Here is the 609th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 10, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.
June 10, 2017 (show #609) THE 13TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: composer-lyricists Irene Sankoff & David Hein (Come from Away), Dallas Morning News theater critic Nancy Churnin, Dave’s wife Joyce, critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Ed Rubin (Artes), Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (“Two on the Aisle”), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle).
Featuring: A look at the 2016-2017 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway Timeline, a giveaway, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (on the show)
00:17:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – By the Numbers, Cirque, Act of God, 2016 Tonys, Motown, Cats
00:36:30 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:49:30 Sponsors
00:53:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Black, Encounter, Holiday Inn, Oh Hello
00:59:30 TRIVIA
01:03:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Heisenberg, Cherry Orchard, Front Page, Valli, Falsettos
01:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #146 – The 2017 Tony Awards
01:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Liaisons, Cheno, Natasha
01:36:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
01:46:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Illusionists, Alton Brown, A Bronx Tale
01:53:00 AWARDS ROUNDUP
02:02:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Dear Evan Hansen
02:09:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
02:21:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – In Transit
02:24:00 GIVEAWAY
02:26:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – The Present, Jitney, Sunset Boulevard, Sunday, Significant Other, Glass Menagerie, Come from Away
02:45:30 GUESTS: Irene Sankoff & David Hein
03:06:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Price, Miss Saigon
03:14:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
03:26:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Sweat, Goes Wrong, Amelie, Present Laughter, War Paint, Oslo, Groundhog Day
03:36:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
04:00:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Indecent, Little Foxes, Hello, Dolly!
04:09:00 GUEST: Nancy Churnin
04:23:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Charlie
04:30:00 MORE TRIVIA
04:35:00 MUSICALS IN MEDIA
04:42:30 GUEST: Edward Rubin
04:57:30 ANOTHER GIVEAWAY
05:00:00 Sponsors
05:01:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Anastasia
05:06:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
05:15:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Six Degrees, Bandstand
05:25:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – A Doll’s House Part 2, Tony Info
05:28:30 NEXT SEASON!
05:32:30 Thank Yous
05:37:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 10, 2017 Playlist: “History has its Eyes on You” (00:25:00; Hamilton 2016 Broadway cast). “Memory” (00:31:30; Cats 1982 Broadway cast). “Blue Skies” (00:56:00; Holiday Inn 2016 Broadway cast). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (01:08:00; Jersey Boys 2005 Broadway cast). “Four Jews in a Room Bitching” (01:13:00; March of the Falsettos 1981 off-Broadway). “Charming” (01:32:00; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, 2013 off-Broadway cast). “Out of Your Head” (01:50:00; A Bronx Tale 2016 Broadway cast). “Waving Through a Window” (02:03:00; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast). “Laura Benanti Explains the Plays” (02:07:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Musicals” (05:21:00; Laura Benanti). “In Transit (excerpts)” (02:23:00; In Transit 2016 Broadway cast). “With One Look” (02:30:30; Sunset Boulevard 1994 L.A. cast). “Children and Art” (02:36:30; Sunday in the Park with George 2006 London cast). “Me and the Sky” (03:01:30) & “Finale” (05:39:00; Come from Away 2017 Broadway cast). “The Movie in My Mind” (03:09:00; Miss Saigon (2014 London cast). “Times are Hard for Dreamers” (03:30:30; Philippa Soo). “War Paint” Excerpts (03:37:00; War Paint 2017 Broadway cast). “Playing Nancy” (03:43:30; Groundhog Day 2017 Broadway cast). “Before the Parade Passes By” (04:05:00; Hello, Dolly! 2017 Broadway cast). “It Must Be Seen to be Believed” (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013 London cast). “City of Stars” (04:40:00; “La La Land” 2016 film soundtrack). “My Petersburg” (05:03:00; Anastasia 2017 Broadway cast). “Welcome Home” (05:19:30; Bandstand 2017 Broadway cast).
(pictured: your humble host, Charles Gross, Rabbi Sol Solomon, Eva Heinemann, Michall Jeffers, Irene Sankoff & David Hein, Simon Saltzman, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Nancy Churnin, Edward Rubin, Joe Dziemianowicz)