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Here is the 779th episode–our annual New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Thursday night, Dec. 31, 2020. Info: Davesgoneby.com.
Guests: Dave’s mother Brenda Lefkowitz, aunts Bonnie Pinkow and Esther Brower, and cousins Adam Glass,Jeffrey Kirsch and Cynthia Shub Kirsch, and Adam Sheflin and Stefanie Pinkow Sheflin; musical director Richard Shore; theater critics Mary Shen Barnidge, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Jeff Goodman, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, and David Sheward; composer Brian Gari, entertainer Susan Horowitz (aka Dr. Sue), actress Vicki Quade, educator Don Perl, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, Stephen Fisch, and Ozer Teitelbaum, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon.
Featuring: Our annual New Year’s Eve celebration featuring Zoom-ins, 2020 Farewells, and a Ketchup countdown
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:05:00 GUEST: Dr. Susan Horowitz 00:08:00 GUEST: Brian Gari 00:15:00 GUEST: Richard Shore 00:22:00 GUESTS: Jeffrey Kirsch & Cynthia Shub Kirsch 00:26:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 00:32:30 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum 00:39:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby 00:40:00 GUEST: Bonnie Pinkow 00:46:30 GUEST: Lisa Arata 00:52:30 GUEST: Don Perl 00:59:00 GUEST: Mary Shen Barnidge 01:04:00 GUEST: Vicki Quade 01:10:00 GUEST: Esther Brower 01:11:00 GUEST: Adam Glass 01:19:00 GUEST: David Sheward 01:23:00 GUEST: Jeff Goodman 01:31:00 GUEST: Charles Gross 01:37:00 GUEST: Adam and Stefanie Sheflin 01:44:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 01:58:30 Ketchup New Year 02:08:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Ian Finkel, Bruce Jay Friedman, Al Kasha, Carl Reiner, Rebecca Luker, Dawn Wells) 02:17:00 GUEST: Brenda Lefkowitz 02:18:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #164 (Goodbye 2020) 02:30:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce 02:35:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 31, 2020 Playlist: “Sensation Rag” (00:01:30; Original Dixieland Jazz Band). “Auld Lang Syne” (02:46:30; Funny Tombow One-Man Band).
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Dave chats with his cousins, Adam Sheflin & Stefanie Pinkow Sheflin
Topics include: New Year’s Eve, coronavirus, family, Poconos
Segment aired Dec. 31, 2020 as part of the annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave chats with theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: New Year’s Eve, coronavirus, theater
Segment aired Dec. 31, 2020 as part of the annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Segment aired July 18, 2020 as part of the annual Broadway theater special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/20): DAVID SHEWARD
Dave chats with theater critic David Sheward
Topics include: New Year’s Eve, coronavirus, theater
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/20): CHARLES GROSS
Topics include: Tony Awards, My Fair Lady, Love Letters
Segment aired June 6, 2020 as part of the annual Broadway theater special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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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 BrownCharles GrossDavid FinkleJoe DziemianowiczDavid ShewardBrian Scott LiptonLeslie (Hoban) BlakeEd RubinMichael PortantiereEva HeinemannZachary Stewart
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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)
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Tony Awards, Charles Gross, Score, Angels in America, Frozen, Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Strange Interlude, Admissions.
Segment airs June 9, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 14th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 609th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 10, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.
June 10, 2017 (show #609) THE 13TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: composer-lyricists Irene Sankoff & David Hein(Come from Away), Dallas Morning News theater critic Nancy Churnin, Dave’s wife Joyce, critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Ed Rubin (Artes), Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (“Two on the Aisle”), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle).
Featuring: A look at the 2016-2017 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 (on the show) 00:17:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – By the Numbers, Cirque, Act of God, 2016 Tonys, Motown, Cats 00:36:30 GUEST: Charles Gross 00:49:30 Sponsors 00:53:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Black, Encounter, Holiday Inn, Oh Hello 00:59:30 TRIVIA 01:03:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Heisenberg, Cherry Orchard, Front Page, Valli, Falsettos 01:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #146 – The 2017 Tony Awards 01:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Liaisons, Cheno, Natasha 01:36:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 01:46:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Illusionists, Alton Brown, A Bronx Tale 01:53:00 AWARDS ROUNDUP 02:02:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Dear Evan Hansen 02:09:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers 02:21:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – In Transit 02:24:00 GIVEAWAY 02:26:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – The Present, Jitney, Sunset Boulevard, Sunday, Significant Other, Glass Menagerie, Come from Away 02:45:30 GUESTS: Irene Sankoff & David Hein 03:06:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Price, Miss Saigon 03:14:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman 03:26:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Sweat, Goes Wrong, Amelie, Present Laughter, War Paint, Oslo, Groundhog Day 03:36:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 04:00:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Indecent, Little Foxes, Hello, Dolly! 04:09:00 GUEST: Nancy Churnin 04:23:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Charlie 04:30:00 MORE TRIVIA 04:35:00 MUSICALS IN MEDIA 04:42:30 GUEST: Edward Rubin 04:57:30 ANOTHER GIVEAWAY 05:00:00 Sponsors 05:01:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Anastasia 05:06:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 05:15:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Six Degrees, Bandstand 05:25:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – A Doll’s House Part 2, Tony Info 05:28:30 NEXT SEASON! 05:32:30 Thank Yous 05:37:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 10, 2017 Playlist: “History has its Eyes on You” (00:25:00; Hamilton 2016 Broadway cast). “Memory” (00:31:30; Cats 1982 Broadway cast). “Blue Skies” (00:56:00; Holiday Inn 2016 Broadway cast). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (01:08:00; Jersey Boys 2005 Broadway cast). “Four Jews in a Room Bitching” (01:13:00; March of the Falsettos 1981 off-Broadway). “Charming” (01:32:00; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, 2013 off-Broadway cast). “Out of Your Head” (01:50:00; A Bronx Tale 2016 Broadway cast). “Waving Through a Window” (02:03:00; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast). “Laura Benanti Explains the Plays” (02:07:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Musicals” (05:21:00; Laura Benanti). “In Transit (excerpts)” (02:23:00; In Transit 2016 Broadway cast). “With One Look” (02:30:30; Sunset Boulevard 1994 L.A. cast). “Children and Art” (02:36:30; Sunday in the Park with George 2006 London cast). “Me and the Sky” (03:01:30) & “Finale” (05:39:00; Come from Away 2017 Broadway cast). “The Movie in My Mind” (03:09:00; Miss Saigon (2014 London cast). “Times are Hard for Dreamers” (03:30:30; Philippa Soo). “War Paint” Excerpts (03:37:00; War Paint 2017 Broadway cast). “Playing Nancy” (03:43:30; Groundhog Day 2017 Broadway cast). “Before the Parade Passes By” (04:05:00; Hello, Dolly! 2017 Broadway cast). “It Must Be Seen to be Believed” (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013 London cast). “City of Stars” (04:40:00; “La La Land” 2016 film soundtrack). “My Petersburg” (05:03:00; Anastasia 2017 Broadway cast). “Welcome Home” (05:19:30; Bandstand 2017 Broadway cast).
(pictured: your humble host, Charles Gross, Rabbi Sol Solomon, Eva Heinemann, Michall Jeffers, Irene Sankoff & David Hein, Simon Saltzman, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Nancy Churnin, Edward Rubin, Joe Dziemianowicz)
June 10, 2017 (show #609) THE 13TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW
