Dave’s Gone By #853 (6/11/2022): THE 17th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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Here is the 853rd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By — our annual celebration of Broadway and the Tony Awards — which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 11, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: Theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Robert Cashill, RobJoe Dziemianowicz, David Finkle, David Gordon, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Ed Rubin, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart, set designer Adam Rigg

Featuring: host Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critics and experts about their picks and predictions for the 2022 Tony Awards. Plus: Dave chats with set designer Adam Rigg, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and trivia fun!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:02:00 GUEST: Robert Cashill
00:13:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:24:00 TRIVIA (Part 1)
00:30:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:47:00 GUEST: David Gordon
01:05:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
01:18:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
01:29:30 GUESTS: David Sheward & Leslie (Hoban) Blake
01:53:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:11:00 DAVE GOES OFF: Student Tickets / Subs & Understudies
02:23:30 GUEST: David Finkle
02:41:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #176 (2022 Tony Awards)
02:54:30 GUEST: Adam Rigg
03:04:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:16:30 TRIVIA (Part 2)
03:24:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
03:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Robert Cashill
Joe Dziemianowicz
Zachary Stewart
David Gordon
Ed Rubin
Charles Gross
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Eva Heinemann
David Finkle
Adam Rigg
Raven Snook
Brian Scott Lipton
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/2022): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/22): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

On the 17th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz weighs in on the 2022 Tony Award nominations, specifically Best Actor in a Musical.

Segment aired June 11, 2022 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2020): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with Theater News Online theater critic JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

Topics include: Tony Awards, COVID-19.  

Segment aired June 6, 2020 as part of the annual Broadway theater special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #749 (6/6/2020): THE 16th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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Here is the 749th episode–our annual celebration of Broadway–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired Saturday, June 6, 2020. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: actor Lewis J. Stadlen, theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Joe Dziemianowicz, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Ed Rubin, Simon Saltzman, David Sheward, Zachary Stewart. Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Dave chats with two-time Tony-nominated actor Lewis J. Stadlen (The Producers, Minnie’s Boys, The Nance); theater critics weigh in on the Broadway season and their favorite all-time shows; Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his Rabbinical Reflection on post-pandemic Broadway; a 2019-20 Broadway Timeline; Trivia Quiz.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:04:00 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:13:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 1
00:28:00 TRIVIA QUIZ, pt. 1
00:35:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 2
00:45:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
00:56:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
01:09:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 3
01:15:00 GUEST: David Sheward
01:29:00 GUEST: Lewis J. Stadlen
02:10:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
02:20:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
02:35:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 4
02:48:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:02:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
03:18:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 5
03:29:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #163 (Broadway 2020)
03:38:30 BROADWAY PASSINGS
03:42:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 6
03:46:30 GUEST: Charles Gross
03:56:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 7
04:05:30 TRIVIA QUIZ, pt. 2
04:14:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 6, 2020 Playlist: “Road to Nowhere” (04:19:00; David Byrne’s American Utopia).

Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Joe Dziemianowicz
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Brian Scott Lipton
Ed Rubin
David Sheward
Lewis J. Stadlen
Zachary Stewart
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Dave doing last year’s Tony show

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/1/2019): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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On the 15th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz weighs in on the 2019 Tony Awards. His category: Featured Actress in a Play.

Segment aired June 1, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #698 (6/1/2019): THE 15th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 698th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By. It’s the annual Tony Awards/Broadway special, and it aired live on Facebook, Sat, June 1, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Stuart Brown (Sounds of Broadway), Joe Dziemianowicz (Theater News Online), David Finkle (The Clyde Fitch Report), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Brian Scott Lipton (Cititour), Michael Portantiere (This Week on Broadway), Ed Rubin (TotalTheater), David Sheward (TheaterLife.com), Zachary Stewart (Theatermania).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:06:00 GUEST: Stuart Brown
00:17:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 1 (box office, Straight White Men, Head Over Heels)
00:25:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:29:00 GUEST: David Finkle
00:42:00 QUIZ – Part 1
00:49:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
01:00:00 GUEST: David Sheward
01:11:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 2 (Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Pretty Woman, Bernhardt/Hamlet) 01:14:00
01:14:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:33:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #159 – 2019 Tonys
01:41:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin
01:53:00 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
02:06:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
02:19:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 3 (The Nap, Lifespan of a Fact, The Ferryman, The Waverly Gallery)
02:22:00 QUIZ – Part 2
02:29:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
02:43:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:51:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 4 (Torch Song, American Son, King Kong, Mike Birbiglia-The New One, The Prom, The Illusionists, The Cher Show, Network, Ruben & Clay’s Christmas, To Kill a Mockingbird, Choir Boy, True West, Be More Chill, Kiss Me, Kate; Ain’t Too Proud, What the Constitution Means to Me, King Lear, Oklahoma!, Burn This, Hadestown, Hillary and Clinton, Gary, All My Sons, Tootsie, Ink, Beetlejuice)
03:29:00 QUIZ – Part 3
03:31:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 1, 2019 Playlist: “Road to Hell” (00:00:30; Hadestown off-Broadway cast). “Way Down in Hadestown” (03:38:30; Hadestown Broadway cast). “We Got the Beat” (00:23:00; Head Over Heels cast). “The Lady’s Improving” (02:50:30; The Prom Broadway cast). “A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into” (03:07:30; Be More Chill NJ cast).

