Episode Description
Veteran stage actor Kim Sullivan and G. Keith go way back. Kim has many funny stories to tell about performing all over the world and the many stars he’s worked with.
Guest Biography
Kim Sullivan is veteran actor currently holding down understudy chores in The Piano Lesson by August Wilson at the Barrymore Theatre. Most recently he was Solly Two Kings in Gem of the Ocean also by August Wilson. Mr. Sullivan is one of handful of actors who has performed in all ten plays of the Wilson canon. Some of them more than once. This is his fifth production of The Piano Lesson alone. In March he is off to the Theatre de la Bastille in Paris to complete the tour of Silence and Fear, the story of Nina Simone. In that production he plays Nina’s father, John Divine. That production has been touring France, Switzerland and Portugal since 2019. Before that New Yorkers could catch him as Imamu Baraka aka Leroi Jones in Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad, at the Costillio Theatre. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of NYU School of the Arts and currently resides in Philadelphia. Nina Simone. In that production he plays Nina’s father, John Divine. That production has been touring France, Switzerland and Portugal since 2019. Before that New Yorkers could catch him as Imamu Baraka aka Leroi Jones in Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad, at the Costillio Theatre. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of NYU School of the Arts and currently resides in Philadelphia.
Host – G. Keith Alexander
Born and raised in Chicago, G. Keith Alexander as a young boy had dreams of becoming a disc jockey and eventually became music director, afternoon jock, and leader of the launch team for his native city’s new station WGCI. His baritone delivery has also resounded over the airwaves of Disco 92 WKTU, 98.7 KISS-FM, former jazz station WRVR, Inner City Broadcasting’s WBLS in the Big Apple, Clear Channel’s Jammin’ 105, and Infinity’s New MIX 102.7.
G. Keith is also the host of “What’s Hot! HarlemAmerica with G. Keith Alexander”, the first podcast hosted on the HarlemAmerica Digital Network. He talks with a great variety of influential black voices in the entertainment industry like Gloria Gaynor, Keith David, Dionne Warwick, Darrin Henson, Phylicia Rashad, and more.
Episode Description
Veteran stage actor Kim Sullivan and G. Keith go way back. Kim has many funny stories to tell about performing all over the world and the many stars he’s worked with.
Host – G. Keith Alexander
Born and raised in Chicago, G. Keith Alexander as a young boy had dreams of becoming a disc jockey and eventually became music director, afternoon jock, and leader of the launch team for his native city’s new station WGCI. His baritone delivery has also resounded over the airwaves of Disco 92 WKTU, 98.7 KISS-FM, former jazz station WRVR, Inner City Broadcasting’s WBLS in the Big Apple, Clear Channel’s Jammin’ 105, and Infinity’s New MIX 102.7.
G. Keith is also the host of “What’s Hot! HarlemAmerica with G. Keith Alexander”, the first podcast hosted on the HarlemAmerica Digital Network. He talks with a great variety of influential black voices in the entertainment industry like Gloria Gaynor, Keith David, Dionne Warwick, Darrin Henson, Phylicia Rashad, and more.
Guest Biography
Kim Sullivan is veteran actor currently holding down understudy chores in The Piano Lesson by August Wilson at the Barrymore Theatre. Most recently he was Solly Two Kings in Gem of the Ocean also by August Wilson. Mr. Sullivan is one of handful of actors who has performed in all ten plays of the Wilson canon. Some of them more than once. This is his fifth production of The Piano Lesson alone. In March he is off to the Theatre de la Bastille in Paris to complete the tour of Silence and Fear, the story of Nina Simone. In that production he plays Nina’s father, John Divine. That production has been touring France, Switzerland and Portugal since 2019. Before that New Yorkers could catch him as Imamu Baraka aka Leroi Jones in Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad, at the Costillio Theatre. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of NYU School of the Arts and currently resides in Philadelphia. Nina Simone. In that production he plays Nina’s father, John Divine. That production has been touring France, Switzerland and Portugal since 2019. Before that New Yorkers could catch him as Imamu Baraka aka Leroi Jones in Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad, at the Costillio Theatre. Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of NYU School of the Arts and currently resides in Philadelphia.
