The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

It's Raining Legends Tonight! We have one of the greatest voices of our time here with you!

Join the legendary Martha Wash, platinum-selling, two-time Grammy nominee, at Joe’s Pub for an unforgettable evening as she debuts her powerful album Love & Conflict on Valentine’s Day 2025. Known for her soul-stirring vocals and iconic hits like “It’s Raining Men” and “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now),” Martha delivers a fresh sound with this new collection, blending emotional ballads, thought-provoking lyrics, and infectious grooves. Celebrate love, heartbreak, and everything in between with one of music’s most celebrated voices on the most romantic night of the year. Don’t miss this special performance that promises to be intimate, electrifying, and full of surprises! 🎶❤️

Hear all about her career from Sylvester to Love & Conflict and everything in between!

For Tickets: www.publictheatre.org

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In Senegal on the eve of Y2K, an idealistic Peace Corps volunteer survives a mysterious car accident. An imposing State Department operative arrives at his hospital where she immediately takes command of the situation and his safety. Though they couldn’t be more different, they form an unlikely relationship. But when it becomes clear that they both have secrets, the volunteer is roped into a darker side of public service—one he can’t come back from. Unpredictable at every turn, this world-premiere thriller was commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club. 

Dakar 2000 is written by Rajiv Joseph (Pulitzer Prize finalist for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; King James at MTC) and directed by May Adrales (Vietgone and Poor Yella Rednecks at MTC). Starring Abubakr Ali & Mia Barron!

For Tickets: www.manhattantheatreclub.com

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Peregrination is a wordless play with original music and sound design exploring journeys of displacement and migration. It is drawn from interviews with displaced people and personal stories of our international performance collective and performed in masks. Peregrination uses the poetic, metaphoric language of the masks to explore shared experiences of journeys across borders.

What is it? Is it mask? Dance? Song? We find out with Julia and Duane who are a part of this sweeping epic peace about home, immigration, and more! We love the Tank and we love supporting theatre in NYC! Go see a show today!

For Tickets: https://thetanknyc.org/peregrinations

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We love the next generation of stars and we found one in Lumi Pollack! She already has a big ole hit on her hands starring in "Autumn & The Black Jaguar!"

AUTUMN AND THE BLACK JAGUAR has already grossed over $20 million dollars worldwide following its release in global territories like France, Germany, and New Zealand.

AUTUMN AND THE BLACK JAGUAR follows Autumn (Pollak) who, having spent her early childhood in the Amazon rainforest, formed a friendship with a jaguar cub she named Hope. Now a teenager in New York City, she learns her childhood village in the Amazon is under threat from animal traffickers, so she decides she must return to the Amazon to save her beloved jaguar. Anja (Bett Rickards), her endearingly clumsy biology teacher, learns of her plan and attempts to dissuade her, but ends up joining her on her journey to reunite with Hope and save her from those who seek to destroy the rainforest and its wildlife.

In making the film, the filmmakers used real jaguars to play Hope. The jaguars were rescued from wild animal breeders, taken care of by on-set animal coordinators, and now live in an animal sanctuary. Before filming began, both Lumi Pollak and Airam Camacho, who plays Young Autumn, spent about a year playing and imprinting with the two jaguars to build the bond you see between Hope and Autumn in the film.

Director Gilles de Maistre sees this as a film that can speak to children all over the world and shine a light on the issues of animal trafficking and deforestation in the Amazon. In the film, Autumn is only a teenager, but de Maistre believes this story can inspire other young people and spark real change.

Hear how she worked with the animals, shot the film, and what it was like on set! Then go see "AUTUMN & THE BLACK JAGUAR" in theatres near you!

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Émilie Dequenne is a FORCE! She is here to talk about her amazing new thriller "SURVIVE" now on-demand and in theatres! This is an edge of the seat thriller you must see! Talking to her, I was in awe of her career!

At just 17 years old, she landed her first role in Rosetta by the Dardenne brothers, earning her the Best Actress award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, while the film itself won the Palme d’Or.

In 2001, she appeared in Christophe Gans’ Brotherhood of the Wolf, alongside Vincent Cassel, Samuel Le Bihan, and Jean Yanne, and won the Female Newcomer Award at the Cabourg Film Festival that same year. Over the years, she has taken on lead roles in socially driven dramas such as The Girl on the Train, Not My Type, This Is Our Land, and The Brigade.

At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, she won the Best Actress award in the "Un Certain Regard" category for her role in Our Children, a film by Joachim Lafosse that tells the tragic story of a woman who kills her four children.

