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Performer Robert Bannon sits down with the best and brightest artists to have in-depth, fun, craft filled chats with stars of Broadway, Stage, Screen, and Social Media. It could be the Tony Winner of the Moment to a Tik Tok Star going viral, literally there is something for everyone! This show is not about gossip, scandal, or gotcha questions. This is a show about the journey, the craft, and a whole lot of fun! Join us for special Red Carpet Events from Broadway Openings, NY Galas, to The Tribeca Film Festival! We cover everyone and everywhere! We will be uploading new chats weekly, so make sure to subscribe and join us! Direct from over one million views on YouTube, "The Roundtable" makes its podcast debut with The Broadway Podcast Network! Follow us on on all Social Media- @RobertMBannon
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- Yesterday24 min
Rebeca Robles Talks HUMAN THINGS, Bringing a New Play to New York & Creating It Alongside Husband Joshua Owen!
It’s a family affair at The Roundtable! 🎭 Rebeca Robles joins us to talk all about the new Off-Broadway play HUMAN THINGS — and playwright (and husband!) Joshua Owen joins the conversation too! We get into the journey of bringing this new work to the stage, where the story came from, what Rebeca saw in the piece as both an artist and producer, and what it’s really like creating something this personal alongside your spouse. Plus, we talk about the incredible company bringing HUMAN THINGS to life, including two-time Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, Ben Rosenfield and Tony Award nominee Michael Mulheren, and why this story about relationships, connection, survival and the complicated ways we need one another feels so timely. HUMAN THINGS is now playing at the West End Theatre in New York City. Come hang with us for a great conversation about theatre, marriage, collaboration and taking a chance on a brand-new play! Watch the full conversation now on The Roundtable with Robert Bannon, available on BroadwayWorld, Broadway Podcast Network, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio and wherever you get your favorite shows! Be sure to like, subscribe, follow and share — and as always, remember: the best is yet to come! #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #RebecaRobles #JoshuaOwen #HumanThings #VictoriaClark #OffBroadway #NYCTheatre #Theatre #Broadway #NewYork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 days ago39 min
Neil Patrick Harris headlines a HUGE Movie Night on The Roundtable!
Emmy and Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris joins Robert Bannon for a special conversation about his new film Sunny Dancer — and we’re sitting down with the film’s writer/director George Jaques too! Neil talks about stepping into the world of Sunny Dancer, what drew him to the film and his character Patrick, while George reveals what Neil brought to the role that wasn’t necessarily on the page. And yes… when you put NPH and Robert together, the conversation takes a few VERY funny turns. 😂 But Neil is only the beginning of a jam-packed Movie Night! 🎵 Este Haim of HAIM & Zachary Dawes take us behind the music of Sunny Dancer and the process of creating the film’s score. 🔥 Aladdin star Mena Massoud joins Elijah Alexander to talk Daniel & the Fiery Furnace and bringing the epic story to the screen. 🚂 James Paxton & director Adam Rifkin close out the night with Last Train to Fortune, the new Western adventure starring Paxton alongside screen legend Malcolm McDowell. It’s one of our biggest movie nights yet — actors, directors, composers and some fantastic new films, all at The Roundtable. 📺 Watch on YouTube & BroadwayWorld🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio & the Broadway Podcast Network The best is yet to come. #NeilPatrickHarris #NPH #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #SunnyDancer #GeorgeJaques #EsteHaim #HAIM #ZacharyDawes #MenaMassoud #Aladdin #ElijahAlexander #JamesPaxton #AdamRifkin #LastTrainToFortune #MovieNight #Film #Movies #CelebrityInterviews #BroadwayWorld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 days ago19 min
Claybourne Elder Talks The Cape Playhouse, Spelling Bee & Little Shop of Horrors!
