The Nineties to Present

• The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc., a not-for-profit organization is established to manage, fund and program the Apollo Theater.
• The Artist formerly known as Prince plays the Apollo in an exclusive VH1 Concert. 
• The Apollo Theater Foundation launches its first performance series with a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Other performances follow including Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Boys Choir of Harlem and Betty Carter - Jazz Ahead ’95.
• Tony Bennett plays a sold-out engagement honoring Billie Holiday. 
• In 2002, George C. Wolfe’s new musical Harlem Song opens to enthusiastic.
• The Theater hosts its inaugural Spring Benefit Gala in 2005 with a special tribute Ossie Davis.
• The first phase of renovation is completed and includes the installation of over 1,500 house seats, restoration of the 125th-Street façade, a, state-of-the-art Marquee, new stage and greenroom.