Dave’s Gone By #355 (6/11/2011): THE 7th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 355th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2011. info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Jonathan Abarbanel (theater critic, WBEZ Radio), John Ekeberg (programming & operations director, Denver Center Attractions), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (vice president, Drama Desk), Rosalind Friedman (theater critic, WMNR adio), Eric Grode (critic, New York Times), Brian Scott Lipton (editor, TheaterMania.com), Michael Portantiere (columnist, BroadwayStars.com), Michael Riedel (columnist, New York Post), Simon Saltzman (president, Outer Critics Circle), Richmond Shepard (producer), David Sheward (editor, BackStage). Bonus Guest: Paul Williams (composer, recorded June 2010).

Featuring: Dave celebrates the Tony Awards with NYC theater critics making picks and predictions on the 7th Annual TotalTheater Tony show. Plus: Chicago critic Jonathan Abarbanel, The Denver Center’s John Ekeberg, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and a chat with composer Paul Williams.

Note: Technical difficulties added slight audio hiccups and truncated the recorded versions of interviews with Leslie (Hoban) Blake and Jeff Goodman. Apologies!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00 GUEST: Michael Riedel
00:34:00 GUEST: Eric Grode
00:52:30 DAVE: Sponsors & Quiz, part one
00:57:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:18:00 GUEST: John Ekeberg
01:39:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
01:52:30 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman
02:05:00 GUEST: Jonathan Abarbanel
02:21:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
02:36:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard
02:51:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the 2011 Tony Awards
02:59:00 GUEST: David Sheward
03:20:00 Quiz, part two
03:26:30 Dave – post-show message
03:30:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:42:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman
03:49:00 Quiz, part three
00:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT
03:56:30 BONUS GUEST: Paul Williams (2010)

June 11, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Overture” (00:00:02) & “The Company Way” (02:03:00) & “Exit Music” (03:54:30; How to Succeed in Business…, 2010 Bway cast), “Southern Days” (00:30:00) & “It’s Gonna Take Time” (02:08:30; The Scottsboro Boys, 2010 off-Bway cast); “Hello” (00:46:30) & “Turn it Off” (03:23:30; The Book of Mormon, 2011 Bway cast), “Finishing the Hat” (00:50:00; Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 Bway cast), “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (01:14:30; Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002 Bway cast). “Mad Tea Party” (01:32:00) & “Home” (02:47:30; Wonderland, 2011 Bway cast); “Tonight’s the Night” (01:33:00; Crazy for You, 1992 Bway cast); “Now I Have Everything” (01:34:30; Fiddler on the Roof, 1964 Bway cast); “Someday” (01:36:30; Memphis, 2010 Bway cast); “By the Sea” (01:48:30; Sweeney Todd, 1979 Bway cast); “If This isn’t Love” (02:19:00; Finian’s Rainbow, 1947 Bway cast); “It’s De-lovely” (02:33:00; Anything Goes, 1962 off-Bway cast); “The Song that Goes Like This” (03:16:00; Spamalot, 2005 Bway cast).

Jonathan Abarbanel
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
John Ekeberg
Rosalind Friedman
Eric Grode
Brian Scott Lipton
Michael Portantiere
Jeff Goodman
Michael Riedel
Simon Saltzman
Richmond Shepard
David Sheward
Paul Williams
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #326 (8/7/2010): RETURNEE

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Here is the 326th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By–the first to air on the University of Northern Colorado’s UNC Radio–which aired live Saturday morning, Aug. 7, 2010. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest co-host: Jeff Goodman

Featuring: Dave chats with old friend and DGB co-host Jeff Goodman. Plus: a new life – and a stolen bicycle – in Colorado. Also: Morning songs and Bob Dylan – “Sooner & Later.”

Note: Very sorry about the Tourettes-sounding audio glitches that occurred throughout the recording process. They’re distracting, but this is the only record of the broadcast.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN – happy to be back!
00:24:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – good morning
00:51:30 Dave – UNC Radio
00:58:00 Guest: Jeff Goodman
01:20:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Las Vegas
01:33:00 Dave – Colorado life
01:46:30 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – Arts (Joe Lee Parker)
01:56:00 Vicious Cycle
02:18:30 Bob Dylan: “Sooner & Later”
02:43:00 DAVE’S GONE CULTURAL – UNC’s Chicago
02:48:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Mitch Miller
02:49:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 7, 2010 Playlist: “Saturday Groovers” (00:24:00; Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3). “I Give You the Morning” (00:27:00; Tom Paxton). “Morning, Morning” (00:29:30; Richie Havens). “Good Morning” (00;32:00; The Beatles). “Happy Good Morning Blues” (00:34:00; Bruce Cockburn). “In the Heat of the Morning” (00:36:30; David Bowie). “Morning Dew” (00:39:30; Grateful Dead). “The Morning Fog” (00:44:00; Kate Bush). “Misty Morning” (00:46:30; Bob Marley). “Good Times” (00:50:00; The Rolling Stones). “Viva Las Vegas” (01:21:00; Elvis Presley). “Las Vegas” (01:22:00; Woody Allen). “Larry in Las Vegas” (01:24:00; Wild Man Fischer). “Nobody `Cept You” (02:22:00), “It Takes a Man to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry” (live) (02:24:30), “Man of Constant Sorry” (02:27:30), “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (alternate version; 02:30:30), “Beyond Here Lies Nothing” (02:36:00) (Bob Dylan). “Sweet Thing” (02:51:00; Van Morrison).

