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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Tony Awards, Charles Gross, Revivals, The Little Foxes, Jitney, Present Laughter, The Play That Goes Wrong, Sweet Charity, Six Degrees of Separation.
Segment airs June 10, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 13th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Tony Awards, Charles Gross, Revivals, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, Noises Off, Hamilton.
Segment scheduled to air June 11, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 12th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 561st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: lyricist Glenn Slater(School of Rock), Dave’s wife Joyce, critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Elisabeth Vincentelli (NY Post), Jeff Myhre (NY Theater Guide), Ed Rubin (Artes), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Jeff Myhre (NY Theater Guide), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Ellis Nassour (TotalTheater).
Featuring: A look at the 2015-2016 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews (including Tony-nominated lyricist Glenn Slater), trivia, showtunes, Broadway Timeline, a giveaway, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys.
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:18:30 LAST YEAR’S WINNERS 00:25:30 SEASON STATS 00:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 1 00:37:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 00:49:30 GUEST: Jeff Myhre 00:58:30 Sponsors 01:00:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 2 01:10:00 TRIVIA, Part 1 01:18:30 GUEST: Simon Saltzman 01:30:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 3 01:43:30 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli 02:01:00 Sponsors 02:08:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 4 02:26:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 02:40:00 GIVEAWAY 02:46:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 5 03:01:30 TRIVIA, Part 2 03:10:30 GUEST: Glenn Slater 03:51:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 6 04:12:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 04:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 7 04:37:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #140 – The 2016 Tony Awards 04:44:00 Sponsors 04:47:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 8 05:01:30 GUEST: Ellis Nassour 05:13:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 9 05:30:30 GUEST: Charles Gross 05:53:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 10 06:12:00 TRIVIA, Part 3 06:17:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 11 06:35:00 Thank Yous 06:40:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin 07:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT
June 11, 2016 Playlist: “Ring of Keys” (00:21:30; Fun Home 2015 Broadway cast). “I Still Believe” (00:35:00; Amazing Grace 2015 Broadway cast w/ Erin Mackey). “Alexander Hamilton” (01:01:30; Hamilton 2016 Broadway cast). “The Mirror-Blue Night” (01:41:30; Spring Awakening 2006 Broadway cast). “Star Tar” (02:23:30; Dames at Sea 1969 London cast). “Mega-Mix” (02:55:30; On Your Feet 2016 Broadway cast). “Here at Horace Green” (03:11:00), “Where Did the Rock Go” (03:27:00) & “Stick it to the Man” (03:44:30; School of Rock 2016 Broadway cast). “Ishi Kara Ishi” (03:54:00; Allegiance 2015 Broadway cast w/ George Takei & Lea Salonga). “Miss Celie’s Pants” (04:10:00; The Color Purple 2016 Broadway cast w/ Cynthia Erivo). “Do You Love Me” (04:31:30; Fiddler on the Roof 2016 Broadway cast w/ Danny Burstein & Jessica Hecht). “Promotional Reel” (04:58:00; Disaster 2016 Broadway cast). “Ice Cream” (05:19:00; She Loves Me 1963 Broadway cast w/ Barbara Cook). “Sun is Gonna Shine Again ” (05:27:30; Steve Martin & Edie Brickell). “Everything Changes” (06:08:30; Waitress 2016 Broadway cast w/ Jessie Mueller). “Everlasting” (06:22:00; Tuck Everlasting 2016 Broadway cast w/ Sarah Charles Lewis). “I’m Cravin’ for That Kind of Love” (06:31:00; Shuffle Along w/ Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle). “Sun is Gonna Shine Again” (07:09:30; Bright Star 2016 Broadway cast w/ Carmen Cusack).
Dave Lefkowitz interviews Two on the Aisle theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Actress, Broadway, Tony Awards, Honeymoon in Vegas, You Can’t Take it With You, Hand to God.
Segment aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 11th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 512th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 6, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: A look at the 2014-2015 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway 101, a Wretched Pun, and a theatrical Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon. Guests: Entertainer Richard Skipper, Musical Director Richard Shore, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, Dave’s wife Joyce, and critics: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), David Finkle (Huffington Post), Isa Goldberg (Go magazine), Jesse Green (New York Magazine), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Brian Scott Lipton (In New York magazine), Andy McGibbon (TheAndyGram.com), Ellis Nassour (Broadwaystars.com), Michael Portantiere (Broadwaystars.com), Richmond Shepard (TotalTheater.com), Elisabeth Vincentelli (New York Post).
