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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): CHARLES GROSS

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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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Dave’s Gone By #512 (6/6/2015): THE 11th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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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’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2014): CHARLES GROSS

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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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Dave’s Gone By #471 (6/7/2014): THE 10th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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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).

Dave’s Gone By #299 (12/14/08): COOL JEWS

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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).

Dave’s Gone By #277 (6/14/2008): THE 4th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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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).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/14/2008): CHARLES GROSS

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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’s Gone By #270 (4/27/2008): FAST & BULBOUS

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Here is the 270th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, April 27, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-hosts: Jeff Goodman & Joe Salzone

Guest: musician Gary Lucas
Guest caller: Charles Gross
Featuring: Dave chats with songwriter, guitarist, and former manager of Captain Beefheart, Gary Lucas.

00:00:01 Pre-show excerpt – “Karaoke” w/ caller Charles Gross
00:04:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Jeff, Joe & Charlie
00:11:00 GUEST: Gary Lucas
01:04:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 27, 2008 Playlist: “Tropical Hot Dog Night” (Fast & Bulbous), “Flavor Bud Living” (Capt. Beefheart), “The Opener of the Way” (Gary Lucas).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (4/27/2008): CHARLES GROSS w/ Jeff Goodman & Joe Salzone

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Dave Lefkowitz and guest co-host Jeff Goodman chat with CHARLES GROSS

Topics include: theater, sponsors, Joe Salzone

Segment aired April 27, 2008 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/25/2007): CHARLES GROSS with Jeff Goodman

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Joined by guest co-host Jeff Goodman, Dave chats with theater critic Charles Gross.

Segment aired Nov. 25, 2007 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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