Stuart Brown
Charles Gross
David Finkle
Joe Dziemianowicz
David Sheward
Brian Scott Lipton
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Ed Rubin
Michael Portantiere
Eva Heinemann
Zachary Stewart

Dave’s Gone By #654 (6/9/2018): THE 14th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 654th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 9, 2018. More info: davegsoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Arvada Center artistic director of plays Lynne Collins, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critic Leslie (Hoban) Blake & Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania), Elisabeth Vincentelli (“Three on the Aisle”).

Featuring: A look at the 2017-2018 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway Timeline, a giveaway, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:10:00 BROADWAY
00:26:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
00:39:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – 1984, Marvin’s Room, Prince of Broadway, Springsteen
00:52:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:59:30 Sponsors – TotalTheater
01:03:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
01:15:00 BROADWAY TIME – Time and the Conways, M. Butterfly, Junk, The Band’s Visit, Latin History for Morons, Home for the Holidays
01:29:00 TRIVIA, part 1
01:34:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Meteor Shower, The Parisian Woman, Once on this Island, SpongeBob SquarePants
01:44:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
01:54:30 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli
02:06:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Farinelli and the King, Stories by Heart, Escape to Margaritaville
02:20:00 Other Awards, part 1
02:24:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Frozen, Angels in America, Lobby Hero, Rocktopia
02:38:30 Sponsors – Hewlett Minuteman Press
02:43:00 GUEST: Lynne Collins
02:58:30 Giveaway 1
03:03:00 Other Awards, part 2
03:07:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Three Tall Women, Mean Girls
03:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #155 – 2018 Tonys
03:27:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Children of a Lesser God, Carousel
03:35:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
03:50:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
04:04:00 Giveaway 2
04:07:00 Other Awards, part 3
04:09:30 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
04:20:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – The Terms of My Surrender, My Fair Lady, Harry Potter, Summer
04:40:30 TRIVIA, part 2
04:49:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
05:01:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Travesties, Saint Joan, The Iceman Cometh
05:09:00 NEXT SEASON!
05:15:30 Thank Yous
05:20:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 9, 2018 Playlist: “Sincerely Me” (00:22:30; Dear Evan Hansen 2016 Broadway cast). “You’ve Got Possibilities” (00:44:00; Prince of Broadway 2017 Broadway cast). “The Wish” (00:49:30; Bruce Springsteen). “It is What it Is” (01:23:30) & “Answer Me” (05:22:30; The Band’s Visit 2018 Broadway cast). “Some Girls” (01:38:00; Once on this Island 2018 Broadway cast). “SpongeBob SquarePants Theme” (01:44:00; SpongeBob SquarePants 2018 Broadway cast). “Tin Cup Chalice” (02:14:30; Escape to Margaritaville 2018 Broadway cast). “Let it Go” (“Frozen” 2013 film soundtrack). “Beethoven’s 9th” (02:36:00; “Rocktopia”). “I’d Rather Be Me” (03:13:30; Mean Girls 2018 Broadway cast). “If I Loved You” (03:32:00; Carousel 2018 Broadway cast). “Laura Benanti Explains the Plays” (03:47:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Musicals” (04:29:00; Laure Benanti). “A Hymn to Him” (04:26:00; My Fair Lady 1987 studio cast w/ Jeremy Irons). “On the Radio” (04:38:30; Donna Summer).


(pictured: Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Joe Dziemianowicz, Michall Jeffers, Zachary Stewart, Elizabeth Vincentelli, Lynne Collins, Charles Gross, Ed Rubin, Simon Saltzman, Eva Heinemann, Rabbi Sol Solomon)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/9/2018): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews NY Daily News theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz

Topics include: Tony Awards, Harry Potter, The Children, Plays, theater, The Grand Tour.