00:00:01 Pre-show Warmup (excerpt) w/ Joyce 00:04:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:11:00 BROADWAY STATS 00:13:00 GUEST: Ellis Nassour 00:28:00 TRIVIA 1 w/ Ellis Nassour 00:43:30 Sponsors 00:46:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers 01:05:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 1 01:24:00 GUEST: Jesse Green 01:36:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 2 01:42:00 GUEST: David Finkle 01:54:00 TRIVIA 2 01:57:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 3 02:05:30 Sponsors 02:09:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 4 02:16:30 GUEST: Isa Goldberg 02:28:30 TRIVIA 3 02:32:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 5 02:41:30 GUEST: Andy McGibbon 02:55:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #39 – Soprano 02:57:00 GUEST: Richmond Shepard 03:07:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 6 03:20:00 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli 03:29:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 7 03:33:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 03:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #126 – 2015 Tony Nominees 03:54:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere 04:06:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce 04:10:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 8 04:22:00 GUEST: Charles Gross 04:34:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 9 04:46:30 GUEST: Richard Skipper 05:05:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 10 05:10:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton 05:20:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 11 05:22:30 GUEST: Richard Shore 05:27:30 NAME THAT (SHOW)TUNE w/ Richard Shore 05:46:30 The Miracle of Long Johns 05:56:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 06:08:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 12 06:19:30 OTHER AWARDS 06:23:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 13 06:35:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 06:46:00 TRIVIA 4 06:48:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 14 06:58:00 NEXT SEASON 07:03:00 Sponsors & Thanks w/ Joyce 07:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 6, 2015 Playlist: “Overture” (00:04:00), “When You Say Vegas” (02:38:00) & “You Made the Wait Worthwhile” (07:28:30; Honeymoon in Vegas 2014 Bway cast). “Foolish to Think” (00:59:00; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder 2014 Broadway cast w/ Bryce Pinkham). “Holler if Ya Hear Me” (01:08:00; Holler if Ya Hear Me 2014 Bway cast w/ Saul Williams). “Lucky to Be Me” (01:21:00; On the Town 2014 Bway cast w/ Tony Yazbeck. “Underground River” (01:39:30; The Last Ship 2014 Bway cast w/ Jimmy Nail). “Who Will Love Me as I Am?” (Side Show 2014 Bway cast w/ Erin Davie & Emily Padgett). “Get Ready” (02:15:00; The Temptations). “I’d Do it Again” (02:50:30; Baker Street (1965 Bway cast w/ Inga Swensen). “I’ve Got it All” (03:15:30; On the Twentieth Century 1978 Bway cast w/ Madeline Kahn & John Cullum). Wendy Wasserstein interview clip (03:32:00). “May Your Heart Stay Young” (03:40:30; The Zulu and the Zayda 1965 Bway cast w/ Menasha Skulnick). Hand to God excerpt (2015 Bway cast). “Gigi” (04:32:00; Gigi 2015 Bway cast). “I Got Rhythm” (04:41:30; An American in Paris 2015 Bway cast). It Shoulda Been You excerpts (05:07:30). Finding Neverland excerpt (05:19:00). “Something Wonderful” (06:06:30; The King and I 2015 Bway cast w/ Ruthie Ann Miles). “Ring of Keys” (06:15:30; Fun Home 2015 Bway cast w/ Sydney Lucas). “Lara Says Goodbye to Yuri” (“Dr. Zhivago” 1965 soundtrack by Maurice Jarre). “Welcome to the Renaissance” (06:32:00; Something Rotten! 2015 Bway cast). “Love and Love Alone” (06:52:00; The Visit w/ promo w/ Chita Rivera).
Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Tony Awards, Lead Actress in a Musical, Jessie Mueller, Kelli O’Hara, Idina Menzel.