Claybourne Elder is having one busy theatrical season! The Broadway favorite joins Robert Bannon on The Roundtable to talk about heading to The Cape Playhouse to direct the 25th anniversary production of the Tony Award-winning musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Claybourne opens up about taking on the beloved musical from the director’s chair, what makes Spelling Bee continue to connect with audiences 25 years later, and the fun—and responsibility—of putting his own stamp on a show that has become such a favorite with theater fans. And somehow, he’s doing all of this while starring Off-Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors in New York! We talk about balancing life as both an actor and director, what working on one side of the creative table teaches you about the other, his time at The Cape Playhouse, and why getting to make theater remains so special. It’s a conversation about Broadway, directing, acting, and one seriously packed theatrical schedule with one of our favorite people in the business! For more info, go to RobertBannon.com and follow Robert on IG @RobertMBannon. Watch and listen to The Roundtable with Robert Bannon on BroadwayWorld, Broadway Podcast Network, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and wherever you get your podcasts. #ClaybourneElder #TheCapePlayhouse #SpellingBee #25thAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee #LittleShopOfHorrors #Broadway #OffBroadway #MusicalTheatre #Theatre #CapeCod #BroadwayWorld #BroadwayPodcastNetwork #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 4 days ago24 min
The Lazours Talk Night Side Songs, Making Music From Illness, Care & Connection
Daniel and Patrick Lazour — the award-winning brother songwriting team known as The Lazours — join Robert Bannon on The Roundtable to talk about their moving new musical, Night Side Songs. Inspired by Susan Sontag’s idea of illness as “the night side of life,” the folk-infused theatrical work brings together the perspectives of patients, caregivers, doctors and researchers, exploring what happens when illness changes the way we understand time, family and one another. The piece was commissioned and developed by American Repertory Theater before making its way to Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3, where it played the Claire Tow Theater earlier this year. The Lazours talk about the extensive research behind the musical, creating songs around subjects that can be difficult to put into words, and why communal singing became such an important part of the experience. They also celebrate the original Off-Broadway cast album, released August 21, featuring Robin de Jesús, Brooke Ishibashi, Jonathan Raviv, Kris Saint-Louis and Mary Testa. It’s a thoughtful conversation about theater, mortality, care — and the remarkable ability of music to create connection when words alone aren’t enough. For more info, go to RobertBannon.com and follow Robert on IG @RobertMBannon. #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #TheLazours #NightSideSongs #DanielLazour #PatrickLazour #Broadway #OffBroadway #MusicalTheatre #Theatre #LincolnCenterTheater #LCT3 #CastRecording #BroadwayWorld #BroadwayPodcastNetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 5 days ago21 min
Jon Rudnitsky, Delilah Napier & Lucy Powers Talk Floating Carousel!
What happens when modern dating becomes completely unhinged? Jon Rudnitsky, Delilah Napier and Lucy Powers join me at The Roundtable to talk about FLOATING CAROUSEL, the award-winning dark comedy taking on love, sex and the absolute insanity of dating in modern-day New York City. Inspired by real-life dating disasters — including the incredible discovery that Delilah and Lucy had BOTH gone on a first Hinge date with the same man — Floating Carousel follows a Gender Studies grad student, a messy philanderer, an in-denial Sugar Baby, an aspiring cabaret artist and a professional cuddler as their lives collide in one increasingly wild web of relationships. Written and directed by Napier and Powers, the film features an incredible ensemble including Dylan Baker, Jessica Hecht, Catherine Curtin, Michael Cyril Creighton, Gus Birney, Reg Rogers and Jon Rudnitsky, and took home the Ultra Indie Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Woodstock Film Festival. We get into where these crazy stories came from, turning dating nightmares into comedy, making independent film, Jon stepping into this wonderfully messy world — and what Floating Carousel has to say about trying to find actual human connection in the swipe-right era. BUT WAIT… THERE’S MORE. 👀 We also have a BIG SURPRISE COUPLE UNVEILING during the conversation! Two familiar faces are joining the Floating Carousel family — and they’re revealing it right here at The Roundtable! 🎠🎬 Come for the dating disasters. Stay for the surprise. Catch The Roundtable with Robert Bannon on BroadwayWorld, Broadway Podcast Network, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio & more. For more info, go to RobertBannon.com and follow Robert on IG @RobertMBannon. #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #FloatingCarousel #JonRudnitsky #DelilahNapier #LucyPowers #IndependentFilm #IndieFilm #Comedy #DarkComedy #ModernDating #NYC #WoodstockFilmFestival #Film #Movies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 6 days ago15 min
The Roundtable Goes to Margaritaville! John H. Cunningham Takes Us Inside Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers!