In 2021, she received the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Love Affairs by Emmanuel Mouret, after four prior nominations across categories including Most Promising Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Actress.

Throughout her film career, Émilie Dequenne has worked with renowned directors such as Philippe Lioret, Claude Berri, Catherine Corsini, Yves Lavandier, André Téchiné, Eric Rochant, Marc Fitoussi, Albert Dupontel, Pierre Jolivet, Lucas Belvaux, and Lukas Dhont. In 2022, she received another Magritte Award for her performance in Close.

Find out this and more only on The Roundtable with Robert Bannon!

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2018 inductee into The Songwriters Hall of Fame NYC, 3 time Grammy and 6 time Emmy nominated Steve Dorff has written the soundtrack of people’s lives. If you love "Through The Years" or "I Just Fall In Love Again" this is for you! I mean he wrote the "Growing Pains Theme! Can you even?

From Willie Nelson to Whitney Houston, Steve has played an integral part in 5 decades worth of classic hit songs across all genres for some of the greatest voices of multiple generations.

Join Steve as he sits at the piano and plays through some of the iconic songs he’s written that have been sung by artists such as Barbra Streisand, Kenny Rogers, Celine Dion, Anne Murray, George Strait, and countless others.

Regaling the audience with the whimsical and entertaining stories behind those hits and much more, prepare yourself for a transformative journey through the musical memoirs of one of the most successful songwriters of the past 30 years.

His show comes to 54 Below Jan. 19th! Get tickets at 54Below.org!

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From PBS, Streisand, platnium albums, sold out world tours, we all know and love Il Volo! Those voices, the music, the glasses! We are so honored that they chose to come to the Roundtable to celebrate 15 years together and their new world tour!

In celebration of their new album and 15th anniversary as a trio, IL VOLO will embark on a World Tour, which kicks off in North America on February 28, 2025 in the United States and continues to Canada on April 2.  The 18-date North American tour will include stops at iconic venues like Radio City Music Hall in New York, Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, the Chicago Theater and Boston Opera House. IL VOLO will be offering a range of VIP packages including exclusive merchandise, a pre-show soiree, and meet and greet and photo with the trio. See full routing below and for the latest in touring news and ticketing information, please visit ilvolomusic.com.  

Only a month ago, the world's most famous Italian trio concluded a European tour that sold out in several capitals, and today, in the wake of this international success, they are announcing LIVE IN CONCERT 2025 - organized and produced by da MT Opera & Blues and Friends -, the first dates of a new tour that will bring IL VOLO's music to Europe in 2025. It will debut in Vienna @ Stadhalle on 2/11/2025 before hitting the cities of Berlin @ Uber Arena on 3/11/2025, Munich @ Olympiahalle on 5/11/2025, Leipzig @ Leipziger Messe on 6/11/2025, Stuttgart @ Porsche Arena on 8/11/2025, Cologne @ Lanxess Arena on 9/11/2025, Mannheim @ SAP Arena on 11/11/2025, Prague @ O2 Arena on 13/11/2025, Budapest @ MVM Dome on 14/11/2025, Wroclaw @ Hala Stulecia on 25/11/2025, Sofia @ Arena on 28/11/2025, Paris @ Zenith on 30/11/2025, Bratislava @ Tipos Arena on 2/12/2025, Luxembourg @ Rockhall on 4/12/2025, Brussels @ Forest National on 7/12/2025, Zurich @ Hallenstadion on 11/12/2025. 

For Italian fans, the wait is almost over: in January 2025, Tutti Per Uno – Ad Astra Live Nei Palasport, the tour in Italian arenas produced by Friends & Partners, is starting. It will open in Jesolo (@ Palazzo del Turismo, Jan. 10) and will continue with dates in Milan (@ Unipol Forum, Jan. 11), Treviso (@ Palaverde, Jan. 13), Florence (@ Nelson Mandela Forum, Jan. 15), Bologna (@ Unipol Arena, Jan. 17), Turin (@ Inalpi Arena, Jan. 18), Rome (@ Palazzo dello Sport, Jan. 21), Eboli (@ Palasele, Jan. 23), Bari (@ Palaflorio, Jan. 24), and Messina (@ Palarescifina, Jan. 26). Tickets are available on Ticketone.

Even on the musical front, the trio does not stop: after the release of Ad Astra (International Edition) - the new international version of the latest record project, enriched by five new tracks including Capolavoro (English Version) - the new single Tra le onde (Epic Records/Sony Music Italy). Written by Stefano Marletta and Michael Tenisci and produced by Michael Tenisci and E.D.D., the track draws us from the first notes into a dreamy atmosphere through an intimate piano base reminiscent of the embrace of a calm sea. The intensity grows as the strings rise like stormy waves, until it explodes in the refrain where the voices of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble intertwine creating a perfect harmony.

