Ben Brantley – Dave's Gone By

Dave’s Gone By #1008 (11/22/2025): BIG BEN

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Here is episode 1008 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2025.

Featuring: host Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Ben Brantley; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Carracas); StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (The Pout-Pout Fish).

Guests: theater critic Ben Brantley; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: desktop drumset, theater critics, washing machine, crochet potato
00:44:00 DAVE GOES AWAY: Boston
01:15:00 GUEST: Ben Brantley
02:15:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “The Pout-Pout Fish” (by Deborah Diesen)
02:33:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:48:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:54:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Carracas, CO
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/22/2025): BEN BRANTLEY

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critic BEN BRANTLEY

Topics include: theater, Follies, Peppermint, Ivo van Hove, theater, Broadway, New York Times

Segment aired Nov. 22, 2025 as part of episode #1008 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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