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).

Daniel Breaker
Rondi Reed
Rosalind Friedman
Charles Gross
Michael Riedel
Richmond Shepard
Linda Winer
Dave `n Jeff Goodman

Dave’s Gone By #276 (6/8/2008): THE LORD OF FLATBUSH

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Here is the 276th episode of the long-running radio/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, June 8, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-host: Jeff Goodman
guest: film director Stephen Verona (“The Lords of Flatbush”)
Featuring: Dave chats with film director Stephen Verona. Plus: Inside Broadway and a farewell to Bo Diddley.

Note: Stephen Verona passed July 13, 2019 at age 78.

00:00:01  Pre-show: “The Death Railway”
00:07:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:24:00  GUEST: Stephen Verona
00:40:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – News, reasons to be pretty, Prisoner of the Crown and Cocktail Hour
01:06:00  DAVE SAYS BYE – Bo Diddley
01:12:00  DAVE GOES OUT

June 8, 2008 Playlist: “If I Could Live My Life,” “Bo Diddley” & “The Story of Bo Diddley” (Bo Diddley).

Stephen Verona
reasons to be pretty
TBTB’s The Cocktail Hour
Philip Goodwin in Prisoner of the Crown
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Dave’s Gone By #275 (6/1/2008): IN BLOOM

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Here is the 275th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, June 1, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: theater/cabaret songwriter Charles Bloom

Featuring: Theater and cabaret composer Charles Bloom. Plus: Dave Says Bye (Sydney Pollack & Harvey Korman).

00:00:01  Pre-show: “YSL & Hilary”
00:13:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:20:00  GUEST: Charles Bloom
01:02:00  DAVE SAYS BYE – Sydney Pollack & Harvey Korman
01:07:00  DAVE GOES OUT

June 1, 2008 Playlist: “What’s a Woman to Do” (Christine Ebersole), “Let the Games Begin” (“Heaven Knows,” original cast), “Call Me When You’re Single” (Barbara Walsh), “Never Give Up” (Ron DeStefano).  

Yves Saint Laurent
Harvey Korman
Sydney Pollack
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Dave’s Gone By #274 (5/25/2008): POST TOASTIES

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Here is the 274th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, May 25, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: Chris Shaw (New York Post)

Featuring: Dave chats with the New York Post’s Chris Shaw about the headline-compilation book, Headless Body Found in Topless Bar. Plus: Inside Broadway and Dave Goes Off on old folks.

00:00:01  Pre-show: Whaling Song
00:06:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:16:00  DAVE GOES OFF – “The Old”
00:32:00  GUEST: Chris Shaw
00:55:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Drama Desk Awards
01:05:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 25, 2008 Playlist: “Tumor in My Head,” (Dave), “The Coast of Peru” (Stan Ransom), “Carmine Street” (Loudon Wainwright III).

Chris Shaw (far right)
Stan Ransom
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Dave’s Gone By #273 (5/18/2008): THE REAL McCOY

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Here is the 273rd episode of the long-running radio show, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, May 18, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: singer-songwriter-guitarist Juliana Hatfield

Featuring: Dave chats with singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00  GUEST: Juliana Hatfield
00:56:00  DAVE GOES OUT

May 18, 2008 Playlist: “Stay Awake,” “Going Blonde,” “Until Tomorrow” & “Running Out” (Juliana Hatfield).

Juliana Hatfield
your host

Dave’s Gone By #272 (5/11/2008): RISING DAMP

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Here is the 272nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, May 11, 2008. Info: Davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-host: Jeff Goodman
guest: Dennis V. Damp (“The Book of U.S. Government Jobs”)

Featuring: Peter Fitzgerald of WGLFAR chats with author & employment expert Dennis Damp (The Book of U.S. Government Jobs). Plus: Inside Broadway (A Catered Affair, Glory Days). Featuring guest co-host Jeff Goodman.  

00:00:01  pre-show excerpt – “Dog Story”
00:10:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:24:00  GUEST: Dennis V. Damp
00:42:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – News, A Catered Affair, Glory Days
00:19:00  DAVE GOES OUT

May 11, 2008 Playlist: “A Job of Work” (Tom Paxton), “I Love My Mom” (The Roches).

Dennis V. Damp
Glory Days
Jeff Goodman
your host

Dave’s Gone By #271 (5/4/2008): REISSA’S PIECES

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Here is the 271st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, May 4, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer-actress Eleanor Reissa. Plus: Inside Broadway. Featuring guest co-host Jeff Goodman.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-host: Jeff Goodman
guest: singer-actress Eleanor Reissa

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:12:00  RABBI SOL IN JUDEA
00:18:00  GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Eleanor Reissa 
00:40:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Cry-Baby
00:52:00  DAVE GOES OUT

May 4, 2008 Playlist: “Der Nayer Sher” & “Yosl Yosl” (Eleanor Reissa).

Eleanor Reissa
Cry-Baby
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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).

pizza on the park 16 Nov 2006
Captain Beefheart & Gary Lucas
Jeff Goodman
Joe Salzone & Dave

Dave’s Gone By #269 (4/20/2008): NEW YEAR’S 2008, Pt. 1 – THE COMPLETE MAN

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Here is the 269th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, April 20, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-host: Joyce Weil

guest caller: Dave’s cousin, Adam Glass

Featuring: Part one of Dave hosting New Year’s Eve 2007-08 at WGBB. Featuring Dave’s wife Joyce Weil and a phone call from Dave’s cousin, Adam Glass.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN
00:03:00  Addiction to Pleasure (with excerpts from “D’var”)
00:08:00  The Complete Man
00:21:00  GUEST: Adam Glass
00:46:00  Dave & Joyce – Frequent Flyers
00:56:00  DAVE GOES OUT

April 20, 2008 Playlist: “Auld Lang Syne” (Guy Lombardo).

‘The incomplete man
The complete man

Dave’s Gone By #268 (4/13/2008): MENSCH LACHT

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Here is the 268th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, April 13, 2008. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest co-host Jeff Goodman
guest: Neal Karlen (“The Story of Yiddish”)

00:00:01  Pre-show: Jeff in Vegas
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with author and Yiddish historian Neal Karlen; Inside Broadway

00:11:00  DAVE GOES IN
00:19:00  Jeff’s Vegas Trip
00:28:00  GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Neal Karlen
00:47:00  INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Macbeth review
01:11:00  DAVE GOES OUT

April 13, 208 Playlist: “I Wish” (Moyshe Oysher & The Barry Sisters), “Sleeps Quietly” (Yossele Rosenblatt).

(Pictured: Neal Karlen, Patrick Stewart in Macbeth, Rabbi Sol Solomon.)

Neal Karlen
Patrick Stewart as Macbeth
Jeff Goodman
Rabbi Sol Solomon