Segment scheduled to air June 7, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 10th Anniversary TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 471st episode–our annual Broadway theater special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 7, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: A look at the 2013-2014 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway 101 and a theatrical Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon. Guests: UNC Radio Programming Director Matthew Davis, Dave’s wife Joyce Weil and critics: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), David Finkle (Huffington Post), Rosalind Friedman (The Theater Circuit), Isa Goldberg (President of the Drama Desk), Jesse Green (New York Magazine), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Leonard Jacobs (The Clyde Fitch Report), Brian Scott Lipton (Cititour.com), Andy McGibbon (TheAndyGram.com), Ed Rubin (Artes Magazine), Richmond Shepard (TotalTheater.com), David Sheward (Critics Choice Tours), Rabbi Sol Solomon, Elisabeth Vincentelli (New York Post), Matt Windman (AM New York).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:06:00 GUEST: Matthew Davis 00:12:30 GUEST: Charles Gross 00:23:30 Broadway Stats 00:27:30 Broadway 101 – Part 1 (Last Season) 00:33:30 Broadway 101 – Part 2 (Summer 2013) 00:48:30 Elisabeth Vincentelli 01:04:00 Trivia Question 1 01:07:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 01:17:00 Broadway 101 – Part 3 (Early Fall 2013) 01:29:00 GUEST: David Sheward 01:38:30 Giveaway I – CD 01:42:00 GUEST: David Finkle 01:58:30 Broadway 101 – Part 4 (Fall 2013) 02:11:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 02:22:30 Other Awards 02:27:00 Trivia Question 2 02:30:00 GUEST: Michael Portantiere 02:39:00 Broadway 101 – Part 5 (Mid-Fall 2013) 02:58:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton 03:14:30 GUEST: Michall Jeffers 03:25:00 Broadway 101 – Part 6 (Late Fall 2013) 03:38:30 GUEST: Andy McGibbon 03:55:00 A bit of a Break with Joyce Weil 04:02:00 Broadway 101 – Part 7 (Early Winter 2014) 04:13:00 Trivia Question 3 04:21:30 Broadway 101 – Part 7 (Winter 2014) 04:45:00 GUEST: Jesse Green 04:58:00 GUEST: Leonard Jacobs 05:12:00 Giveaway II – Performing Arts Insider 05:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #102 – Tonys 2014 05:24:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin 05:38:30 Trivia Question 4 05:44:30 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman 05:53:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 06:04:30 GUEST: Isa Goldberg 06:19:00 GUEST: Matt Windman 06:32:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard 06:43:00 Trivia Question 5 06:45:00 Thank You 06:50:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 7, 2014 Playlist: “The Soul of a Man” (00:29:30; Kinky Boots 2013 Bway cast w/ Stark Sands). “El Choclo” (Forever Tango 1998 Bway cast). “In My Life” (00:35:30; The Beatles). “First Impressions” ({demo version}; 00:41:00 w/ Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez). “Hashmi’ini” (00:43:30; Shlomo Carlebach). “I Don’t Need a Roof” (01:25:00; Big Fish 2013 Bway cast). “Piece of My Heart” (02:00:30; A Night with Janis Joplin w/ Mary Bridget Davies). “The Snow Geese” (promo) (02:09:30; The Snow Geese 2013 Bway cast) w/ Mary Louise Parker). “Laura Benanti Explains the Broadway Plays” (02:21:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Broadway Musicals (05:43:00; Laura Benanti). “Stormy Weather” (02:44:30; Etta James). “Who Can I Turn To?” (02:47:30; Il Divo). “I Don’t Understand the Poor” (03:10:30; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder 2013 Bway cast w/ Jefferson Mays). “Soliloquy” (excerpt) (03:29:00; Macbeth 2013 Bway cast w/ Ethan Hawke). “No Man’s Land/Waiting for Godot” Promo (2013 Bway cast w/ Patrick Stewart & Ian McKellen). “The Genius on Cleveland Street” (03:35:00; A Christmas Story the Musical 2012 Bway cast w/ John Bolton). “It Might as Well Rain Until September” (03:53:30; Beautiful – The Carole King Musical w/ Jessie Mueller). (04:06:30; Outside Mullingar 2014 Bway cast w/ Debra Messing & Brian F. O’Byrne). “Bronx Bombers” Advertisement (04:12:00; Bronx Bombers 2014 Bway production). “Wondering” (04:27:00) & “Always Better” (06:51:00; The Bridges of Madison County (w/ Steven Pasquale & Kelli O’Hara). “All the Way” Promo (04:33:30; All the Way 2014 Bway cast w/ Bryan Cranston). “My Nose Ain’t Broken” (04:41:00; Rocky 2014 Bway cast w/ Andy Karl). “Proud of Your Boy” (demo) (04:53:30; Alan Menken). “Here I Go” (06:15:00; If/Then 2014 Bway cast w/ Idina Menzel). “Midnight Radio” (06:29:00; Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2007 Australian cast w/ Blazey Best).
