Dave’s Gone By #561 (6/11/2016): THE 12TH ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 561st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: lyricist Glenn Slater (School of Rock), Dave’s wife Joyce, critics Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Elisabeth Vincentelli (NY Post), Jeff Myhre (NY Theater Guide), Ed Rubin (Artes), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Jeff Myhre (NY Theater Guide), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Ellis Nassour (TotalTheater).

Featuring: A look at the 2015-2016 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews (including Tony-nominated lyricist Glenn Slater), trivia, showtunes, Broadway Timeline, a giveaway, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:18:30 LAST YEAR’S WINNERS
00:25:30 SEASON STATS
00:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 1
00:37:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
00:49:30 GUEST: Jeff Myhre
00:58:30 Sponsors
01:00:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 2
01:10:00 TRIVIA, Part 1
01:18:30 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
01:30:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 3
01:43:30 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli
02:01:00 Sponsors
02:08:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 4
02:26:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
02:40:00 GIVEAWAY
02:46:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 5
03:01:30 TRIVIA, Part 2
03:10:30 GUEST: Glenn Slater
03:51:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 6
04:12:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
04:28:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 7
04:37:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #140 – The 2016 Tony Awards
04:44:00 Sponsors
04:47:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 8
05:01:30 GUEST: Ellis Nassour
05:13:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 9
05:30:30 GUEST: Charles Gross
05:53:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 10
06:12:00 TRIVIA, Part 3
06:17:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, Part 11
06:35:00 Thank Yous
06:40:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin
07:01:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 11, 2016 Playlist: “Ring of Keys” (00:21:30; Fun Home 2015 Broadway cast). “I Still Believe” (00:35:00; Amazing Grace 2015 Broadway cast w/ Erin Mackey). “Alexander Hamilton” (01:01:30; Hamilton 2016 Broadway cast). “The Mirror-Blue Night” (01:41:30; Spring Awakening 2006 Broadway cast). “Star Tar” (02:23:30; Dames at Sea 1969 London cast). “Mega-Mix” (02:55:30; On Your Feet 2016 Broadway cast). “Here at Horace Green” (03:11:00), “Where Did the Rock Go” (03:27:00) & “Stick it to the Man” (03:44:30; School of Rock 2016 Broadway cast). “Ishi Kara Ishi” (03:54:00; Allegiance 2015 Broadway cast w/ George Takei & Lea Salonga). “Miss Celie’s Pants” (04:10:00; The Color Purple 2016 Broadway cast w/ Cynthia Erivo). “Do You Love Me” (04:31:30; Fiddler on the Roof 2016 Broadway cast w/ Danny Burstein & Jessica Hecht). “Promotional Reel” (04:58:00; Disaster 2016 Broadway cast). “Ice Cream” (05:19:00; She Loves Me 1963 Broadway cast w/ Barbara Cook). “Sun is Gonna Shine Again ” (05:27:30; Steve Martin & Edie Brickell). “Everything Changes” (06:08:30; Waitress 2016 Broadway cast w/ Jessie Mueller). “Everlasting” (06:22:00; Tuck Everlasting 2016 Broadway cast w/ Sarah Charles Lewis). “I’m Cravin’ for That Kind of Love” (06:31:00; Shuffle Along w/ Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle). “Sun is Gonna Shine Again” (07:09:30; Bright Star 2016 Broadway cast w/ Carmen Cusack).

Glenn Slater
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Joe Dziemanowicz
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Jeff Myhre
Ellis Nassour
Simon Saltzman
Elisabeth Vincentelli
Ed Rubin

