The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

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We have the future of musical theater with us today! Let's see who has next!

DIEGO ENRICO (Elder Cunningham) is elated to be making his professional debut in his dream role alongside this incredible team. He's a graduate of Molloy Universities CAP21 Theatre Arts Conservatory. He booked the show literally on Actor's Access. Can you believe that? No agent. No manager. He did not even have his college showcase and he booked a National Tour!

We talk his journey, this tour, and his stop here in Detroit! Do not miss the show at the Fisher from April 1st-6th or around the country!

Follow Him On IG: @diego_is_rico

For Tickets: thebookofmormontour.com

For Tickets In Detroit: www.BroadwayInDetroit.com

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We have a good one for you today! A new film with an amazing cast is out! You can catch it in theatres right now! "BLACK HEAT" is out! It stars Jason Mitchell, Tabatha "DreamDoll" Robinson, and Rap Superstar NLE Choppa. The writer and director Wes Miller is here. He tells us all about how he wrote it, what it has been like to start his own film company, and how he made this film.

How can we support films like this? Well we have to go see it. I promise you, you will be on the edge of your seat! "BLACK HEAT" is now in theatres!

Follow the movie on IG - @blackheatmovie

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Music lovers, film makers, lovers of hispanic culture and art, this one is for you!

Sensory and emotive, 42ND STREET is a vibrant music documentary directed by the noted Dominican filmmaker. A raw and unflinching look at the birthplace of Dembow in the Dominican streets of Capotillo, 42ND STREET exposes the reality of this subculture and the tenacity of the artists and dancers who bring it to life in a much-needed "story of resilience through art.” 

José María Cabral is a film director and screenwriter from the Dominican Republic, known for his ability to tackle complex social issues establishing himself as a leading figure in Dominican cinema. He gained recognition with his award-winning film Carpinteros, which held its world premiere at Sundance in 2017. In 2022 he premiered Perejil, winning the Miami Film Festival Audience Award, and his feature film Hotel Coppelia screened at AFI Latin American Film Festival. 

Check out the film coming to HBO Max after it's premiere at SXSW 2025!

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An incredible addition to the field of rock music documentaries, we get a glimpse into the punk rock world of pirate radio in Los Angeles –which ruled the airwaves in the 1990’s, this is a must see documentary for music documentary fans everywhere. “40 Watts From Nowhere” features interviews with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, Germs drummer Don Bolles and pirate radio activist Stephen Dunifer, among others. Slamdance Film Festival 2025 will take place from February 20th – 26th with in-person screenings at the Director's Guild of America (DGA) and at the Quixote West Hollywood Studios, and will be available virtually on slamdancechannel.com from February 24th – March 7th. In-person world premiere on Saturday, February 22nd at 6:15pm at the Panasonic LUMIX Theatre in Quixote Studios West. **Full reviews embargoed until after World Premiere**

Frustrated by what she was hearing on commercial radio in the ‘90s, a young woman builds a station from scratch and broadcasts from her Los Angeles apartment. “40 Watts from Nowhere” is a captivating documentary about Los Angeles pirate radio station KBLT and the 1990s low-power FM movement in the U.S. It’s based around fascinating vintage footage shot in 1998 that shows KBLT operating 24/7 out of an apartment closet in Silver Lake with DJs running the gamut from Keith Morris (Circle Jerks), Mike Watt (Minutemen) and Don Bolles (Germs) to garden-variety music fans playing everything from jungle and punk to vintage country and French pop.

Sue Carpenter started the 40-watt FM station in 1995, exploiting a legal case that allowed hundreds of low-power illegal radio operators to proliferate throughout the country and gave birth to the legal LPFM movement. Carpenter was 28 years old, a secretary and an aspiring journalist when she first set up KBLT and invited strangers into her house to spin whatever the hell they wanted. It soon took on a life of its own, drawing Mazzy Star to headline a benefit concert and the Red Hot Chili Peppers to play live in her living room.

The vintage footage captures the arc of the story, from its full-tilt heyday in the summer of 1998 to its FCC shutdown later that year. Shot by a DJ who intended to make a documentary but never did, the vintage footage is rounded out with interviews Carpenter conducted in 2023, including Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, Germs drummer Don Bolles and pirate radio activist Stephen Dunifer.

Do not miss our chat about this new film!

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The Peccadillo Theater Company, Negro Ensemble Company Inc. and Eric Falkenstein present Lonne Elder III’s critically acclaimed masterpiece Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, starring Tony©, Emmy and SAG Award nominee Norm Lewis (The Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess, Les Misérables, TV’s “Pose,” Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods) and directed by the legendary Clinton Turner Davis (New Federal Theatre’s Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Acting Company’s The African Company Presents Richard III, Cherry Lane Theatre’s One Night, Capital Repertory Theatre’s FLY). The production - the first in New York City in nearly 40 years - will play a strictly limited 6-week engagement! For tickets and information, visit ThePeccadillo.com.

We have the star! The one & only Norm Lewis is here!

Emmy, Tony, and SAG Award nominee, NORM LEWIS was recently seen onstage starring in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning production of A Soldier's Play and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End Concert of Love Never Dies. He starred in Spike Lee's critically acclaimed, "Da 5 Bloods," and in the groundbreaking FX series, Pose.  

Additionally, Mr. Lewis can be seen starring opposite Hilary Swank in the feature "The Good Mother," Amazon Prime's newest series, Swarm, and Hulu's, Up Here.  He was also seen as 'Caiaphas' in the award-winning NBC television special, “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert!,” alongside John Legend, Sara Bareilles, and Alice Cooper. Mr. Lewis returned to Broadway in the Fall of 2021, starring in Chicken and Biscuits at the Circle In The Square Theatre. He previously appeared in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island and as Sweeney Todd in the Off-Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Barrow Street Theatre, receiving the AUDELCO Award for his performance. In May of 2014, he made history as The Phantom of the Opera’s first African American Phantom on Broadway.

