Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2014): DAVID SHEWARD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic David Sheward

Topics include: Tony Awards, Featured Actor in a Musical, James Monroe Iglehart, Nick Cordero, Danny Burstein, Sardi’s.

Segment aired 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).

Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Matthew Davis
Joe Dziemianowicz
David Finkle
Rosalind Friedman
Isa Goldberg
Jesse Green
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Leonard Jacobs
Michall Jeffers
Brian Scott Lipton
Andy McGibbon
Michael Portantiere
Ed Rubin
David Sheward
Elizabeth Vincentelli
Matthew Windman
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Dave & Matthew Davis
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/2011): DAVID SHEWARD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic and BackStage executive editor David Sheward

Topics include: theater, 2011 Tony Award nominations.

Segment originally aired June 11, 2011 as part of the 2011 Tony Award Special of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2011 TotalTheater Productions.

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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 Interview (10/5/2008): DAVID SHEWARD

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Joined by guest co-host Jeff Goodman, Dave Lefkowitz interviews BackStage executive editor David Sheward

Topics include: Broadway, Equus

Segment originally aired Oct. 5, 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.

Dave’s Gone By #293 (10/5/2008): HOFFQUUS

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Here is the 293rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio Oct. 5, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

guest co-host: Jeff Goodman

guests: theater critic David Sheward, Carol Edmonston and #1 fan Pam Soshkin

Featuring: Carol Edmonston, niece of the late illustrator Syd Hoff, and Back Stage executive editor, David Sheward. Plus Inside Broadway & Dave’s Wall Street song, “Crappy Days are Here Again.”

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:14:00 INSIDE BROADWAY w/ David Sheward on Equus (00:15:30) and more news (00:34:00)
00:42:30 GUEST: Carol Edmonston
01:01:30 Sponsors
01:12:30 Jeff & Dave – Curses
01:19:00 Reality Shows
01:25:00 Fun with #1 Fan Pam Soshkin
02:08:30 Sponsors
02:12:00 50 DAVE GOES OUT

Oct. 5, 2008 Playlist: “Crappy Days are Here Again” (00:12:00 & 02:13:30; Dave).(pictured: Carol Edmonston, David Sheward, Syd Hoff, Daniel Radcliffe in Equus.)

Carol Edmonston
David Sheward
Syd Hoff
Daniel Radcliffe in Equus
Jeff Goodman
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