The celebrities will turn out in full-force on Monday, June 4 to attend The Apollo Theater, one of the nation’s greatest cultural treasures, seventh annual Spring Gala Benefit Concert.This year gospel great, Donnie McClurkin, will join the celebrity line-up to pay tribute to award-winning singer and songwriter, Lionel Richie.
McClurkin has been invited to perform one of Richie’s many chart-toppers, “Jesus is Love.” In addition to Richie being honored, the late Etta James will also be inducted into the Apollo Legends Hall of Fame.
Lionel Richie and Etta James join past Apollo Legends Hall of Fame inductees-all legendary musicians, artists, and entertainers whose paths to fame included the Apollo-Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, Smokey Robinson, James Brown, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Little Richard, and Ella Fitzgerald. Each Apollo Legends Hall of Fame inductee is honored with a plaque in the Apollo Walk of Fame, installed under the Theater’s iconic marquee on 125th Street.
Tickets for the 2012 Spring Gala and after-party are now on sale. To purchase benefit tickets to the event or to make a donation to the Apollo Theater, call 212-531-5347. To purchase show-only tickets, visit www.apollotheater.org.
article courtesy of TheBelleReport.com
