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The legendary music hall in the Harlem section of Manhattan is a well-known venue for African American performers and was the set location of the long-running variety television program "Showtime at the Apollo." It was built from 1913-14 designed in Neoclassical style by George Keister and originally called Hurtig and Seamon’s New Burlesque Theater. It was closed in 1933 after a movement condemning burlesque clubs in New York City. The music hall was opened in 1934 as the 125th Street Apollo Theatre and attracted many of Harlem's growing African American population.

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