Billie Holiday to return to Apollo Theatre as hologramSeptember 10, 2015 - 17:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Legendary singer Billie Holiday will return to the New York stage posthumously this year as the Apollo Theatre launches hologram performances, ABC News reports. The Apollo, the iconic cradle of jazz located in Harlem, announced on Wednesday, September 9, it would be the first theatre in the United States to feature regular programming by hologram. The first performance will take place later in the year — a show by Holiday, one of the greatest influences on generations of jazz and pop singers, who died destitute in 1959. "The possibilities inherent in this initiative are very exciting, allowing us the ability to show the enduring impact and relevance of artists across time periods and geographic locations," said Jonelle Procope, president and chief executive of the Apollo Theatre. Procope said the Holiday show, made in consultation with her estate, and subsequent performances would also accommodate the growing number of daytime tourists looking to visit the famous theatre. Holiday, who would have turned 100 last April, sang frequently at the Apollo — one of the few racially integrated theatres at the time — including an early performance of the seminal protest song Strange Fruit about lynchings of African Americans in the US south. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |