July 30, 2025 • 4 mins
Cubby and Christine had Vincent Jamal Hooper (Simba in The Lion King) and Marcus M. Martin (Genie standby in Aladdin) in studio to talk about Disney day for Broadway in Bryant Park.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Put us.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
It's forty seven LIGHTFM, Cubby and Christine in the morning.
Tomorrow's a big day, Christian. Yes, Broadway and Brian Park.
It's Disney Day a Broadway and Brian Park. And what
better way to celebrate than right now to tell you
about tomorrow. So in studio we got Marcus Martin. He's
the Genie standby in Aladdin, right.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Sir, Yes, Sarah, Hello, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
You play Genie on tour. Yes, yes, more on that
in a second. And we've got Vincent Jamal Hooper, you
play Simba in The Lion King.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I am yes, yes, right right there in the pridelines,
right right right.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
And you guys are are friends because after all it's
Disney shows but still Disney.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yes days, Disney family always family.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to light FM.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Everybody, Thank you so much for being here this morning.
I know it's a busy day for you because it's
Mattinee Day. Yeah tomorrow we're in the park, so I
know you have a lot on the agenda. Tell us
what your days are like actually doing Broadway shows. You
guys must be like super super busy.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Such a physical role, so you know there's lots of
you got to get on your fitness and spending the morning.
I eat a very particular diet for breakfast and what
is it three to four boiled eggs. Were doing Greek
yogurt with strawberries and blueberries and granola and orange tee.
Like it's just like all the vitamins, all the things,
just to make sure that you can keep the thing going.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, oh yeah, yes, it's amazing. Eleven thousand performances, that's amazing.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
This is the twenty eighth year I believe of Lion King,
which is incredible. I mean like unprecedented.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
And also Aladdin is celebrating a big anniversary as well.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, we just had our four thousandth performance. Uh huh
so The Braided ten years a couple of years ago.
You know, it's it's such an honor to be a
part of a show that's such a staple.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Now, what can we expect tomorrow at Broadway and Brian Park?
Because I understand you guys used to kind of watch
it on YouTube and you grew up watching clips of
Broadway and Brian Park, right.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, absolutely. I grew up in Akron, Ohio, which is
about seven hours away.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
This is a genie talking by I grew up in
akro Ohio about six and a half seven hours away.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
In While my mom and I were fortunate enough to
be able to see shows quite often, we couldn't see everything.
And so like for me being a theater kid in
the Midwest, like YouTube videos are broad away in Bryant Park,
was that was my that was my avenue in getting
to now do it is is kind of a dream
come true. It's a some my theater kid bucket list.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Does it feel weird to perform in street clothes too,
because for those that don't know, usually you're not in
full costumes, right right? Does it feel like you're kind
of like in the backyard again.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
As a kid?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I mean, well, it's kind of cool though, because like
that's kind of what I don't think all of us
are trying to get back to all the time, is like, oh,
what it felt like to do the thing as a kid.
I mean, like speaking for myself, I don't know that
I'll hate not wearing a corset, you know, and being
a T shirt.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That'd be pretty nice.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Yeah, yeah, it'd be a good time.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Did both of you know from when you were really
really young, like that you had to do this, You
had to do theater.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
No.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Actually, like it wasn't until I was probably about sixteen
or seventeen where I encountered people who did it for
a living and I was like, wait, wait, wait, wait wait,
Like this is a thing that exists, Like you get
paid to pay perform and they flew you out from
New York to Texas and it just kind of cracked
my whole world open. And so then that from there on,
I was like really looking at it as like a
profession and curious about how do I get to be
(03:11):
a part of this bigger thing.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, I got a bit by the book early. I'm
not gonna lie. I was seven years old when I
took my first theater class in Ohio and I've been
hooked ever since. And ironically enough, Genie was a dream
role for me. When I was a teenager, I was
watching James Moreau I Gohard, the original Genie, you know,
win a Tony on the Tony Awards, and seeing somebody
like him, you know, a plus sized African American man
(03:34):
taking up space winning a Tony for it. I always
say it gave me permission to dream of more so
now to not only be on Broadway, but to be
on Broadway in this role that means so much to me.
And you know it's a cliche, but it really issue
representation really matters.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Tell everybody to come and hang tomorrow. It's a free
event Broadway and Brian Park.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Go ahead, Vincent, come through Broadway and Bryant Park. It's
the Disney Magic right there, free, live and in person.
We're saying all your favorite Disney hits. It's gonna be
a good time.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
And Marcus had what the genie said.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Listen, everybody, twelve thirty tomorrow, you do not want to
miss Broadway and Brian Park, the Disney hits, the songs
that you grew up on, Disney Magic all day, all day,
all night. We're gonna have a good party. Everybody, come
on out and hang out with us.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah tomorrow, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
More Covey and Christine and the great music variety you
expect next on Light at Them
Put us.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
It's forty seven LIGHTFM, Cubby and Christine in the morning.
