Dave’s Gone By #702 (6/29/2019): GOD BLESS AMERRICO

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Here is the 702nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, titled “God Bless Amerrico,” which aired live on Facebook Saturday, June 29, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: actress Melissa Errico, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Melissa Errico, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, StoryTime (another Feminist Baby), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Kim), Today Yesterday (June 29).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (hot dog!, LIRR lateness, Starbucks tables, killer trees)
00:50:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:06:00 TODAY YESTERDAY – June 29
01:38:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Review (01:56:00 Working).
02:09:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Melissa Errico
02:40:00 STORYTIME: Another Feminist Baby
02:53:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:00:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Kim
03:04:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 29, 2019 Playlist: “Just a Housewife” (02:06:30; Working 1978 Broadway cast). “Isn’t He Something” (02:08:00), “Not a Day Goes By” (02:34:00) & “Goodbye for Now” (03:11:00; Melissa Errico).

Melissa Errico
Kim, Colorado
Working at City Center.

Dave’s Gone By #701 (6/22/2019): THE 701 CLUB

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Here is the 701st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 22, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, StoryTime (Feminist Baby), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Kersey), Today Yesterday.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (eye exam, MTA delay, utility rant)
01:06:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:27:00 TODAY YESTERDAY (June 22)
01:51:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (fortune cookies)
02:00:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:25:00 STORYTIME – Feminist Baby
02:37:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:45:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Kersey
02:48:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 22, 2019 Playlist: “A Guy I Could Kinda Be Into” (02:23:00; Be More Chill original cast). “In the Summertime” (02:50:30; Mungo Jerry)

Kersey, CO

Dave’s Gone By #700 (6/15/2019): THE HARADA THEY COME

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Here is the 700th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired June 15, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: actress Ann Harada, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Ann Harada, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, StoryTime (Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, pt. 4), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Gunnison).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (vaxxers, valedictory, Rolling Thunder)
00:57:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ann Harada
01:42:00 GREELY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
02:13:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (Baba Brinkman (02:49:00), Public Servant (02:54:00))
03:03:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Gunnison
03:06:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:18:00 STORYTIME – Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, part 4
03:32:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 15, 2019 Playlist: “The More You Ruv Someone” (01:37:30; Avenue Q cast w/ Ann Harada). “Forever Young” (03:41:00; Johnny Cash).

Ann Harada
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Dave’s Gone By #699 (6/8/2019): ORLANDO MAGIC

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Tony Orlando

Guests: musician Tony Orlando, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Tony Orlando, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Inside Broadway, StoryTime (Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, pt. 3), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Greeley), Dave Says Bye to Leon Redbone.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
(cookbook)
00:17:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (new air conditioner)
00:50:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:22:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (Enter Laughing) 01:42:00))
01:54:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tony Orlando
02:39:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Greeley
02:45:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:54:00 STORYTIME – Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Part 3
03:11:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Leon Redbone
03:17:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 8, 2019 Playlist: Enter Laughing excerpts (01:52:00). “Bless You” (02:36:00; Tony Orlando). “Lazybones” (03:15:00) & “When You Wish Upon a Star” (03:18:30; Leon Redbone).

Enter Laughing

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/1/2019): CHARLES GROSS

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On the 15th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Charles Gross weighs in on the 2019 Tony Awards. His category: Egregious Omissions.

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Dave’s Gone By #698 (6/1/2019): THE 15th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 698th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By. It’s the annual Tony Awards/Broadway special, and it aired live on Facebook, Sat, June 1, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Stuart Brown (Sounds of Broadway), Joe Dziemianowicz (Theater News Online), David Finkle (The Clyde Fitch Report), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Brian Scott Lipton (Cititour), Michael Portantiere (This Week on Broadway), Ed Rubin (TotalTheater), David Sheward (TheaterLife.com), Zachary Stewart (Theatermania).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:06:00 GUEST: Stuart Brown
00:17:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 1 (box office, Straight White Men, Head Over Heels)
00:25:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:29:00 GUEST: David Finkle
00:42:00 QUIZ – Part 1
00:49:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
01:00:00 GUEST: David Sheward
01:11:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 2 (Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Pretty Woman, Bernhardt/Hamlet) 01:14:00
01:14:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:33:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #159 – 2019 Tonys
01:41:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin
01:53:00 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
02:06:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
02:19:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 3 (The Nap, Lifespan of a Fact, The Ferryman, The Waverly Gallery)
02:22:00 QUIZ – Part 2
02:29:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
02:43:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:51:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 4 (Torch Song, American Son, King Kong, Mike Birbiglia-The New One, The Prom, The Illusionists, The Cher Show, Network, Ruben & Clay’s Christmas, To Kill a Mockingbird, Choir Boy, True West, Be More Chill, Kiss Me, Kate; Ain’t Too Proud, What the Constitution Means to Me, King Lear, Oklahoma!, Burn This, Hadestown, Hillary and Clinton, Gary, All My Sons, Tootsie, Ink, Beetlejuice)
03:29:00 QUIZ – Part 3
03:31:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 1, 2019 Playlist: “Road to Hell” (00:00:30; Hadestown off-Broadway cast). “Way Down in Hadestown” (03:38:30; Hadestown Broadway cast). “We Got the Beat” (00:23:00; Head Over Heels cast). “The Lady’s Improving” (02:50:30; The Prom Broadway cast). “A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into” (03:07:30; Be More Chill NJ cast).

