The famed Amateur Night at the Apollo is in its 89th year, and audiences are as outspoken as ever. Share full article. By Vidhya Nagarajan. Published Aug. 26, 2023 Updated Aug. 28, 2023. Image.

There was a sold-out crowd at the Apollo on Wednesday for the final Amateur Night before the 91-year-old theater closes for major renovations. CBS News New York's Alecia Reid caught up with newcomers ...

Ninety years ago, Amateur Night began at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, and nothing was ever quite the same for performers with big dreams and unproven talent. What started as a radio show for ...

On Wednesday, February 22, Amateur Night will return to The Apollo with a dynamic new group of artists who will battle it out over the course of 32 shows in front of the theater’s notoriously ...

Amateur Night at the Apollo opened its 81st season on Wednesday, February 18th; and it had already claimed its first victim. “We offer them what no one else offers them — the power of the boo.” ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - This month the Apollo Theater celebrates its 86th year of Amateur Night, the longest-running talent show in America. Before every performer steps to the microphone, ...

Amateur night happens three nights a week at an Orlando dance club. It’s a tradition. The amateurs are women. Some are hospital administrators, some are secretaries, some are tourists.

Amateur night producer Marion J. Caffey watches the crowd filter in from behind the soundboard. Since taking the job six years ago (his first day of work was the morning after President Obama was ...

A new documentary, “The Apollo,” premiering Nov. 6 on HBO, offers a window into why Amateur Night remains such an essential part of Harlem, the music industry and black culture as a whole.The ...

Whitaker won "Amateur Night" when he was just nine. "Beatbox" wows the crowd at the Apollo 03:02. Contestants come from all over, and have to audition to get in.

Donald Trump Jr. shared on Monday that he doesn’t particularly enjoy his dad’s annual New Year’s Eve bash in Florida, saying the Mar-a-Lago event has become somewhat of an “amateur night ...

Amateur night. It's the term used in the restaurant business for New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, and often Friday and Saturday nights. They're the nights when people come out who don't usually ...