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Dave’s Gone By #1035 (6/6/2026): THE 21st ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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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)

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/4/2023): LARRY BLANK & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with orchestrator LARRY BLANK

Topics include: theater, scoring, The Producers, Michael Crawford

Segment aired Feb. 4, 2023 as part of the 880th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #880 (2/4/2023): BLANK SPACE

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Here is the 880th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 4, 2023. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews composer and orchestrator Larry Blank; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Indian Hills); Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (Feb. 4 w/ Larry Blank, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward); Greeley Crimes & Old Times.

Guests: Orchestrator Larry Blank; theater critics David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (eye doctor, Some Girls…)
00:28:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Larry Blank
01:05:30 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Feb. 4 w/ Larry Blank, David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake
02:10:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
02:35:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:40:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (ketchup)
02:52:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Indian Hills, CO)
02:56:00 DAVE GOES OUT