A review by liesljrowe
Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem's Legendary Theater by Ted Fox, James Otis Smith

4.0

At the beginning of the book, Ted Fox says how he set out to tell the story of the Apollo, "the good and the bad", and this biography definitely delivers. There were places where it got a bit confusing for me, as someone who is less well-versed in the history of R&B, but overall the book does a pretty good job of conveying a lot of history in a very small number of pages. The art helps a lot with that too: I really liked the small portraits, showing whose recollections Fox was quoting from. And what a history! The Apollo really was at the heart of a lot of musical development and it definitely deserves to be better known about.

Thank you Netgalley for giving me an ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.