Dave’s Gone By #547 (2/27/2016): BLINTZES OVER BROADWAY

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Here is the 547th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Feb. 27, 2016. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer-director Douglas McGrath. Plus: Rabbi Sol reflects on Hitler’s Junk, Inside Broadway, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Leap Year), Saturday Segues (in the news, Lou Reed).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: writer Douglas McGrath, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Brim, Pootie Tang)
00:38:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:22:00 Sponsors
01:29:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Lou Reed
01:57:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:21:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Douglas McGrath
03:00:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Leap Year)
03:18:00 Friends
03:28:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #136 – Hitler’s Junk
03:37:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:54:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Feb. 27, 2016 playlist: “Shooting Star” (01:35:30) & “Average Guy” (01:47:30; Lou Reed). “Femme Fatale (demo)” (01:38:30; Big Star). “What Goes On” (01:41:00; The Velvet Underground). “Hop Frog” (01:46:00; Lou Reed & David Bowie). “Making a Home” (02:18:30; March of the Falsettos 1981 off-Broadway cast). “On Broadway” (02:55:00; Beautiful 2015 Broadway cast). “I Want You” (03:01:30; {live} Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead). “The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest” (03:05:30) & “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar” (03:11:30; Bob Dylan). “Movie Star” (03:38:00; Cracker). “Who Ya Gonna Shoot with That” (03:41:30; Da Lench Mob). “Yellow River” (03:44:30; Christie). “Approximately Infinite Universe” (03:47:00; Yoko Ono). “February (Getaway)” (03:56:00; Jen Trynin).

Douglas McGrath
Lou Reed
Hey, big boy
Leap Day

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/27/2016): DOUGLAS McGRATH & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer-director Douglas McGrath

Topics include: Woody Allen, Bullets Over Broadway, Mike Nichols, Carole King, Beautiful.

Segment scheduled to air Feb. 27, 2016 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood Douglas McGrath passed Nov. 3, 2022 at age 64. 

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Dave’s Gone By #532 (11/14/2015): SIMON SAYS

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Here is the 532nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Nov. 14, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singing teacher Barbara J. Simon. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Gordon Lightfoot, Allen Toussaint), Dave Goes Off (Paris terrorism), and the new song, “Oh, Dat Ben!”.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singing teacher Barbara J. Simon, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (touchscreens, trumbone, mic trouble, the brain, malice)
00:36:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:00:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (bad patients)
01:07:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Gordon Lightfoot
01:25:00 Sponsors
01:28:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (Billy Elliot on PBS (01:44:30), An American in Paris) (01:51:30))
02:01:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Barbara J. Simon
02:42:30 Sponsors
02:47:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (The Cutting Edge)
03:13:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Allen Toussaint
03:36:30 Friends
03:48:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Ben Carson (including “Oh, Dat Ben!”)
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OFF – Paris
04:22:00 Weather
04:27:3 0 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 14, 2015 Playlist: “I’m not Sayin'” (01:10:30), “If You Got It” (01:17:00) & “Carefree Highway” (01:19:30; Gordon Lightfoot) “Early Morning Rain” (01:13:00; Eva Cassidy). “They Can’t Take That Away from Me” (01:59:00; An American in Paris 2014 Broadway cast). “Just Singing a Song” (02:38:00; Neil Young). “I Want You (take 4)” (02:50:00), “Desolation Row (demo version)” (02:53:00), “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (take 8)” (02:55:00) & “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later, take 19)” (02:58:30; Bob Dylan). “You Will not Lose” (03:19:30), “What is Success” (03:23:00) & “Southern Nights” (03:26:30; Allen Toussaint). “The Sharpest Thorn” (03:30:00; Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint). “Oh, Dat Ben!” (03:53:30; Dave Lefkowitz). “L’Anamour” (03:55:00; Serge Gainsbourg). “If We Only had Love” (04:31:30; Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 2006 off-Broadway cast).

Barbara J. Simon
Ben Carson
Dylan’s Cutting Edge
Allen Toussaint (Photo by Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage)
Gordon Lightfoot
Billy Elliot on PBS
An American in Paris

