rarely has a history lesson been so damn entertaining
by Dwight Brown[National Newspaper Publishers Association ]
it's a worthy salute to the theater's role in sustaining African American performance art through periods of great turmoil, and provides a conduit for exploring how a beacon for black achievement functions from the inside out
"The Apollo" works beautifully a mosaic, unfurling its rich history without failing to acknowledge that it takes more than nostalgia to keep a cultural institution alive. In that sense, The Apollo feels like both a necessary lesson and a gift