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 (4/27/2019): JULIE BUDD & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer JULIE BUDD

Topics include: Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, Marvin Hamlisch.

Segment aired April 27, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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All content (c)2019 TotalTheater Productions.                                                   

More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/25/2015): KATHRYN CROSBY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Kathryn Crosby.

Topics include: Bing Crosby, State Fair, Gary Crosby, Peter Lorre, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Mickey Rooney.

Segment aired July 18, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Kathryn Crosby, who passed Sept. 20, 2024 at age 90. 

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com

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

Dave’s Gone By #465 (4/12/2014): MARKO SHOWLO

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Here is the 465th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio April 12, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave chats with theater journalist Joel Markowitz. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Plagues, pt. 1), Saturday Segues (Tiny Tim, John Pinette).

Guest: theater journalist Joel Markowitz, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Note: Joel Markowitz passed in November 2017 at age 60.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (theater season, bum knee, Holocaust Week, drug-sniffing bunny, Joyce’s center book, fire and ice, El Touchy)
01:05:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tiny Tim
01:21:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jesse Winchester
01:38:00 Sponsors
01:43:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:43:30); review (Don’t Wake Me; 01:59:00)
02:08:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Mickey Rooney
02:21:30 GUEST: Joel Markowitz
03:19:00 Sponsors
03:22:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Plagues, pt. 1)
03:52:00 Friends
03:57:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Pinette
04:17:30 Thanks
04:22:00 Weather
04:23:30 Upcoming
04:25:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 12, 2014 Playlist: “Touch of the Pharaohs” (01:01:00; Luie Luie). “The Name Song” (01:09:00), “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” (01:10:30), “Fill Your Heart” (01:12:30), “Just a Gigolo” (01:15:30) & “Aren’t You Glad You’re You” (01:18:00; Tiny Tim). “The Brand New Tennessee Waltz” (01:25:00), “I Wave Bye Bye” (01:28:00) & “Snow” (04:26:00). “Biloxi” (01:31:30; Ted Hawkins). “Judy” (02:17:30) & “Nothing Can Stop Me Now ” (02:19:30). “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking” ({live} 03:24:30), “On the Road Again” (03:30:00), “Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum” (03:32:30), “The Ballad of Hollis Brown” ({live}, 03:37:30) & “Day of the Locusts” (03:43:00; Bob Dylan). “Musical Theater” (03:59:30), “Extreme Sports” (04:03:00), “The Toaster” (04:09:00), “A Gas Problem” (04:12:00) & “Toilet Paper” (04:14:30; John Pinette).

Joel Markowitz
John Pinette
Don’t Wake Me
Tiny Tim
Mickey Rooney
Happy Passover!

Dave’s Gone By #88 (8/5/2004): AUGUST ASSEMBLAGE

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Here is the 88th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM, Aug. 5, 2004. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: sociologist Diditi Mitra

Featuring: Dave chats with sociologist Diditi Mitra. Plus: Inside Broadway and the Satirical News Gone By.

00:00:01  DAVE GOES IN: Xmas in August and Fire Fire!
00:14:00  INSIDE BROADWAY: Mickey Rooney & A Stoop on Orchard Street
00:19:00  DAVE’S GOT GUESTS: sociologist Diditi Mitra
00:42:00  NEWS GONE BY: Terror Czar; Medicare Solution; Don King; Killer Tree; Tiger Tiger; Smelly Food; Slow Drivin’; Cage’s Age; Karaoke Champs; Shark Repellent
00:50:00  DAVE GOES OUT – What’ve guests been up to?

August 5, 2004 Playlist: no music.


(pictured: Diditi Mitra, Mickey Rooney, A Stoop on Orchard Street)

Diditi Mitra
Mickey Rooney
A Stoop on Orchard Street
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