Have you ever wondered what Martin Luther King, Jr., was thinking the day before his death in Memphis? What may have passed through his mind that fated night as he resided in Room 306? Deardra Shuler is going to talk to actor Craig Alan Edwards who gives a splendid performance on just that subject. An actor and playwright, Mr. Edwards depicts Dr. King via his one-man show, giving a fictionalized accounting of Dr. Kings last night, on April 3, 1968. "The Man in Room 306" will have a limited engagement at the 59 E 59 Theatres in NYC. The play is in preview beginning Jan. 15, 16, 17 and 19th. It opens Jan. 20th and runs until Feb. 14th. For tickets, call 212-279-4200 or go online at www.ticketcentral.com

BSE Recordings Blue-eyed soul singer Arika Kane will talk with Deardra about her singles Why Did We Fall N Luv and BCuz I Luv U. An up and coming artist, Arika has already received numerous airplay landing her single BCuz I Luv U in the #2 position on the charts in the south. CD Baby tauts Kane as the newest artist to keep your eyes on because she is heading to the top. Also a songwriter, Kane comes from a family of musicians. Arika performed at Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar and opened for the One World Tour in concert with R&B legends MASE featuring Frankie Beverly and Baby Face.

Former Donahue show producer and presently head of LS Production Works, Lillian Smith, will talk to Deardra Shuler about her position as Media Business Management & Director of Development for Big Score Entertainment. Formerly, Ms. Smith teamed up with Phil Donahue as Coordinating Producer for the PBS Presidential Special: "The Issue is Race: A Crisis in Black & White. Also, as Donahue Show producer, her guests included Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, and Judith Jamieson. Lillian was an Exec. Producer for Fox TV in LA and Sr Producer/Program Development Specialist for "The Real Bottom Line." She is a recipient of numerous awards including 8 national Emmy nominations.

Deardra interviews legendary vibraphonist Roy Ayers about his upcoming January 16th concert entitled "Roy Ayers 40th Anniversary Concert," held at the Black Spectrum Theatre located in Queens, NY. An R&B bandleader in the 1970s and 80s, Ayers became one of the forebearers of acid jazz. Well known for the song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," Roy formed the Roy Ayers Ubiquity band in the 1970s, recording albums for Polydor and working with such greats as Miles Davis, the Herbie Hancock Sextet, Sonny Fortune and Omar Hakim. Later he collaborated with Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti whose life story is presently on Broadway in the play "Fela." Ayers has several pop records that garnered commerical success and charted singles on the R&B charts for both Polydor and Columbia.

Deardra talks with San Francisco Choreographer, Alonzo King, who has works throughout the world including with the Swedish Royal Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and more. The founder of the Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Mr. King has been recognized as one of the 50 outstanding artists in America. He has served on the panels for the National Endowment of the Arts, California Arts Council and named a Master of African American Choreography by the Kennedy Center. Mr. King's troupe will be appearing at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on Sunday, January 10th. $10 tickets are available to children and seniors.

Deardra chats with interracial British platinum record award winner singer/songwriter, Billie Myers, best known for her hit "Kiss the Rain," Tell Me" and "You Send Me Flying," about her meteoric rise to fame and her subsequent plummet which kept her out of the music business for 4 years. Painfully honest, Myers talks about racism, depression and her inspirational return to the world of music via her latest CD "Tea & Sympathy."

Actress Denise Fleming has taken her one woman show to the New Heritage Theatre in the Dwyer Cultural Center wherein she depicts this psychological tale. Denise will talk with host Deardra Shuler about her life, the creation of her play, Winterkill, and how she developed the diverse characters.

Deardra interviews producer Robert Friedman of the Moscow Classical Ballet, established by the SSR Ministry of Culture as a ballet troupe whose role is to tour the Soviet Union and foreign countries performing Russian classical ballet in its traditional form. Under the artistic direction of Igor Moiseyev, the company gave its first performance in 1968. Its repertoire consisted of excerpts from classical ballets and choreographic miniatures produced by such choreographers as Vinogradov, Goleizovsky, Messerer and Moiseyev. They are performing the Nutcracker Suite on Sunday, November 29 at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts.

NYU Stern Business School graduate, William H. Hsu, talks with host Deardra Shuler, about the ups and downs of starting and maintaining a business. The proud owner of the Lunchbox, located on 34th Street in NYC, wherein hungry customers can get a meal for $5.00 to a business consultant helping individuals who want to become entrepreneurs in the Monavie direct marketing business. Mr.Hsu talks about his life, his faith in God, the Lunchbox, Monavie, and surviving in today's economy.

LEGENDARY SCRIBE AND SPORTSCASTERM,DR.M.LEE(DOC)STANLEY SR.,HOSTS HIS FAMED,'SPORTS IN DEPTH',RADIO SHOW,GUESTS INCLUDE RADIO ICON AND LEGEND,ESPN'SLARRY HARDESTY,FORMER WWF STAR,MEL"LIL COCO"SMITH JR.,AND SARFM LATIN MUSIC DJ,DISTINIO"BABY"LOIS.DOC THROWS IN SOME EXTRAS AS ALWAYS DURING HIS AWARD WINNING SHOW

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