Before Margaritaville became an empire, before Parrot Heads became a culture, and before Jimmy Buffett became one of music’s most beloved icons, there was a group of musicians helping create a sound — and a lifestyle — unlike anything else. On this episode of The Roundtable with Robert Bannon, filmmaker John H. Cunningham joins Robert to talk about his new feature documentary, Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers, an intimate, funny, and revealing look at the wild early years of Jimmy Buffett and the original Coral Reefer Band. Set against the colorful backdrop of 1970s and early-'80s Key West, Occupational Hazard digs into the musicians, friendships, studio sessions, touring adventures, and sometimes chaotic lifestyle that helped shape Buffett's unmistakable sound. Through rare and never-before-seen archival footage and candid interviews with the people who were actually there, the film tells the origin story behind the phenomenon that would eventually become Margaritaville. And there are some serious names along for the ride. Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges narrates, while the documentary features voices including Kenny Chesney, Mac McAnally, songwriter Keith Sykes, original Coral Reefers, producers, tour personnel, and others who witnessed those formative years firsthand. Cunningham has a personal connection to this story, too. He first saw Buffett and the Coral Reefers perform in 1977 and moved to Key West the following year. Today, he's a filmmaker and USA TODAY bestselling author of the 12-book Buck Reilly Adventure Series. What began as an effort to capture part of the Coral Reefers' history ultimately grew into a feature documentary preserving stories from an era — and from people — that Cunningham knew couldn't be allowed to disappear. Robert and John talk about discovering the stories behind the songs, the beautiful chaos of those early touring years, Buffett's relationship with the musicians who helped build his sound, the magic of Key West, and why Jimmy Buffett's legacy goes much deeper than margaritas, beaches, and flip-flops. Occupational Hazard: The First Coral Reefers is in its theatrical run now, with a U.S. and Canadian digital release planned for November. As Buffett told his friends near the end of his life: "Keep the party going." Occupational Hazard shows us where that party began. For more info, go to RobertBannon.com and follow Robert on IG @RobertMBannon. #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #OccupationalHazard #JimmyBuffett #JohnCunningham #CoralReeferBand #CoralReefers #Margaritaville #ParrotHeads #JeffBridges #KennyChesney #MacMcAnally #KeyWest #MusicDocumentary #MusicHistory #JimmyBuffettFans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago24 min
Julia Murney Takes Spelling to the Cape!
