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 Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. Armenia PM meets Iran’s Supreme Leader in Tehran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Seyyed Ali Khamenei |