The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

We all remember the Epic Season 7 of American Idol! The Battle of The David's were all the rage! Well American Idol Winner David Cook is here! He has chart topping hits, has sold millions of records, toured the world, raised almost two million dollars for Brain Cancer Research, and is just getting started. He has a new single, a new tour, and he is talking about the importance of Mental Health!

Tune in for a great chat with a great artists! Plus so much more, only on "The Roundtable with Robert Bannon"

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Another Roundtable Debut! International drag darling Sherry Vine returns to glittering TV screens across the globe with The Sherry Vine Variety Show premiering on OUTtv on August 1st. Inspired by the great variety show legends of the 1970’s, Sherry Vine and director John Mark update the format with raucous comedy, show-stopping musical numbers, hilarious sketches and more. Watch HERE

Sherry Vine is back for an all new, hilarious, action-packed season of her variety show. 6 episodes packed with exciting and side-splitting comedy, including; a new continuing sketch, Touched By An Asshole that has Sherry trying to earn her angel wings; a 60 Minutes parody called Sissy Minutes, commercial parodies of GOOP, Social Media posts from some of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, The Exorcist in Drag, and the fan favorite Lady Cops. That’s not all folks as Sherry will release 5 new original songs. Plus, a send up of Kill Bill called Kill Jill. Season 3 also offers up a bevy of drag superstars including: Alaska Thunderfuck, Latrice Royale, Bianca Del Rio, Jackie Beat, Peppermint, Monet X Change, Laganja Estranja, Nina West, Salina Estitties, Ben DeLa Creme and more! 

Check out all she has to say only on The Roundtable!

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 Introducing Queerty nominated US comedian Tim Murray, who brings his spooky comedy hour ‘Witches’ back to North America starting this September. The show is a mix of stand up and original comedy songs about his favorite pop culture WITCHES!  Murray is like a gay Bo Burnham, but painted green and doing drag!  Click for tickets HERE

For fans who want to return for more witchy tomfoolery this fall Tim has added a delicious mix of new songs and stand-up you won’t want to miss and you may even witness some very special guests. Last year former (and one current) Elphabas Julia Murney, Eden Espinosa and Lissa DeGuzman popped into the sold-out Joe's Pub performance. 

In ‘Witches’, Murray uses hilarious personal stories about growing up a closeted, yet feminine boy, who tried hard to pass as straight to avoid being burned at the stake. He will have you howling at the moon, cackling at his jokes, and crying (but hopefully not melting)

From ‘The Craft’ to ‘Wicked’ to the ‘Sanderson Sisters’ to ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ and Angelica Houston's ‘Grand High Witch,’ Murray celebrates famous sorceresses throughout herstory and uses their stories as a parallel to the queer witch hunt.

His songs include "I Wanna Be Witches" which is about pretending to be superheroes with straight boys growing up but turning all his characters into witches and "I Hate Kids" - where he highlights how he has felt like a 40-year-old-woman since he was 8 years old and has hated children since he was one himself! He also has a song called ‘Dr. Dillamond’s Lament’, in which the forgotten character from the musical Wicked reveals a deep secret in a show-stopping number.  

Follow Tim Here:

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TikTok: @tmurray06 HERE

YouTube – HERE

X: @TMurray2006 HERE

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As we near the ten-year anniversary of Robin Williams’ passing on August 11th, Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) is delighted to announce that ROBIN & ME: MY LITTLE SPARK OF MADNESS, which had its award-winning Off-Broadway Premiere in the spring of 2023, will continue its journey in honoring Robin Williams’ legacy at theatres across Pennsylvania. Playwright & Actor Dave Droxler with Director Chad Austin will start off at Hedgerow Theatre Company from October 9-27, 2024 and will continue onto PPU Pittsburgh Playhouse in January of 2025, where these wonderful companies will produce new versions of the piece.

Additional production information can be found at https://www.hedgerowtheatre.org  and https://playhouse.pointpark.edu.

Dave’s got a lot on his mind. And the only person who can help him unpack it all is his imaginary friend and real life idol: Robin Williams. ROBIN & ME: MY LITTLE SPARK OF MADNESS is an autobiographical play that follows Dave Droxler as he becomes multiple characters and whimsically relives hilarious and difficult life moments, including the times when his father dropped the ball and Robin stepped in to get him through it. But how long will it take before Dave learns how to do it without Robin’s help?

www.abingdontheatre.org

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We all want to make a difference and do good work! Then there is Mark MacKillop! He has raised over 600k dollars for BC/EFA! He is here to talk about his career, his fundraising, and a brand new show coming to NY on September 2nd!

Mark MacKillop star of West Side Story, Dirty Dancing and Anastasia is back with his latest solo show. After 13 years in NYC he’s ready to make his Broadway Debut….well, Off Broadway. An evening of songs and self deprecation. Come find out why Paper Magazine listed Mark as one of the most fabulous performers on the planet and why a *redacted name* cabaret space rejected him.

100% of the proceeds from the show will be donated to BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS

Grab tickets here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36867/production/1207637?performanceId=11501125

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We have some pair of MutiHyphonate Superstars in the house tonight!

Up first, we loved chatting with Kevin T. Norman! He does a little bit of a lot of things! He is a Tik Tok Star, he is an author, he created a queer Book Club, and so much more. He is creating sales and putting authors on the map that are inclusive of everyone! He is a star!

Then Bryan Ruby is BACK! He joined us last year to talk about his charity, playing baseball, and being out and about! He comes back with a lineup of concerts, new singles, duets, and more inspiration and messages for us all! !

Listen to find out more only on “The Roundtable with Robert Bannon!”

