The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

Surviving racism, homophobia and childhood trauma, Carl Bean found his voice through song – first as a gospel singer in Harlem’s Christian Tabernacle Choir and then later performing with his group Carl Bean and Universal Love on their 1974 album “Universal Love.” But it was the recording of the 1977 Motown hit “I Was Born This Way” that would earn him fame; the song was celebrated as the world’s f...

Leon Isaac Kennedy is a trailblazing dj, actor and filmmaker. He started his career in the media at the age of 15, working as a dj in various radio markets – Cleveland, Detroit, Washington, DC, Houston and Los Angeles  -- known to his listeners as the legendary “Leon the Lover!” By 19,  he served as the writer producer and host of a syndicated tv show, called OUTTA SIGHT, a precursor to the long-r...

You know we try to stay on top of things here at The Roundtable! Well we are telling you, this is the next TV smash! We caught this at Tribeca and had to share! Mother, May I Have a Kidney? is a heartfelt comedy-drama about Doug Andrews, a thirty-something navigating a full-blown midlife crisis when he’s hit with even worse news: he needs a kidney transplant. The only viable donor? His estranged m...

If you are like me, you grew up on Zeppelin! My mother was in love with them and they were the soundtrack to our lives! Well, an all female Led Zeppelin cover band called "Lez Zeppelin" exists and I did not know!? Well I know now! There is no other band like Lez Zeppelin. Since 2004, this all-girl powerhouse quartet has captured the essence, spirit, power and seductiveness of Led Zeppelin both ons...

Jeff Hiller is here. You know him from "Somebody Somewhere," "American Horror Story," and more. He has a new book "Actress of A Certain Age" that I promise will have you laughing out loud. It is the Pride Pick of the Week! If you have a Fire Island or P Town Book Club, well we did the picking for you! Jeff swung by with a great chat you can not miss! The book is available wherever books are sold!...

We adore Nathan Lee Graham. From his roles on Broadway and Off-Broadway, (I mean did you see Titanique?!) to his film work (We love a Zoolander moment!), we love it all! Nathan had an amazing year earning rave reviews in "Mid Century Modern" with Nathan Lane and Matt Bomer! They had chemistry for days and made hard physical comedy look easy! We stan the show! We caught up with Nathan and talked hi...

We had a blast with podcast superstar Patrick Hinds! He is coming to NY this week, but hurry! It is pretty sold ou! Come for the show, stay for the party! Patrick Hinds (co-host of the podcasts True Crime Obsessed and Golden Girls Deep Dive Podcast) is bringing his one of a kind storytelling event back across the country. This time he’s mashing up a hilariously disastrous evening he spent with Gol...

We have so much fun at Tribeca and their are way too many amazing projects! We will be showing you some of the best all week long! Today we have comedy superstar Tim Heidecker to kick it off to talk "Fior Di Latte." Desperate for inspiration and drowning on a deadline, New York playwright, Mark, turns to an unlikely muse: huffing an old bottle of Italian perfume. Convinced the fading scent holds t...

Onne of the All-Star Drag Race Queen Superstars makes her Roundtable Debut! Alyssa Edwards is here! She is coming to my neck of the woods! How about closing out Pride with Alyssa at Bergen PAC in Englewood, NJ? She tells us all about her show, her story, and why Pride in NJ is going to be a MOMENT! We talk the importance of Pride, her growing up in Texas, and why this show in NJ is so important th...

One of our favorite events of the year is here! Tribeca Film Festival rolled into NYC and we were there! Adrienne Garzillo hit the red carpet for our first day of coverage! We start off with a political one-two punch! Cory Booker & Jasmine Crockett are here! Listen to their advice for the world we live in! We had the chance to step on the carpet for Storytellers with Music Superstars Mark Ronson &...

One of our favorite events of the year is here! Tribeca Film Festival rolled into NYC and we were there! Adrienne Garzillo hit the red carpet for our first day of coverage! We start off with the co-founder of the festival Jane Rosenthal. Then it is off to Paradise Records to talk to Logic, Kevin Smith, David Krumholtz, and more! We had the chance to step on the carpet for Storytellers with Jim Gaf...

Barbara Walters, she didn’t just report the news, she made news. She was a true American original - and trailblazer who broke ground for women. Now, this powerful documentary from Imagine Documentaries and ABC News Studios gives viewers an intimate and raw look at her astonishing career, personal life, and the challenges she faced trying to balance it all as a woman in a male dominated industry. B...

