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Here is episode #1035, “The 21st Annual TotalTheater Broadway Special,” of the Dave’s Gone By podcast, which aired live on facebook, Saturday morning, June 6, 2026.
Featuring: Special Broadway edition! Featuring: Host Dave Lefkowitz chats with Tony-nominated orchestrator Brian Usifer, with Wisconsin critic Anne Siegel about the Regional Theater Tony Award, and with critics and journalists about the 2025-26 New York theater season. Plus: Broadway trivia and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tony nominations.
Guests: orchestrator Brian Usifer; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Joe Dziemianowicz, David Finkle, Thom Geier, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Jonathan Mandell, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Martha Wade Steketee, Zachary Stewart, Jeffrey Sweet, Robert Viagas; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:10:00 BROADWAY FACTS & FIGURES 00:14:30 GUEST: Jonathan Mandell 00:28:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart 00:44:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton 00:59:00 GUEST: David Finkle 01:15:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #209: Tony Awards 2026 01:23:00 Giveaway 01:26:00 OTHER AWARDS pt. 1 01:29:00 BROADWAY TRIVIA w/ David Sheward, Jeffrey Sweet, Robert Viagas 02:16:00 GUEST: Raven Snook 02:28:00 GUEST: Carey Purcell 02:41:00 OTHER AWARDS pt. 2 02:43:00 GUEST: Brian Usifer 03:02:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 03:17:00 GUEST: Charles Gross 03:29:00 Passings from the Daverhood 03:33:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 03:42:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 03:54:00 GUEST: Martha Wade Steketee 04:08:00 GUEST: Anne Siegel 04:18:30 GUEST: Thom Geier 04:28:00 DAVE GOES OUT
June 6, 2026 Playlist: “I Want to Be Happy” (00:00:01; Vincent Lopez); Manhattan (04:36:00; Paul Whiteman)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2026): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ
On the 21st annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz weighs in on the 2026 Tony Award nominations category, Featured Actor in a Play.
Segment airs June 6, 2026 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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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
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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 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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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) BlakeJoe DziemianowiczCharles GrossEva HeinemannBrian Scott LiptonEd RubinDavid ShewardLewis J. StadlenZachary StewartRabbi Sol SolomonDave doing last year’s Tony show
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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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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 BrownCharles GrossDavid FinkleJoe DziemianowiczDavid ShewardBrian Scott LiptonLeslie (Hoban) BlakeEd RubinMichael PortantiereEva HeinemannZachary Stewart
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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)
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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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