Jeff Goodman & Dave Lefkowitz
Joe Lee Parker
Mitch Miller

Dave’s Gone By #324 (1/23/2010): SPEEDILY DELIVERED

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Here is the 324th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which debuted Jan. 23, 2010. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with David Newell, beloved Mr. McFeely of TV’s Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Plus: Inside Broadway (Finian’s Rainbow) and farewells to Effie Mihopoulos & Kate McGarrigle.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: David Newell (aka Mr. McFeely from “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”)

00:00:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:14:00  GUEST: David Newell
00:51:00  INSIDE BROADWAY (theater news, Finian’s Rainbow)
01:14:00  DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 23, 2010 Playlist: “How are Things in Glocca Morra?” (Finian’s Rainbow original Bway cast), “Talk to Me of Mendocino” (Kate McGarrigle).

David Newell
David Newell
Finian’s Rainbow
Kate McGarrigle
Effie Mihopoulos

Dave’s Gone By #307 (3/22/2009): STONES UNTURNED

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Here is the 307th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, March 22, 2009. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest co-host: Jeff Goodman

Guests: Bill German and #1 Fan Pam

Featuring: Dave and guest co-host Jeff Goodman talk with Rolling Stones biographer Bill German. Plus: Inside Broadway (33 Variations, The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, Chicago in Thailand, Natasha Richardson), Dave’s trip to Canton, Ohio, Dave & Jeff playing games with callers. Listen to the bitter end for two very tired co-hosts!

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN – Jeff’s Thai Trip
00:06:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN
00:09:00 Sponsors
00:18:00 GUEST: Bill German
00:44:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – Natasha Richardson (00:47:00), More News (00:54:00), Chicago in Thailand (01:10:00), 33 Variations (01:12:30), The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (01:23:00)
01:33:30 A Caller – DCJ from Queens
01:41:00 Long Distance
01:47:00 Late-Night Hosts
01:56:00 DAVE GOES AWAY – to Canton, OH
02:17:30 State Capitals
02:41:30 I’m Thinking of a Person…
02:57:00 More Games (with #1 Fan, Pam)
03:25:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 22, 2009 Playlist: Sway” (00:14:30), “Look What the Cat Dragged In” (00:42:00) & “Moonlight Mile” (03:35:00; Rolling Stones). “33 Variations on a Theme by Diabelli” (01:30:30; Ludwig von Beethoven), “Ohio” (01:59:00; The Pretenders).

Bill German
Jeff Goodman
The Football Hall of Fame

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/14/2008): RONDI REED

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As part of the 2008 Tony Awards Special, Dave Lefkowitz interviews Tony nominated actress Rondi Reed

Topics include: Tony Awards, August: Osage County.

Segment originally aired June 14, 2008 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2008 TotalTheater Productions.

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

Dave’s Gone By #182 (7/30/2006): SMIRK 182

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Here is the 182nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, July 30, 2006. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-host: Jeff Goodman

Featuring: Dave and guest co-host Jeff Goodman go Inside Broadway and tackle the satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:06:00  DAVE GOES FURTHER IN – Lebanon
00:11:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – Spring Wiz, Chicago, Rent
00:20:00  NEWS GONE BY
00:45:00  DAVE GOES OUT

July 30, 2006 Playlist: “O Mama Don’t You Weep” (Bruce Springsteen), “Good Night” (Beatles).

The Wiz
Jeff Goodman `n Dave

Dave’s Gone By #174 (5/28/2006): HOW SWEET IT IS

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Here is the 174th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, May 28, 2006. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: playwright & theater critic Jeffrey Sweet

Featuring: Dave chats with playwright and theater critic Jeffrey Sweet.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00  GUEST: Jeffrey Sweet
00:55:00  DAVE GOES OUT

May 28, 2006 Playlist: no songs.

Jeffrey Sweet
Jeffrey Sweet
Jeffrey Sweet
your host

Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/15/2005): GREG ALLEN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater director and NeoFuturists founder Greg Allen

Topics include: theater, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Segment originally aired Sept. 15, 2005 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2005 TotalTheater Productions.

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