His additional television credits include Women of The Movement, Law & Order, Dr. Death, Mrs. America, Better Things, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Bull, Chicago Med, Gotham, The Blacklist, and Blue Bloods, as well as in his recurring role as Senator Edison Davis on the hit drama Scandal. Mr. Lewis is a proud, founding member of Black Theatre United, an organization which stands together to help protect Black people, Black talent and Black lives of all shapes and orientations in theatre and communities across the country. He received Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations for his performance as Porgy in the Broadway production of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess. Other Broadway credits include Sondheim on Sondheim, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Chicago, Amour, The Wild Party, Side Show, Miss Saigon, and The Who’s Tommy.

In London’s West End he has appeared as Javert in Les Misérables and Les Misérables: The 25th Anniversary Concert, which aired on PBS. Off-Broadway Mr. Lewis has performed in Dessa Rose (Drama Desk nomination, AUDELCO Award), Shakespeare in the Park’s The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Drama League nomination), Captains Courageous, and A New Brain. His regional credits include Porgy in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (A.R.T.), Ragtime, Dreamgirls (with Jennifer Holliday), First You Dream, Sweeney Todd, and The Fantasticks. His additional film credits include Christmas In Tune (starring opposite Reba McEntire), Magnum Opus, Winter’s Tale, Sex and the City 2, Confidences, and Preaching to the Choir. 

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Herbert Harper, Jr. is a Chicago native who has acted in theatre, television, film, and digital media productions. Herbert developed an interest in the arts early in life and participated in the chorus of Dear Edwina as a student at Vanderpoel Humanities Academy.

He would later further explore his love of the arts while doing productions with Expressions Theatre Troupe and the Armory Free Theatre and singing with the University of Illinois Black Chorus and Varsity Men's Glee Club as a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has since acted in various shorts, independent films, feature films, and web series, including For Better (Nominated for 11 awards and recipient of Best Web and New Media at the 2019 Indie Short Fest; Official selection for the Kaleidoscope LGBTQ+ Film Festival), The Comedy Club (Official selection for the Shawnee Shorts Midwestern Film Festival, the Portland Comedy Film Festival, and the Austin Micro Short Film Festival), Pointe Work (Official selection of the Reel East Texas Film Festival), Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, and most recently, Chicago Med on NBC.

Herbert holds a Bachelor of Science in Advertising and is the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including The Posse Foundation Scholarship and The Horatio Alger Association Scholarship.

For More Info: herbertharperjr.com

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Talk About A Film! We are here for a new boxing adventure with heart!

Golden Globe® winner Ving Rhames and Luise Grossmann (Luiii) star in an electrifying film about Toni (Grossmann), a determined female boxer trying to break down barriers as she redefines what it means to be a woman in today’s world. When Elliott (Rhames), a tough ex-boxing champion, accepts the challenge to train Toni), the two mismatched characters form an unlikely alliance. Their sparring, and Elliott’s keen insights,show the resilient young fighter that real strength comes from the challenges you overcome when life throws

its biggest punches your way.

This film is out and it will inspire you! Move you! Entertain you! Hear all about it here on The Roundtable!

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Lauren Marcus is an actor and writer living in NYC. She is a 2021 finalist for the Jonathan Larson Grant. How funny that she know tells his legacy and sings his songs in "The Jonathan Larson Project" now playing in NYC!

Lauren has been on Broadway. She has acted in TV and films! As a singer-songwriter, Lauren released her debut EP, Never Really Done With You and has had sold out runs around NYC! She has worked with her husband Joe Iconis on Love Letters and other amazing projects!

About The Show:

When Jonathan Larson died unexpectedly at the age of 35, it was hours before his musical RENT took the world by storm. Larson was hailed posthumously as the voice of a generation, winning Tony Awards® and the Pulitzer Prize, and achieving his life-long dream of changing Broadway forever… although he tragically wasn’t there to see it. In his apartment, he left behind hundreds of cassette tapes, scripts, music files, journals – boxes of his writing from shows that were never produced and projects that were never seen… until now.

The Jonathan Larson Project brings to the stage the extraordinary unheard songs of the writer who revolutionized Broadway. This powerful new musical asks how we can make a difference in the world today, with Larson’s voice reaching through time to inspire audiences. From presidential elections to environmental activism to creating and connecting despite every obstacle, Larson’s songs speak to our present time with stunning resonance.

At the same time, The Jonathan Larson Project reflects the journey of an unknown young artist, struggling against rejection, making ends meet as a waiter in a diner, and finding his voice… which he has no idea will someday lead to triumph and enduring fame. The show includes cut songs from RENT and tick, tick… BOOM! as well as songs that have never been performed in a theater before. Fortunately for the world of musical theatre, Larson gave us more to see – and that work has finally hit the stage.

For Tickets: thejonathanlarsonproject.com

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A Star Is Born!

Savy Jackson is here! Savy r earned her BFA in Musical Theatre at Pace University after being on the road in the First National Tour of Once on This Island (Storyteller, u/s TiMoune). What?

She shot a supporting role in the upcoming HBO Max feature Sweethearts, just after completing a run as Marian in the Asolo Rep production of the new musical Hood. Excuse Me?

She is also a singer/songwriter with original music on all streaming platforms! Where Can I Hear It?

She rocked Broadway In "Bad Cinderella!" YES!

Now she is coming to the Paper Mill Playhouse to dance the night away in "Take the Lead!" She is a force. You need to hear her story, her energy, and her heart! We had the best time chatting! You need tickets to "Take the Lead!"

For tickets: papermill.org

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