Segment scheduled to air June 9, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 14th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #609 (6/10/2017): THE 13th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 609th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 10, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

June 10, 2017 (show #609) THE 13TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: composer-lyricists Irene Sankoff & David Hein (Come from Away), Dallas Morning News theater critic Nancy Churnin, Dave’s wife Joyce, critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Ed Rubin (Artes), Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (“Two on the Aisle”), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle).

Featuring: A look at the 2016-2017 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway Timeline, a giveaway, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (on the show)
00:17:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – By the Numbers, Cirque, Act of God, 2016 Tonys, Motown, Cats
00:36:30 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:49:30 Sponsors
00:53:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Black, Encounter, Holiday Inn, Oh Hello
00:59:30 TRIVIA
01:03:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Heisenberg, Cherry Orchard, Front Page, Valli, Falsettos
01:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #146 – The 2017 Tony Awards
01:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Liaisons, Cheno, Natasha
01:36:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
01:46:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Illusionists, Alton Brown, A Bronx Tale
01:53:00 AWARDS ROUNDUP
02:02:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Dear Evan Hansen
02:09:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
02:21:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – In Transit
02:24:00 GIVEAWAY
02:26:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – The Present, Jitney, Sunset Boulevard, Sunday, Significant Other, Glass Menagerie, Come from Away
02:45:30 GUESTS: Irene Sankoff & David Hein
03:06:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Price, Miss Saigon
03:14:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
03:26:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Sweat, Goes Wrong, Amelie, Present Laughter, War Paint, Oslo, Groundhog Day
03:36:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
04:00:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Indecent, Little Foxes, Hello, Dolly!
04:09:00 GUEST: Nancy Churnin
04:23:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Charlie
04:30:00 MORE TRIVIA
04:35:00 MUSICALS IN MEDIA
04:42:30 GUEST: Edward Rubin
04:57:30 ANOTHER GIVEAWAY
05:00:00 Sponsors
05:01:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Anastasia
05:06:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
05:15:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Six Degrees, Bandstand
05:25:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – A Doll’s House Part 2, Tony Info
05:28:30 NEXT SEASON!
05:32:30 Thank Yous
05:37:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 10, 2017 Playlist: “History has its Eyes on You” (00:25:00; Hamilton 2016 Broadway cast). “Memory” (00:31:30; Cats 1982 Broadway cast). “Blue Skies” (00:56:00; Holiday Inn 2016 Broadway cast). “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (01:08:00; Jersey Boys 2005 Broadway cast). “Four Jews in a Room Bitching” (01:13:00; March of the Falsettos 1981 off-Broadway). “Charming” (01:32:00; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, 2013 off-Broadway cast). “Out of Your Head” (01:50:00; A Bronx Tale 2016 Broadway cast). “Waving Through a Window” (02:03:00; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast). “Laura Benanti Explains the Plays” (02:07:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Musicals” (05:21:00; Laura Benanti). “In Transit (excerpts)” (02:23:00; In Transit 2016 Broadway cast). “With One Look” (02:30:30; Sunset Boulevard 1994 L.A. cast). “Children and Art” (02:36:30; Sunday in the Park with George 2006 London cast). “Me and the Sky” (03:01:30) & “Finale” (05:39:00; Come from Away 2017 Broadway cast). “The Movie in My Mind” (03:09:00; Miss Saigon (2014 London cast). “Times are Hard for Dreamers” (03:30:30; Philippa Soo). “War Paint” Excerpts (03:37:00; War Paint 2017 Broadway cast). “Playing Nancy” (03:43:30; Groundhog Day 2017 Broadway cast). “Before the Parade Passes By” (04:05:00; Hello, Dolly! 2017 Broadway cast). “It Must Be Seen to be Believed” (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2013 London cast). “City of Stars” (04:40:00; “La La Land” 2016 film soundtrack). “My Petersburg” (05:03:00; Anastasia 2017 Broadway cast). “Welcome Home” (05:19:30; Bandstand 2017 Broadway cast).


(pictured: your humble host, Charles Gross, Rabbi Sol Solomon, Eva Heinemann, Michall Jeffers, Irene Sankoff & David Hein, Simon Saltzman, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Nancy Churnin, Edward Rubin,  Joe Dziemianowicz)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/2016): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews NY Daily News theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz

Topics include: Tony Awards, Cynthia Erivo, Laura Benanti, The Color Purple, Phillipa Soo, Fun Home, Broadway.

Segment aired June 11, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 12th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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