Category: ARCHIVES – Interviews

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/10/2021): STACY WIDELITZ & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with composer STACY WIDELITZ

Topics include: music, film scoring, Patrick Swayze.

Segment aired April 10, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Stacy Widelitz, who passed June 16, 2025 at age 69.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com​

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com​.

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/3/2021): ANDREW FARRISS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician ANDREW FARRISS

Topics include: INXS, religion, music, the West.

Segment aired April 3, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/27/2021): ROB CLEMENT & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with restaurateur ROB CLEMENT

Topics include: delicatessen, Pastrami, Jewish, cooking, coronavirus. 

Segment aired March 27, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/20/2021): HERSHEY FELDER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-musician HERSHEY FELDER

Topics include: Sergei Rachmaninoff, theater, Bach, Chopin, coronavirus. 

Segment aired March 20, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/13/2021): BILL KIRCHENBAUER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with comedian BILL KIRSCHENBAUER

Topics include: stand-up comedy, Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson, Cambodia, coronavirus. 

Segment aired March 13, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/6/2021): BOB DISHY, JUDY GRAUBART, & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actors BOB DISHY and JUDY GRAUBART

Topics include: Marlon Brando, Marcello Mastroianni, Broadway, The Electric Company, Morgan Freeman, Judaism. 

Segment aired March 6, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/27/2021): MATTHEW SWEET & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician MATTHEW SWEET

Topics include: Catspaw, Girlfriend, COVID, Robert Quine, Richard Lloyd, Susanna Hoffs. 

Segment aired Feb. 27, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/20/2021): JOHN PIELMEIER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright JOHN PIELMEIER, who then stays to play the Today/Yesterday trivia quiz opposite David Sheward and Leslie (Hoban) Blake.

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Topics include: Agnes of God, screenwriting, teleplays. 

Segment aired Feb. 20, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/13/2021): RAQUEL BITTON & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with cabaret singer RAQUEL BITTON

Topics include: Morocco, Edith Piaf, Tony Bennett, concerts.
Segment aired Feb. 13, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Please Note: Segments extracted from “Dave’s Gone By” may have music and other elements removed for timing and media re-posting considerations.  For the full interview with all elements, please visit the audio of the complete original broadcast.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com
More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com.

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/6/2021): HARRY HAUN w/ Charles Nelson

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Dave chats with entertainment journalist HARRY HAUN, who is then joined by his husband, Charles Nelson, as well as critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward to play the Today/Yesterday trivia game. 

Topics include: Daily News, Bette Davis, Anthony Perkins, Gregory Peck, journalism, Broadway. 

Segment aired Feb. 6, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Harry Haun, who passed Feb. 2, 2026 at age 85.

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All content (c)2021 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Harry Haun
Charles Nelson & Harry Haun