April 11
Hosted by A.G. White Cookie Hull
Jason Weems Kris Atkins
May 2
Hosted by Kool Bubba Ice Aminah Imani
Daniel Tirado Edgar Rivera
June 13
Hosted by Kenny Williams Hassan Oliver
Phil Hunt Rita Brent
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The Apollo's season is made possible by leadership support from Coca-Cola, Citi, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation and the Jerome L. Greene Foundation.
Public support for the Apollo Theater is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
ABOUTTHEAPOLLOTHEATER
The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging artists and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.
With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, spoken word, and more. This includes special programs such as the blockbuster concert Bruno Mars Live at the
Apollo, 100: The Apollo Celebrates Ella, the annual Africa Now! Festival, and the New York premiere of the opera We Shall Not Be Moved. The Apollo is a performing arts presenting organization that also produces festivals and large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives that celebrate and extend the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; global festivals including the Women of the World (WOW) Festival and Breakin’ Convention, international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and special projects, multidisciplinary collaborations with partner organizations.
Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy.
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About The Apollo
The Apollo is an American cultural treasure. It is a vibrant non-profit organization rooted in the Harlem community that engages people from around New York, the nation, and the world. Since 1934, The Apollo has celebrated, created, and presented work that centers Black artists and voices from across the African Diaspora. It has also been a catalyst for social and civic advocacy. Today, The Apollo is the largest performing arts institution committed to Black culture and creativity.
The Apollo is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the African American narrative and its role in the development of American and global culture.
The Apollo envisions a new American canon centered on contributions to the performing arts by artists of the African diaspora, in America and beyond.
