Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Richmond Shepard
Topics include: It Shoulda Been You, The Heidi Chronicles
Segment scheduled to air June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 11th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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The 39th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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* 39. A young singer is becoming the toast of the Metropolitan Opera for her beauty, her acting ability, and especially, her vocal range. She’s a contralto but almost as comfortable in soprano roles—a lucky thing, since she’s just taken on a new opera that makes her hit the D over high C in almost every aria.
After the first performance, however, she feels queasy and suffers cramps. After the second show, she’s nearly doubled over. There’s a two-week break before her next performance, and she feels fine, so she chalks it up to nerves. But as soon as she makes her next appearance, she suffers terrible stomach pain.
The next morning, she hurries to the doctor who takes an x-ray and discovers all these worm-like creatures in her abdomen. He frowns, “I’m afraid you have parasitic eels.”
“What? Eels in my stomach?”
“Yes,” says the MD.
“But I felt fine the last two weeks. It’s only when I’ve been singing . . .”
“Exactly,” says the doctor. “They’re born from vocal strain. And as long as you’re in that opera hitting those high notes, they’ll keep coming back. We call it `Wendy Wasserstein Syndrome.’”
“Really?” says the singer. “Did she have it, too?”
“No, she just inspired it. Haven’t you ever heard of `The High D Chronic Eels?’”
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Here is the 507th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 2, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with photographer Steve Gottlieb (“Flush: Celebrating Bathrooms Past and Present”). Plus: Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on Popeyes, Saturday Segues (Ben E. King, In the News), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (testing), Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (operetta).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: photographer Steve Gottlieb, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce Weil (Room C, brain bucket, Vin Scelsa, Fordham) 00:40:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Ben E. King 00:59:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:29:00 Sponsors 01:30:30 DAVE GOES AWAY – New York (MoMa & The Frick) 02:01:00 Sponsors 02:05:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Steve Gottlieb 02:53:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (02:53:00) & reviews: The Heidi Chronicles (03:21:30) & The King and I (03:31:00) 03:48:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #34 (operetta) 03:52:30 Weather 03:55:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (testing) 04:16:00 Friends 04:26:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #123 (Popeyes) 04:34:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:54:30 DAVE GOES OUT
“I Count the Tears” (00:44:30) & “This Magic Moment” (00:46:30; (The Drifters). “Supernatural Thing, Part 1” (00:49:00) & “Stand By Me” (00:53:00), “It’s All in the Game” (04:57:00; Ben E. King). “Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart” (02:50:30; Johnny Cash). “Hello, Young Lovers” (03:43:30; Renee Fleming). “Born in Time” (03:57:00), “Property of Jesus” (04:01:00), “Maybe Someday” (04:05:30) & “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window” ({alt. version}, 04:09:00; Bob Dylan). “Good Morning Baltimore” (04:34:00; Hairspray 2002 Broadway cast w/ Marissa Jaret Winokur). “Boxing” (04:38:00; Ben Folds). “Earthquakes” (04:42:30; Luie Luie). “May Day (There’s a Riot Goin’ Down) (04:45:00; Passing Strange 2008 Bway cast w/ Stew). “Dirty Bridge” (04:46:30; Amy Rigby).
Ben E. KingElizabeth Moss in The Heidi ChroniclesKelli O’Hara in The King and I
