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   from the issue of April 1, 2004

     
 
Contestants chosen for Apollo show

Showtime at the Apollo on Tour, the touring production of the original “Apollo Amateur Night,” selected 20 Nebraska acts to compete at the Lied Center for Performing Arts on May 1. About 70 amateur acts auditioned on March 20 at the Lied Center with a judge from the Apollo Theater making the selections.

The 20 acts will compete for $1,000 and airline tickets to New York City, where the selected act will participate in the “Apollo Amateur Show” at the famed Apollo Theater. Audience response will be used to select the winner. A complete list of acts competing on May 1 can be found at .

Of the nearly 70 acts to audition at the Lied Center, talents ranged from stand-up comedy to clogging. Many were from Lincoln, but acts also came from Omaha, Fairbury, Bellevue, Deshler, Dorchester and Aurora. Out-of-state participants included acts from Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Minnesota.

Tickets for Showtime at the Apollo on Tour are $25, $20 and $15; tickets are half-price for college students and those 18 and under. Call the Lied box office at 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 for tickets.


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ARTS HEADLINES FOR APRIL 1

‘Guys and Dolls’ will take the stage April 8
Coming soon to the Ross
Contestants chosen for Apollo show
Poet to read tonight at Andrews Hall
Shakespeare-like tunes on stage April 13
'That Takes Ovaries' to be Staged April 1, 2 at Nebraska Union
Theatrix offers Pterodactyls
UPC offers Evening with O.A.R.

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