Dave’s Gone By #654 (6/9/2018): THE 14th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 654th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 9, 2018. More info: davegsoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Arvada Center artistic director of plays Lynne Collins, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critic Leslie (Hoban) Blake & Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania), Elisabeth Vincentelli (“Three on the Aisle”).

Featuring: A look at the 2017-2018 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
00:10:00 BROADWAY
00:26:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
00:39:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – 1984, Marvin’s Room, Prince of Broadway, Springsteen
00:52:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:59:30 Sponsors – TotalTheater
01:03:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
01:15:00 BROADWAY TIME – Time and the Conways, M. Butterfly, Junk, The Band’s Visit, Latin History for Morons, Home for the Holidays
01:29:00 TRIVIA, part 1
01:34:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Meteor Shower, The Parisian Woman, Once on this Island, SpongeBob SquarePants
01:44:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
01:54:30 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli
02:06:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Farinelli and the King, Stories by Heart, Escape to Margaritaville
02:20:00 Other Awards, part 1
02:24:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Frozen, Angels in America, Lobby Hero, Rocktopia
02:38:30 Sponsors – Hewlett Minuteman Press
02:43:00 GUEST: Lynne Collins
02:58:30 Giveaway 1
03:03:00 Other Awards, part 2
03:07:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Three Tall Women, Mean Girls
03:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #155 – 2018 Tonys
03:27:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Children of a Lesser God, Carousel
03:35:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
03:50:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
04:04:00 Giveaway 2
04:07:00 Other Awards, part 3
04:09:30 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
04:20:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – The Terms of My Surrender, My Fair Lady, Harry Potter, Summer
04:40:30 TRIVIA, part 2
04:49:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
05:01:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Travesties, Saint Joan, The Iceman Cometh
05:09:00 NEXT SEASON!
05:15:30 Thank Yous
05:20:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 9, 2018 Playlist: “Sincerely Me” (00:22:30; Dear Evan Hansen 2016 Broadway cast). “You’ve Got Possibilities” (00:44:00; Prince of Broadway 2017 Broadway cast). “The Wish” (00:49:30; Bruce Springsteen). “It is What it Is” (01:23:30) & “Answer Me” (05:22:30; The Band’s Visit 2018 Broadway cast). “Some Girls” (01:38:00; Once on this Island 2018 Broadway cast). “SpongeBob SquarePants Theme” (01:44:00; SpongeBob SquarePants 2018 Broadway cast). “Tin Cup Chalice” (02:14:30; Escape to Margaritaville 2018 Broadway cast). “Let it Go” (“Frozen” 2013 film soundtrack). “Beethoven’s 9th” (02:36:00; “Rocktopia”). “I’d Rather Be Me” (03:13:30; Mean Girls 2018 Broadway cast). “If I Loved You” (03:32:00; Carousel 2018 Broadway cast). “Laura Benanti Explains the Plays” (03:47:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Musicals” (04:29:00; Laure Benanti). “A Hymn to Him” (04:26:00; My Fair Lady 1987 studio cast w/ Jeremy Irons). “On the Radio” (04:38:30; Donna Summer).


(pictured: Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Joe Dziemianowicz, Michall Jeffers, Zachary Stewart, Elizabeth Vincentelli, Lynne Collins, Charles Gross, Ed Rubin, Simon Saltzman, Eva Heinemann, Rabbi Sol Solomon)