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A TOUR DE FORCE FOR SURE! McKinley Belcher III was here last year! He was in the midst of killing it on the boards over at "Death of A Salesman" as Happy! Did you see it? Well if you saw it, you knew he was going to be a big star and guess what? He is! He received raves for "Eric" on Netflix. I told him, we would say we knew him when!

Plus he talks about his other TV, Film career including Ozark, The Passage, Mercy Street, and more! This is a must listen chat!

All this and more only on "The Roundtable with Robert Bannon!"

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We love siblings, inspiration, and activism! Today's guests do it all and happen to be siblings!

‘Three Keys’ is the latest novel from Laura Pritchett. Newly widowed and unemployed, a woman in her mid-fifties sets off on a journey of trespassing and adventure through the American West and beyond in this witty, thought-provoking novel from the PEN USA Award–winning writer.

Pritchett had been using her brother Rex Dean’s song “Butterfly Girl” in the graduate courses she teaches on nature writing. “When my publisher started putting together a Q&A for book clubs and asked what songs the protagonist might be listening to on the road, I thought of songs like John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain High’ and Joni Mitchell’s ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ — and my brother’s song.”

Dean and Pritchett grew up with seven other siblings on a ranch in Colorado. Dean is very proud of his little sister’s success as a writer and activist.

“Butterfly Girl” is a song about environmental damage, and the legacy we are leaving for our children. 

Dean hopes “Butterfly Girl” strikes a chord, and encourages people to see where real change will come from. “The real opportunity for saving the world is getting money out of politics, and accountability into business, so that our greedy, power hungry business leaders and politicians, who take bribes and make terrible decisions for everyone but themselves, are replaced by leaders who care.” 

Laura Pritchett’s seventh novel, “Three Keys” is available wherever books are sold on July 16th. ‘Butterfly Girl’ is available on all major music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon. Dean has sung for Princess Grace, Leonard Berstein, Ella Fitzegerald, and at the Montreux Jazz Festival, and yet this is his first song in wide release. Dean is also a filmmaker and his first feature, ‘Space Baby and the Holy Grail’ is currently completing a festival circuit before seeking distribution. 

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Anthony Wayne, best known for the hit Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical, in his concert “...Just Me. Anthony Wayne: Live” – on Monday, August 5 at 7:00 PM. His show is a behind-the-scenes, personal musical journey of the man behind the image. Wayne cracks himself open and takes the audience on a fun, intimate ride from his beginnings from a boy with a dream in Norfolk, Virginia, to singing on Broadway, to embodying the life of the late Disco singer Sylvester. This thrilling concert peels back the layers of “show” and unlocks his inspiring journey to “live free, love hard and laugh loud.” Enga Davis and AshtnMrtn are featured vocalists. The show is directed by Rufus Bonds, Jr., with music direction by Richard Baskin, Jr. Nia Blizzard serves as production stage manager. A livestream option is also available.

Anthony Wayne is an actor, producer and creator originally from Norfolk, Virginia. A graduate of Shenandoah Conservatory, Mr. Wayne was last seen on Broadway singing “Let’s Stay Together” as Raymond, Tina Turner’s first love interest in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical. His additional Broadway credits include Tootsie: The Musical, Anything Goes, Pippin, Once on This Island, and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. His touring credits include A Chorus Line as Richie Walters, The Color Purple, and Fame: The Musical as Tyrone Jackson. Recent performances include Andre in Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Cape Playhouse and the standout role of Bert in Mary Poppins at the North Carolina Theatre. After sold-out runs Off-Broadway and across the country, he is working on bringing his show Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical to Broadway; the musical based on the life of 1970s disco legend Sylvester. In Mighty Real, Mr. Wayne stars as Sylvester and serves as co-writer. The show is under the umbrella of the producing company ANTHONYKEN, LLC., which has spawned additional shows such as the biographical musical An Evening with Phyllis Hyman, the 1970s Soul Train inspired annual holiday show A Soulful Christmas, and the standout cabaret show “Kings & Queens of Soul.”

Mr. Wayne resides in Harlem, New York and contributes his time inspiring Black men of the Broadway and theater community to find greatness within themselves. That work inspired him to found the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization “Black Broadway Men,” which celebrates, educates, and motivates black men of the Broadway and theater community by creating unity within each other, finding strength through educational opportunities and embraces the legacy of those that have come before us. Instagram/Twitter: @MRAWAYNE, www.MRAWAYNE.com Black Broadway Men: @BLACKBROADWAYMEN, www.BlackBroadwayMen.org

 Anthony Wayne will perform “...Just Me. Anthony Wayne: Live” on Monday, August 5 at 7:00 PM at The Green Room 42 (570 Tenth Avenue at 42nd Street, on the 4th Floor of Yotel). The cover charge ranges from $30-$70. A livestream option is available for $20. For tickets, please visit www.TheGreenRoom42.com. 

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Debra Jo Rupp (“That 70’s Show,” “That 90’s Show, “Wanda Vision”) currently starring in Barrington Stage Company's production of the Tony Award-winning farce Boeing Boeing, thru August on BSC’s Boyd-Quinson Stage.A veteran of stage and screen, Rupp’s career spans nearly 45 years of Broadway, Off-Broadway, film, and 300+ television appearances, most notably her beloved role as Kitty Forman in “That 70’s Show,” and its follow-up, the current hit Netflix series “That 90’s Show.” Rupp has been welcomed into the Marvel Universe, appearing alongside Elizabeth Olsen in the Disney+ series “Wanda Vision,” appeared on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1990), and Off-Broadway in the one-woman show, Becoming Dr. Ruth, a role she originated at BSC, where she is an Associate Artist.In the high-altitude, hilarious French farce, Boeing Boeing, Rupp plays housekeeper Berthe, helping her playboy boss navigate his increasingly complicated dates with a trio of flight attendants. 

We love her and we are honored she stopped by to say hi on "The Roundtable!"

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