GRAPHIC NOVELS

Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater

by Ted (text) Fox & (text) & James Otis Smith (illus.) (illus.).

ComicArts: Abrams. Jan. 2019. 240p. ISBN 9781419731389. $24.99. HIST

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Since 1934, Harlem’s Apollo theater has married devoted, multiracial audiences with the best among African American performers—who thought of the place as “home.” The Apollo became legendary for its music: swing, bebop, rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, soul, funk, and hip-hop. This updated adaptation of Fox’s 1983 book is channeled through Smith’s free-form panels with lively black and blue cameos of the music legends who powered the mutual theater-audience love affair. (LJ 11/1/18)

Reviewed by Zach Berkley , Nov 01, 2019

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