Award-winning actress Nadège August, who currently stars as "Joan" on the BET+ original series Tyler Perry's RUTHLESS,whose highly-anticipated Season 5 episodes premiered is out joins us for her Broadway Debut! The series, a spin-off of "The Oval," follows "Ruth Truesdale" as she is forced to play nice with a scandalous, religious cult of powerful, sex-crazed fanatics in the hope of freeing hersel...

Rachel Israel's THE FLOATERS, which had its world premiere at the Bentonville Film Festival this week is out topic on the Roundtable today!. Directed by Rachel Israel (Keep the Change), the film was written by siblings, Becky, Lily, and Shai Korman, along with Andra Gordon (Castle in the Ground, The Other Half), Amelia Brain, and Brent Hoff (Pranksta). It has an incredible ensemble cast consisting...

We are FANS of Archie! David Archuleta is back! He has new music, a new message, and he is singing and spreading PRIDE wherever he goes. In our chat, he talks this new "flirty" era that he is living in with his new single "Creme Brulee" that is now out! He has actually been putting out a lot of music this month! We get the full run down! Plus David delivers his message to the LGBTQIA+ community th...

Lewis Flinn is a composer and lyricist known for his catchy melodies and innovative scores. His acclaimed Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones debuted in 2011 (with a book by Douglas Carter Beane) and also ran at The Dallas Theater Center and Off-Broadway with the Transport Group. It is currently licensed through Concord Theatricals. Other current projects with Beane include Hood (Asolo Theater 2022,...

Following smash hit runs in London's West End, the WhatsOnStage ‘BEST NEW MUSICAL’ winner, Heathers the Musical is heading back to NYC this summer.  Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is  a matter of life and death,  and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, ...

Everybody look around, there’s reason to rejoice! The Tony Award®-winning Best Musical that took the world by storm is back. Conjuring up an Oz unlike anything ever seen before, the creative team is helmed by director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida) and includes choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyonce’s “Single Ladies”), William F. Brown (book), Charlie Smalls (music & lyrics...

 Satori Shakoor, a dynamic, multi-disciplinary artist and cultural force whose latest work, “Confessions of a Menopausal Femme Fatale,” is a bold, hilarious, and deeply honest stand-up storytelling concert film tackling menopause, aging, and womanhood. The film was recorded at Detroit Public Theatre and is being released June 12 on Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, and GooglePlay. Satori is the host of “De...

What is Bowl EP? Well... Kelly K Klarkson and Quentavius da Quitter need to find a name for their rap group. Through flirty interludes, cringy overshares, and practicing their ollies, they grow increasingly closer. Skating and Smoking. Skating and Drinking. Skating and exorcising a demon. With live skateboarding and original music, enter Bowl EP: a skate parkin the middle of a wastelandat the edge...

We love us some Andy Kaufman! He was a trailblazer, brilliant, and ahead of his time! We were so excited to hear about this new doc at Tribeca. We have the director Clay Tweel here to tell us all about this comedic mastermind! This revealing documentary offers unprecedented access to the private world of comedy's most enigmatic provocateur, Andy Kaufman, through a treasure trove of never-before-he...

Rob Murat is an award winning singer, songwriter, producer and actor originally from Queens, NY. His work has been featured on MTV, Vh1, BET, ESPN, CBS, TV One, HBO, and PBS achieving over 100 million impressions nationwide. He is a two-time Telly Award winner for his music video short films, "Love Me Love" (Silver Telly - Music Video Category) and "Fly Away" (People's Telly). On both projects, Ro...

The future is here and we have the next generation of filmmakers! Both of them have films coming to Tribeca! Are you ready? “Baby Tooth”, starring Dakota Bouher and the late Keith Roy Chrismon, is a darkly funny showdown that takes place in a rural Oregon parking lot. Marina has two things to offer: her grandfather’s antique speedboat and a stubborn baby tooth. When a local man answers her ad, thi...

Jason Vendryes is fresh from Tribeca where his film One Spoon of Chocolate (written and directed by RZA) is having its world premiere and he is here!  One Spoon of Chocolate is an upcoming American drama film written, produced and directed by RZA. It stars Shameik Moore, Paris Jackson, RJ Cyler, Harry Goodwins, Johnell Young, Michael Harney, Rockmond Dunbar, E'myri Crutchfield, Blair Underwood, Ja...

New York’s new interdisciplinary performance group, co-founded by artistic director Austin Regan and resident artist Kendal Hartse – will present their inaugural production UH OH! Exclamation Point Kendal Hartse Question Mark Live and In Concert Question Mark for two performances at The Gym at Judson (243 Thompson Street, NYC) on Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15 at 7:00 PM. UH OH!, written by...