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Matthew Davis
Joe Dziemianowicz
David Finkle
Rosalind Friedman
Isa GoldbergJesse GreenCharles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Leonard Jacobs
Michall JeffersBrian Scott LiptonAndy McGibbonMichael PortantiereEd Rubin
David ShewardElizabeth VincentelliMatthew WindmanRabbi Sol SolomonDave & Matthew DavisDave
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Here is the 299th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, Dec. 14, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.
host: Dave Lefkowitz guest co-host: Jeff Goodman guests: Rabbi Sol Solomon (spiritual leader of Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, NY), author Lisa Alcalay Klug (“Cool Jews”) & songwriter Gina Beltrami (“I Farted on Santa’s Lap (Now Christmas is Gonna Stink for Me)”), theater critic Charles Gross.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon and guest co-host Jeff Goodman chat with author Lisa Alcalay Klug (Cool Jews) and songwriter Gina Beltrami (“I Farted on Santa’s Lap”).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:12:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Lisa Alcalay Klug w/ caller Charles Gross 00:31:00 GUEST: Gina Beltrami 00:47:00 DAVE GOES OUT
December 14, 2008 Playlist: “I Farted on Santa’s Lap” (The Little Stinkers), “Maoz Tsuris” (Rabbi Sol Solomon).
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Lisa Alcalay KlugCharles GrossJeff GoodmanRabbi Sol Solomon
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Here is the 277th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, June 14, 2008. Info: Davesgoneby.com.
host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-hosts: Jeff Goodman & Michael Riedel guests: Simon Saltzman, Linda Winer, Charles Gross, Daniel Breaker, Rondi Reed, Rosalind Friedman, Eric Grode, Richmond Shepard.
Featuring critics and Tony nominees making their picks and prognostications about the 62nd annual Tony Awards. Plus: Tony-winning actress Rondi Reed (August: Osage County) and actor Daniel Breaker(Passing Strange).
00:00:01 OPENING w/ Dave, Jeff Goodman & Michael Riedel 00:10:30 GUEST: Outer Critics Circle President, Simon Saltzman 00:29:00 GUEST: Newsday critic, Linda Winer 00:44:30 Dave, Jeff & Michael 00:57:00 GUEST: “Two on the Aisle” critic, Charles Gross 01:08:00 Dave, Jeff & Michael 01:13:30 GUEST: NY Sun critic, Eric Grode 01:24:00 Dave, Jeff & Michael on the critics 01:30:00 Quiz 1 01:32:00 GUEST: WMNR critic, Rosalind Friedman 01:44:30 Floods 01:46:00 GUEST: Tony nominee, actress Rondi Reed 02:00:00 Quiz 2 02:02:30 GUEST: Tony nominee, Daniel Breaker 02:15:30 GUEST: producer Richmond Shepard 02:23:00 FINALE w/ Dave, Jeff & Michael
June 14, 2008 Playlist: “Dancin'” (00:08:00; Xanadu original Bway cast). “Our Only Daughter” (00:42:00; A Catered Affair original Bway cast). “Roll in the Hay” (00:54:30; Young Frankenstein), “It Won’t Be Long Now” (01:42:00; In the Heights original Bway cast). “Arlington Hill” (02:14:00; Passing Strange, original cast), “Under the Sea” (02:31:00; The Little Mermaid original Bway cast).
Daniel BreakerRondi ReedRosalind FriedmanCharles GrossMichael RiedelRichmond ShepardLinda WinerDave `n Jeff Goodman
As part of the 2008 Tony Awards Special, Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
Topics include: Tony Awards, Two on the Aisle.
Segment originally aired June 14, 2008 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross
