<Tr> <Th> Designated NYCL </Th> <Td> June 28, 1983 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Apollo Theater at 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr . Boulevard (formerly Seventh Avenue) and Frederick Douglass Boulevard (formerly Eighth Avenue) in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is a music hall which is a noted venue for African - American performers . It's the home of Showtime at the Apollo, a nationally syndicated television variety show which showcased new talent, from 1987 to 2008, encompassing 1,093 episodes; the show was rebooted in 2018 . </P> <P> The theater, which has a capacity of 1,506, opened in 1914 as Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater, and was designed by George Keister in the neo-Classical style . It became the Apollo in 1934, when it was opened to black patrons--previously it had been a whites - only venue . In 1983, both the interior and exterior of the building were designated as New York City Landmarks, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places . It is estimated that 1.3 million people visit the Apollo every year . </P> <P> The building which later became the Apollo Theater was built in 1913 - 14 and was designed by architect George Keister, who also designed the First Baptist Church in the City of New York . It was originally Hurtig and Seamon's New (Burlesque) Theater, which enforced a strict "Whites Only" policy . The theatre was operated by noted burlesque producers Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon, who obtained a 30 - year lease . It remained in operation until 1928, when Billy Minsky took over . The song "I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)" by Harry Sullivan and Harry Ruskin, written in 1929, became the theme song of the theater. . </P>

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