The trio is here to tell us all about it only on The Roundtable with Robert Bannon!

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We love Drag! We love activists! We have the best of both making their Roundtable debut here today! The One & Only Marti Gould Cummings is here to talk STAGE FRIGHT!

Stage Fright, hosted by OUT 100’s Marti Gould Cummings with Drama Desk-nominee Yaz Fukuoka on the keys, returns to the queer nightclub Red Eye NY!

Stage Fright is a weekly Broadway talk show where a Hell’s Kitchen crowd gets up close and personal with the hottest stars of the New York City theater scene. Other guests this season have included Kathy Najimy, Nick Adams, Kate Baldwin, and NKOTB’s Joey McIntyre. 

Host Marti Gould Cummings is a NYC Drag staple. Marti has been featured in Vogue, W Magazine, Paper Magazine, Time OUT NY, The NY Times, among others as well as on Good Morning America, The View, and Inside Edition. They produced and starred in the number one-rated Fusion Television Docuseries Shade Queens of NYC, hosted their own talk show, The Marti Report on Logo, Worst Cooks in America, Hulu’s Drag Me to Dinner, The X Change Rate, and Dragged for Yahoo! Marti has appeared in ad campaigns for COACH, McDonalds, Brooklyn Brewery, and Steve Madden. They currently serve as a performer and cruise director for Vacaya LGBTQ Travel.

Upcoming Guests

January 15 - Adam Pascal

January 22 - Jimbo

January 29 - John Cardoza

February 5 - Mandy Gonzalez 

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Picture it. United States, 2024. GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE is a parody that brings Miami’s sassiest seniors to stages around the country for one more hurrah. We find Sophia out on bail after being busted by the DEA for running a drug ring for retirees. Blanche and Rose have founded CreakN, a thriving sex app for seniors. And Dorothy is trying to hold it all together with help from a new (much) younger sex-crazed lover. GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE allows audiences to relive the heartfelt hilarity of the four ladies who never stopped being best friends.

Vince Kelley is a Detroiter! Vince Kelley Is An Actor! Vince Kelley Is Blanche! Vince is here to tell us about being in the show and what it takes to put it on!

GOLDEN GIRLS: THE LAUGHS CONTINUE is a professional stage show unlike any other Golden Girls tribute that you might have experienced. The play is written by Robert Leleux, author of The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy and The Living End. His work has also appeared in The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine and his other plays have been produced across the country. The show is directed by Eric Swanson, who was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Detroit Actors’ Theatre Company. The cast includes Ryan Bernier as Dorothy, Vince Kelley as Blanche, Adam Graber as Rose, Christopher Kamm as Sophia, and Tommy Favorite as Stanley/Burt. The tour is produced by Murray & Peter Present and Innovation Arts & Entertainment.

For Tickets & Info: www.goldengirlstour.com

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We have the one & only award-winning musical storyteller Ari Axelrod here! His new album A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway will be available on CD and digital formats on Friday, January 17, 2025. Featuring a 13-piece orchestra arranged and conducted by Mike Stapleton, with additional arrangements by Larry Yurman, A Place for Us tells an unforgettable story of a community’s survival built on courage and the yearning for “peace and quiet and open air… somewhere.” Axelrod will celebrate the album release with a special concert at New York’s 54 Below on Saturday, January 18 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available HERE. The album is produced by Tommy Krasker and Bart Migal, with Ron Thomas serving as executive producer. 

The Broadway musical as we know it would not exist without the generations of Jewish songwriters who brought not only their talent but their heritage and perspective to their art. With A Place for Us, Axelrod has gathered a collection of this cherished work through which he finds healing and a sense of home and community, echoing the refuge generations of Jews have sought in the American theater. This new album adapts and expands upon the one-man show he’s performed to raves across the country (called “genuinely one of the finest shows I’ve ever seen” by BroadwayWorld), building on his deep connection to this material and his own Jewish heritage. 

Weaving together a century of songs from the likes of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, Mary Rodgers, Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel and many others – including Cole Porter, a gentile who said the key to hit songs lay in writing “Jewish tunes” – Axelrod creates a stunning tapestry of the Jewish American experience, from immigration and assimilation to activism, faith and family, revealing in exquisite detail how Jewish liturgy and culture were transformed into a popular music beloved by all. 

For Tickets: www.54Below.org

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