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Dave’s Gone By #1008 (11/22/2025): BIG BEN

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Here is episode 1008 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2025.

Featuring: host Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Ben Brantley; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Carracas); StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (The Pout-Pout Fish).

Guests: theater critic Ben Brantley; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: desktop drumset, theater critics, washing machine, crochet potato
00:44:00 DAVE GOES AWAY: Boston
01:15:00 GUEST: Ben Brantley
02:15:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “The Pout-Pout Fish” (by Deborah Diesen)
02:33:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:48:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:54:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Carracas, CO
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Ben Brantley
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Carracas, CO

Dave’s Gone By #992 (7/26/2025): FARRSCAPE

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Here is the 992nd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, July 19, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Sara Farrington; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cable); Dave’s Big Dictionary (embellish); Greeley Times; Bunion Watch

Guest: playwright Sara Farrington; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: wildlife, ointment warmer, Colbert, Ozzy & Hulk
01:05:30 GREELEY TIMES
01:33:00 BUNION WATCH
01:38:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Sara Farrington
02:36:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Korean game show
02:50:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: Embellish
03:03:30 Alumni of the Daverhood
03:20:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Cable, CO)
03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT: nice hotel

Sara Farrington
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Ozzy Osbourne
Hulk Hogan and the Belz
Cable (Genoa), CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

On the 19th annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic Brian Scott Lipton weighs in on the 2024 Musical Revival Tony Award nominations.

Segment aired June 15, 2024 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): DAVID SHEWARD

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): DAVID SHEWARD
On the 19th annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic David Sheward weighs in on the 2024 Best Lead Actress in a Play Tony Award nominations.
Segment aired June 15, 2024 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2024): RAVEN SNOOK

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): RAVEN SNOOK

On the 19th annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic Raven Snook weighs in on the 2024 Tony Award nominations.

Segment aired June 15, 2024 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (5/6/2023): RICHARD DRESSER & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright RICHARD DRESSER

Topics include: Our Shrinking, Shrinking World; theater, teaching 

Segment aired May 6, 2023 as part of the 893rd episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com. 

Dave’s Gone By #766 (10/3/2020): MEE TOO

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Here is the 766th episode–our 18th anniversary!–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: playwright Charles L. Mee, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward; Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Charles L. Mee; Today/Yesterday (Oct. 3 quiz w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake & David Sheward); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Custer); Dave’s Big Dictionary (plunder), Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (18 anniversary, The Boys in the Band, Trump’s Covid and taxes, Heshy Tischler)
00:58:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Oct. 3 w/ Leslie (Hoban) Blake vs. David Sheward)
01:42:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Charles L. Mee
02:45:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:20:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY (plunder)
03:33:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:40:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Custer)
03:41:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Charles L. Mee
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon & Charles L. Mee
your host

Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/22/2020): IRVING WARDLE

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with veteran theater critic Irving Wardle

Topics include: John Osborne, Kenneth Tynan, Arthur Miller, Zumba, Harold Pinter, theater criticism.  

Segment aired Aug. 1, 2020 as part of the annual Broadway theater special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Irving Wardle, who passed Feb. 23, 2023 at age 93.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/19/2019): EDWARD EINHORN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright EDWARD EINHORN

Topics include: Performance for One, Untitled Theater Company #61, theater, writing.

Segment aired Oct. 19, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/23/2019): KIM T. SHARP & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with director KIM T. SHARP

Topics include: Abingdon Theater,  The Way We Get By, Urban Stages, Death of a Driver, theater.

Segment aired March 23, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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