Dave’s Gone By #530 (10/31/2015): HALLOW IN THERE

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Here is the 530th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 31, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dave Goes Off on NYC and Longmont, CO., Saturday Segues (Tom Paxton, scary songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Halloween).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (spooky noise, Longmont, St. Louis ribs, The Miracle of Long Johns in NY, pay it forward, library blackout)
00:38:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:01:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (blood)
01:07:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Paxton
01:27:00 Sponsors
01:31:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & reviews (01:44:00): The Humans, Sylvia, Spring Awakening)
02:05:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Halloween)
02:20:30 A Low Blow from “Hi! Drama”
02:29:00 Friends
02:38:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Scary songs
03:00:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Nov. 1, 2015 Playlist: “Let the Wild Wind Blow” (01:12:00), “Prayin’ for Snow” (01:14:00), “All Night Long” (01:19:00), “Time to Spare” (01:21:30), “I Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound” (03:03:30; Tom Paxton). “Left Behind” (02:01:30; Spring Awakening 2006 Broadway cast w/ Jonathan Groff). “Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1)” (02:06:00), “She Belongs to Me” (02:10:00), “Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag” (02:13:30) & “Handy Dandy” (02:17:30; Bob Dylan). “Hear de Lams a-Cryin'” (02:39:30; Paul Robeson). “Codex” (02:42:00; Pere Ubu). “Dead the Long Year” (02:47:00; Broadcast). “Pretty Polly” (02:51:30; Judy Collins).

Longmont Best Western Plaza hotel
another view
Tom Paxton
The Humans
Sylvia
Spring Awakening

Dave’s Gone By #529 (10/17/2015): iTUNIES

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Here is the 529th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Oct. 17, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Tamara Tunie. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Arthur Miller, Miracles), Dylan – Sooner & Later (new morning).

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: actress Tamara Tunie, Dave’s wife Joyce

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (The Miracle of Long Johns, inventions, eye surgery. Muppets, Law & Order)
00:34:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Arthur Miller
01:44:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:45:30) & reviews (Robin Hood (01:59:30), (Ruthless! (02:04:00), (Something Rotten! (02:10:30))
02:21:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tamara Tunie
02:55:00 Sponsors
03:03:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (new morning)
03:23:30 Weather
03:31:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – miracles
03:53:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Oct. 17, 2015 Playlist: “After the Fall” (01:25:00; Ray Davies), “Breaking Glass” (01:29:00; {live}; David Bowie). “Death of a Salesman” (01:31:30; Low). “Marilyn” (01:34:30; Dan Bern). “The Price I Pay” (01:37:00; Billy Bragg). “God, I Hate Shakespeare” (02:19:00; Something Rotten! (2015 Bway cast w/ Brian d’Arcy James & John Cariana). “Lush Life” (02:49:00; Tamara Tunie). “If not for You” ({alternate version} 03:07:00), “Went to See the Gypsy” ({demo version} 03:10:30), “The Man in Me” (03:13:00) & “Father of Night” (03:16:00; Bob Dylan). “Miracle Man” (03:33:00; Elvis Costello). “Long Overdue for a Miracle” (03:36:30; Whistle Down the Wind 1999 London cast). “Miracle of Miracles” (03:38:00; Fiddler on the Roof 1964 Bway cast w/ Austin Pendleton). “In a Miracle” (03:40:00; Chrissie Hynde). “Somebody’s Miracle” (03:44:00; Liz Phair). “Waiting for the Miracle” (04:02:00; Leonard Cohen).

Tamara Tunie
David Lefkowitz in “The Miracle of Long Johns” at Studio Theater in Theater Row NYC, October 23, 2015. Photo by Farnaz Taherimotlagh.
Arthur Miller
Dylan’s New Morning
Robin Hood
Ruthless
Something Rotten

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): EVA HEINEMANN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Hi! Drama theater critic Eva Heinemann

Topics include: Score, Tony Awards, Broadway, Fun Home, The Last Ship, Sting.

Segmen aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 11th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): RICHARD SHORE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews musical director Richard Shore

Topics include: Name That (Show)Tune.

Segment aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 11th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): JOE DZIEMIANOWICZ

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews NY Daily News theater critic Joe Dziemianowicz

Topics include: musical revivals, The King and I, On the Twentieth Century, On the Town

Segment aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 11th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): DAVID FINKLE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Huffington Post theater critic David Finkle

Topics include: musical, An American in Paris, Gigi, Fun Home, Tony Awards, Broadway

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