Tomorrow's a big day, Christian. Yes, Broadway and Brian Park.
It's Disney Day a Broadway and Brian Park. And what
better way to celebrate than right now to tell you
about tomorrow. So in studio we got Marcus Martin. He's
the Genie standby in Aladdin, right.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Sir, Yes, Sarah, Hello, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
You play Genie on tour. Yes, yes, more on that
in a second. And we've got Vincent Jamal Hooper, you
play Simba in The Lion King.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I am yes, yes, right right there in the pridelines,
right right right.
Speaker 2 (00:32):
And you guys are are friends because after all it's
Disney shows but still Disney.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
Yes days, Disney family always family.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Welcome to light FM.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Everybody, Thank you so much for being here this morning.
I know it's a busy day for you because it's
Mattinee Day. Yeah tomorrow we're in the park, so I
know you have a lot on the agenda. Tell us
what your days are like actually doing Broadway shows. You
guys must be like super super busy.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
Such a physical role, so you know there's lots of
you got to get on your fitness and spending the morning.
I eat a very particular diet for breakfast and what
is it three to four boiled eggs. Were doing Greek
yogurt with strawberries and blueberries and granola and orange tee.
Like it's just like all the vitamins, all the things,
just to make sure that you can keep the thing going.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Yeah, oh yeah, yes, it's amazing. Eleven thousand performances, that's amazing.
Speaker 4 (01:22):
This is the twenty eighth year I believe of Lion King,
which is incredible. I mean like unprecedented.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
And also Aladdin is celebrating a big anniversary as well.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, we just had our four thousandth performance. Uh huh
so The Braided ten years a couple of years ago.
You know, it's it's such an honor to be a
part of a show that's such a staple.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Now, what can we expect tomorrow at Broadway and Brian Park?
Because I understand you guys used to kind of watch
it on YouTube and you grew up watching clips of
Broadway and Brian Park, right.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Yeah, absolutely. I grew up in Akron, Ohio, which is
about seven hours away.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
This is a genie talking by I grew up in
akro Ohio about six and a half seven hours away.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
In While my mom and I were fortunate enough to
be able to see shows quite often, we couldn't see everything.
And so like for me being a theater kid in
the Midwest, like YouTube videos are broad away in Bryant Park,
was that was my that was my avenue in getting
to now do it is is kind of a dream
come true. It's a some my theater kid bucket list.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Does it feel weird to perform in street clothes too,
because for those that don't know, usually you're not in
full costumes, right right? Does it feel like you're kind
of like in the backyard again.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
As a kid?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
I mean, well, it's kind of cool though, because like
that's kind of what I don't think all of us
are trying to get back to all the time, is like, oh,
what it felt like to do the thing as a kid.
I mean, like speaking for myself, I don't know that
I'll hate not wearing a corset, you know, and being
a T shirt.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
That'd be pretty nice.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
Yeah, yeah, it'd be a good time.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
Did both of you know from when you were really
really young, like that you had to do this, You
had to do theater.
Speaker 1 (02:48):
No.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Actually, like it wasn't until I was probably about sixteen
or seventeen where I encountered people who did it for
a living and I was like, wait, wait, wait, wait wait,
Like this is a thing that exists, Like you get
paid to pay perform and they flew you out from
New York to Texas and it just kind of cracked
my whole world open. And so then that from there on,
I was like really looking at it as like a
profession and curious about how do I get to be
(03:11):
a part of this bigger thing.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
Yeah, I got a bit by the book early. I'm
not gonna lie. I was seven years old when I
took my first theater class in Ohio and I've been
hooked ever since. And ironically enough, Genie was a dream
role for me. When I was a teenager, I was
watching James Moreau I Gohard, the original Genie, you know,
win a Tony on the Tony Awards, and seeing somebody
like him, you know, a plus sized African American man
(03:34):
taking up space winning a Tony for it. I always
say it gave me permission to dream of more so
now to not only be on Broadway, but to be
on Broadway in this role that means so much to me.
And you know it's a cliche, but it really issue
representation really matters.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Tell everybody to come and hang tomorrow. It's a free
event Broadway and Brian Park.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
Go ahead, Vincent, come through Broadway and Bryant Park. It's
the Disney Magic right there, free, live and in person.
We're saying all your favorite Disney hits. It's gonna be
a good time.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
And Marcus had what the genie said.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Listen, everybody, twelve thirty tomorrow, you do not want to
miss Broadway and Brian Park, the Disney hits, the songs
that you grew up on, Disney Magic all day, all day,
all night. We're gonna have a good party. Everybody, come
on out and hang out with us.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah tomorrow, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
More Covey and Christine and the great music variety you
expect next on Light at Them
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