Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/1/2019): MICHAEL PORTANTIERE

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On the 15th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Michael Portantiere weighs in on the 2019 Tony Awards.   His topic: Featured Actor in a Musical.

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 Interview (6/1/2019): EVA HEINEMANN

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On the 15th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Eva Heinemann (of Hi! Drama) weighs in on the 2019 Tony Awards. Her topic: Director of a Musical.

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 #697 (5/25/2019): MORIAL OF THE STORY

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Here is the 697th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, May 25, 2019. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (where’s Chaffie?, old a.c., dead raccoons, civil servant, emu oil)
00:50:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:24:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Idaho Springs
01:29:30 POTATO NEWS
01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (01:46:30), Broadway by the Year (02:05:00))
02:17:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:23:00 STORYTIME – Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, part 2
02:43:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 25, 2019 Playlist: “Hard Candy Christmas” (02:13:30; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1978 Broadway cast). “Forever Young” (02:46:00; Baby Jane Dexter)

Scott Siegel hosting Broadway by the Year
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde at the Soho Playhouse
Potato News
Idaho Springs, CO

Dave’s Gone By #694 (4/27/2019): BUDDY BUDDY

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Here is the 694th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday, April 27, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

GUESTS: singer Julie Budd, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Julie Budd, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Hotchkiss), StoryTime with Rabbi Sol (more Passover rules), Inside Broadway.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (matzoh man, MetroCard madness)
00:26:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Julie Budd
01:27:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:53:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & review (Hadestown)
02:45:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:52:30 STORYTIME: The Laws of Pesach, pt. 2
03:04:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Hotchkiss
03:07:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 27, 2019 Playlist: “My Shining Hour” (00:25:00), “All the Way” (01:11:30) & “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (03:10:00; Julie Budd).

Julie Budd
Hadestown
Hotchkiss, CO.

Dave’s Gone By #691 (3/30/2019): ROBYN’S HOOD

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Here is the 691st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which included an interview with musician Robyn Hitchcock and aired live on Facebook, Saturday, March 30, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

GUEST: musician Robyn Hitchcock, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Robyn Hitchcock, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Potato Hotline, Inside Broadway, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Grand Junction), StoryTime (Oscar the Grouch).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (Daily Grouch, 30th birthday, dog diarrhea)
00:35:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Robyn Hitchcock
01:24:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (college radio, chickendale)
01:35:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:59:00 POTATO HOTLINE
02:09:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews: Ain’t Too Proud (02:13:00) & Kiss Me, Kate (02:34:00))
02:47:00 STORYTIME – Oscar’s Book
02:58:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:04:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Grand Junction
03:07:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 30, 2019 Playlist: “One Long Pair of Eyes” (00:35:30) & “Saturday Groovers” (03:13:30; Robyn Hitchcock). “Where is the Life that Late I Led?” (Kiss Me, Kate w/ Alfred Drake).

Robyn Hitchcock
Oscar’s Book for StoryTime
Kiss Me, Kate
Ain’t Too Proud
Grand Junction, CO

Dave’s Gone By #656 (6/23/2018): HERED-ITY

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Here is the 656th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired June 23, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tony-winning actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel), Dave’s Big Dictionary, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Avon).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Runza cup, cuttlefish ink, hurty hip, hail damage, bad week and a bad winner)
00:41:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:23:00 Sponsors
01:25:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:41:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Wilson Jermaine Heredia
02:34:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Avon
02:36:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 14
02:53:30 Friends
03:01:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:32:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – bluefish
03:42:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 23, 2018 Playlist: “Black or White” (01:41:00; Michael Jackson). “I’ll Cover You” (02:30:30) & “Seasons of Love” (03:49:30; Rent 1996 Broadway cast). “Mother and Child Reunion” (03:02:30; Paul Simon). “One Divine Hammper” (03:20:30; The Breeders). “Koko” (03:26:00; Goldfrapp).

(pictured: Wilson Jermaine Heredia, A Cow for Hansel, Avon, Colorado; bluefish)

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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): MICHALL JEFFERS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Michall Jeffers

Topics include: Tony Awards, Broadway, musicals, Lauren Ambrose, My Fair Lady, Katrina Lenk, The Band’s Visit, Once on this Island, Hailey Kilgore, Taylor Louderman, Mean Girls.

Segment airs June 9, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 13th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/9/2018): CHARLES GROSS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Charles Gross

Topics include: Tony Awards, Charles Gross, Score, Angels in America, Frozen, Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Strange Interlude, Admissions.

Segment airs 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 Interview (6/9/2018): SIMON SALTZMAN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Outer Critics Circle president Simon Saltzman

Topics include: Tony Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, musicals, The Band’s Visit, Mean Girls, SpongeBob SquarePants, Admissions, Desperate Measures.

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

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