Here is episode #1035, “The 21st Annual TotalTheater Broadway Special,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live on facebook, Saturday morning, June 6, 2026.
Featuring: Special Broadway edition! Featuring: Host Dave Lefkowitz chats with Tony-nominated orchestrator Brian Usifer, with Wisconsin critic Anne Siegel about the Regional Theater Tony Award, and with critics and journalists about the 2025-26 New York theater season. Plus: Broadway trivia and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tony nominations.
Guests: orchestrator Brian Usifer; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Joe Dziemianowicz, David Finkle, Thom Geier, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Jonathan Mandell, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Martha Wade Steketee, Zachary Stewart, Jeffrey Sweet, Robert Viagas; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:10:00 BROADWAY FACTS & FIGURES
00:14:30 GUEST: Jonathan Mandell
00:28:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:44:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
00:59:00 GUEST: David Finkle
01:15:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #209: Tony Awards 2026
01:23:00 Giveaway
01:26:00 OTHER AWARDS pt. 1
01:29:00 BROADWAY TRIVIA w/ David Sheward, Jeffrey Sweet, Robert Viagas
02:16:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
02:28:00 GUEST: Carey Purcell
02:41:00 OTHER AWARDS pt. 2
02:43:00 GUEST: Brian Usifer
03:02:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:17:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
03:29:00 Passings from the Daverhood
03:33:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
03:42:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
03:54:00 GUEST: Martha Wade Steketee
04:08:00 GUEST: Anne Siegel
04:18:30 GUEST: Thom Geier
04:28:00 DAVE GOES OUT
June 6, 2026 Playlist: “I Want to Be Happy” (00:00:01; Vincent Lopez); Manhattan (04:36:00; Paul Whiteman)