Broadway powerhouse Julia Murney is back at the Cape Playhouse — and this time, she’s ringing the bell at one of musical theatre’s funniest competitions! On this episode of The Roundtable with Robert Bannon, Julia joins Robert to talk about starring as Rona Lisa Peretti in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now playing at the historic Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts through September 19. The Tony Award-winning musical features music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss. This new Cape production is directed by Broadway favorite Claybourne Elder and choreographed by Jeffrey Gugliotti. Julia leads a terrific company that includes Tatianna Córdoba, Raymond J. Lee, Evan Tyrone Martin, Viveca Chow, Khadija E. Sankoh, Cody Jamison Strand, Joel Waggoner and Alex Wyse. And if you know Spelling Bee, you know the audience is part of the fun — volunteers enter the competition alongside the cast, making every performance just a little unpredictable. For Julia, the Cape Playhouse is familiar territory. She previously took on one of musical theatre’s great roles there, Mama Rose in Gypsy. This time around, she gets to trade Rose’s ambition for Rona Lisa Peretti’s spelling lists, trophies and memories of her own championship glory. Of course, Julia’s career goes far beyond the Cape. Broadway audiences know her as Elphaba in Wicked and from Lennon, while her acclaimed performance as Queenie in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party earned her a Drama Desk nomination. Her stage credits also include Between the Lines, Falling, Time and Again, A Little Night Music, Ragtime and Evita, along with television appearances including Sex and the City and the Law & Order universe. Robert and Julia talk about returning to the Cape, finding the comedy and heart inside Spelling Bee, working with Claybourne Elder and this wildly talented company, and the incredible career that has made Julia Murney one of Broadway’s most distinctive voices. Because beneath all the hilarious words, awkward adolescents and dreaded DING!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee remains a show about something we all understand: wanting to belong, wanting to win — and figuring out that sometimes losing isn't the end of the world. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee plays the Cape Playhouse through September 19, 2026. Tickets & Show Information — The Cape Playhouse For more info, go to RobertBannon.com and follow Robert on IG @RobertMBannon. #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #JuliaMurney #SpellingBee #The25thAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee #CapePlayhouse #Broadway #Wicked #TheWildParty #MusicalTheatre #ClaybourneElder #BroadwayWorld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 1 weeks ago24 min
Stephen Sheffer Brings Lean-To to The Roundtable!
What happens when three strangers head into the woods looking for an escape—and find connection, loneliness, laughter, and a little Britney Spears instead? Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based playwright Stephen Sheffer joins Robert Bannon on The Roundtable to talk about his new play, Lean-To, making its world premiere Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters in New York City. Presented by New Light Theater Project and Pendragon Theatre and directed by Jesse Jou, Lean-To follows an overprepared hiker and a not-so-prepared couple who find themselves sharing a rustic shelter in the woods. As they bond over Britney Spears, shared supplies, and their mutual desire to get away from city life, an unexpected connection begins to form—but something else may be brewing around the campfire. Part comedy and part tender drama, Lean-To explores loneliness, our need for human connection, and what happens when we leave the noise of everyday life behind. Stephen tells us how a real night spent in a lean-to during the depths of COVID inspired the play, why forests and wild spaces continue to show up in his writing, and his fascination with what he calls “grounded existentialism.” We also talk about the idea of humans being part of nature rather than separate from it—and why protecting our wild spaces feels especially urgent right now. Stephen's work has been seen at Ars Nova, Rattlestick Theater, Cherry Lane Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Hartford Stage, The Flea, and more. His plays include SOS, Private Property, the award-winning Back To Mine, The Spark, and IRMPOV SHOW. He's also a screenwriter, performer, teaching artist, and founding member of NYC's long-running Dirty Little Secrets Improv Show. Lean-To runs September 10–October 10 at 59E59 Theaters for a limited Off-Broadway engagement. It’s theater, nature, Britney Spears, and a conversation about why—even when we run away from everything—we still need each other. For more info, go to RobertBannon.com and follow Robert on IG @RobertMBannon. #TheRoundtable #RobertBannon #StephenSheffer #LeanTo #OffBroadway #59E59 #59E59Theaters #NYCTheater #NYCTheatre #Theater #Theatre #Playwright #NewYorkTheater #NewLightTheaterProject #PendragonTheatre #BroadwayWorld #BroadwayPodcastNetwork #BritneySpears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
About The Roundtable with Robert Bannon
Performer Robert Bannon sits down with the best and brightest artists to have in-depth, fun, craft filled chats with stars of Broadway, Stage, Screen, and Social Media. It could be the Tony Winner of the Moment to a Tik Tok Star going viral, literally there is something for everyone! This show is not about gossip, scandal, or gotcha questions. This is a show about the journey, the craft, and a whole lot of fun! Join us for special Red Carpet Events from Broadway Openings, NY Galas, to The Tribeca Film Festival! We cover everyone and everywhere! We will be uploading new chats weekly, so make sure to subscribe and join us! Direct from over one million views on YouTube, "The Roundtable" makes its podcast debut with The Broadway Podcast Network! Follow us on on all Social Media- @RobertMBannon
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