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'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing' Exhibit Puts Apollo Theater in Spotlight
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August 27, 2010
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2:37Now PlayingBuilt in 1914 and originally named Hurtig and Seamon's New Burlesque Theatre, Harlem's famous [Apollo Theater]() first catered to whites only. However, ownership changed hands in 1934 and a new era in black entertainment and American pop culture was launched.
An [installation]() chronicling the history of the landmark theater is [on display]() at the [Smithsonian Museum of AfricanAmerican History and Culture]() in Washington, D.C.
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" takes visitors on a ride into the theater's rich history with rarely displayed artifacts from Sammy Davis, Jr., Celia Cruz and Michael Jackson, who won Amateur Night in 1967 as a member of the Jackson 5.
The exhibit leaves Washington at the August. However, you can catch it at [Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History]() beginning Oct. 1 and at the [Museum of the City of New York]() starting in January.
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