Stuart Brown
Charles Gross
David Finkle
Joe Dziemianowicz
David Sheward
Brian Scott Lipton
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Ed Rubin
Michael Portantiere
Eva Heinemann
Zachary Stewart

Dave’s Gone By #697 (5/25/2019): MORIAL OF THE STORY

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Here is the 697th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, May 25, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (where’s Chaffie?, old a.c., dead raccoons, civil servant, emu oil)
00:50:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:24:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Idaho Springs
01:29:30 POTATO NEWS
01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (01:46:30), Broadway by the Year (02:05:00))
02:17:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:23:00 STORYTIME – Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, part 2
02:43:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 25, 2019 Playlist: “Hard Candy Christmas” (02:13:30; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1978 Broadway cast). “Forever Young” (02:46:00; Baby Jane Dexter)

Scott Siegel hosting Broadway by the Year
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde at the Soho Playhouse
Potato News
Idaho Springs, CO

Dave’s Gone By #696 (5/11/2019): 99 PERCENT ME

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Here is the 696th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, May 11, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

GUEST: Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, StoryTime (Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Hugo).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (milk, meat spread, intermissions, taxi sign)
00:29:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (23 and Us, interventions, you’re excused)
00:59:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Hugo
01:02:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:25:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews: The Ferryman (01:33:00), Avenue Q (01:48:00))
01:57:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:04:00 StoryTime – Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, part 1
02:37:30 Dave Goes Out

May 11, 2019 Playlist: “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” Avenue Q 2003 cast). “Motherly Love” (02:42:00; Frank Zappa).

99.4 percent me
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Avenue Q
The Ferryman
Hugo your way…

Dave’s Gone By #695 (5/4/2019): MMKAY

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Here is the 695th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook May 4, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer Nellie McKay, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Nellie McKay, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Hoyt), StoryTime (Quantum Computing for Babies), Inside Broadway. 
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 
00:06:30 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – Street Poem 
00:20:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 
00:47:00 POTATO NEWS 
01:04:30 STORYTIME – Quantum Computing for Babies 
01:20:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (Ink 01:30:30 & Beetlejuice (01:47:00)) 
02:01:00 Friends of the Daverhood 
02:15:30 POTATO HOTLINE 
02:11:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Hoyt 
02:19:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Nellie McKay 
03:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT 
Playlist: “I Love Him” (01:58:00; The Most Happy Fella 1956 Broadway cast w/ Jo Sullivan Loesser). “David” (03:08:00) & “Sentimental Journey” (03:12:00; Nellie McKay). 

Nellie McKay
Hoyt, Colorado
Beetlejuice
Ink
Quantum Computing for Babies

Dave’s Gone By #694 (4/27/2019): BUDDY BUDDY

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Here is the 694th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

GUESTS: singer Julie Budd, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Julie Budd, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Hotchkiss), StoryTime with Rabbi Sol (more Passover rules), Inside Broadway.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (matzoh man, MetroCard madness)
00:26:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Julie Budd
01:27:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:53:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (Hadestown)
02:45:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:52:30 STORYTIME: The Laws of Pesach, pt. 2
03:04:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Hotchkiss
03:07:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 27, 2019 Playlist: “My Shining Hour” (00:25:00), “All the Way” (01:11:30) & “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (03:10:00; Julie Budd).

Julie Budd
Hadestown
Hotchkiss, CO.