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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright Richard Nelson
Topics include: playwriting, The Gabriels, Illyria, Public Theater, Rhinebeck, politics, Judaism.
Segment airs Dec. 2, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 630th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio and Facebook Dec. 2, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: playwright Richard Nelson, Dave’s wife Joyce
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Richard Nelson. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Thomas’s Ten), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segues (Tom n’ Andy, In the News).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (noise machines, In & Out, Parade of Lights) 00:37:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:09:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom n’ Andy 01:37:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:10:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Richard Nelson 02:54:30 Sponsors 02:56:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Thomas’s Twenty) 03:21:00 Friends 03:28:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:05:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 2, 2017 Playlist: “Dear Heart” (01:13:00). “Music to Watch Girls By” (01:20:00) & “Can’t Get Used to Losing You” (01:27:30; Andy Williams). “Foreign Affairs” (01:16:00), “2:19” (01:22:30) & “Lullaby” (01:30:00). “Good for You” (02:08:00; Dear Evan Hansen 2017 Broadway cast). “One Night in Bangkok” (02:52:00; Murray Head). “Changing of the Guards” (03:00:30) & “When I Paint My Masterpiece” {demo version} (03:07:00; Bob Dylan). “Boots of Spanish Leather” (03:11:00; Nanci Griffith). “Sit Down, John” (03:29:30; 1776 1969 Broadway cast w/ William Daniels). “Mattie Rag” (03:31:30; Lord Tanamo). “Speaking of Taxes” (03:34:00; Henny Youngman). “Tishomingo Blues” (03:35:30; “A Prairie Home Companion” w/ Garrison Keillor). “Why Must I Plead” (03:37:00; Richard Thompson). “Walk to Jerusalem” (03:42:00; Mahalia Jackson).
(pictured: Richard Nelson, Andy Williams, Tom Waits, sound machine w/ Twaddle)
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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright & novelist Willard Manus
Topics include: Mott the Hoople, The Pigskin Rabbi, The Penis Monologues, Greece, Los Angeles, theater. Segment aired Aug. 5, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 426th episode–our annual Broadway theater-related special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 8, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Dave celebrates Broadway and the Tony Awards with theater experts and lots of showtunes. Featuring actor/director and UNC Professor Ken Womble. plus theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake (“Two on the Aisle”), Donald Collester (Journal America and WDVR-FM), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Isa Goldberg (Drama Desk president), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Brian Scott Lipton (TheaterMania.com), Michael Portantiere (Broadwaystars.com), Ed Rubin (TotalTheater.com), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle President), Elisabeth Vincentelli (NY Post), Matt Windman (AM-NY), playwright Jeffrey Sweet, former theater owner Richmond Shepard and writer-performer Rabbi Sol Solomon.
00:00:01 Pre-show 00:03:00 DAVE GOES IN 00:05:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 00:18:30 GUEST: Ken Womble 00:48:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard 01:04:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 01:19:30 Sponsors 01:22:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton 01:34:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman 01:51:30 GUEST: Isa Goldberg 02:08:00 GUEST: Donald Collester 02:25:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #69: Tonys 2013 02:32:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 02:40:30 GUEST: Jeffrey Sweet 02:57:00 Pop Segue 03:10:30 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli 03:25:00 Trivia 03:28:30 GUEST: Matt Windman 03:43:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere 03:57:00 Sponsors 04:00:00 Trivia 04:03:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin 04:17:30 Friends & Thanks 04:29:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 8, 2013 Playlist: “Enjoy the Trip” (00:15:30; Bring it On, 2012 Broadway cast). “In My Own Little Corner” (00:45:30) & “Exit Music – Cinderella March” (04:30:00; Cinderella, 2013 Broadway cast w/ Laura Osnes). “No Time at All” (00:57:00) & “Corner of the Sky” (02:19:30; Pippin, 2013 Broadway cast w/ Andrea Martin & Matthew James Thomas). “Entr’acte” (00:03:00), “Naughty” (01:15:00) & “Loud” (03:21:30; Matilda, 2011 London cast). Gold” (01:32:00; Once, 2011 Broadway cast w/ Steve Kazee). “Price & Son Theme / The Most Beautiful Thing in the World” (01:45:30; Kinky Boots 2013 Broadway cast w/ Stark Sands). “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead” (02:05:00; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 2012 Broadway cast). (02:19:30). “Sabbath Prayer” (02:31:00, Fiddler on the Roof, 1964 Broadway cast). “A Beautiful Morning” (02:58:00; The Rascals). “I Wish it Would Rain” (03:00:00; The Temptations). “This One’s for You” (03:03:00; Barry Manilow). “When You’re a Wimp” (03:40:30; A Christmas Story, 2012 Broadway cast). “Life Can be Like the Movies” (03:54:30; Chaplin, 2012 Broadway cast w/ Rob McClure). “Once Upon a Dream” (04:14:30; Jekyll & Hyde, Broadway cast w/ Teal Wicks).
Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with British playwright and director Ray Cooney (Run for Your Wife, Funny Money).
Topics include: writing farce and the film version of Run for Your Wife.
Segment originally aired Jan. 26, 2013 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 409th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 26, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright Ray Cooney(Run for Your Wife, Funny Money) and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on the Algerian crisis. Plus: Inside Broadway (Drood), the satirical News Gone By, Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Ray), and birthday Saturday Segues.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: playwright Ray Cooney
00:00:01 Pre-show intro 00:03:30 DAVE GOES IN 00:12:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Sarah, Lucinda & Margo 00:51:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (00:51:30) & review (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) 01:21:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ray Cooney 02:01:30 Sponsors 02:06:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Ray) 02:41:00 NEWS GONE BY 02:48:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #54 (The Battle of Algiers) 02:54:30 Weather & Friends 02:59:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Cantor & Channing 03:13:00 DAVE GOES OUT
Jan. 26, 2013 Playlist: “Something About What Happens When We Talk” (00:12:30), “Drunken Angel” (00:25:00) & “Sweet Old World” (00:36:00; Lucinda Williams). “Blue Guitar” (00:16:00), “Miles from Our Home” (00:28:00) & “Sweet Jane” (00:40:3 0; Cowboy Junkies), “Blue” (00:22:00), “Fallen” (00:33:00) & “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” (00:44:00; Sarah McLachlan). “All I Ask of You” (01:00:00; The Phantom of the Opera (orig London cast w/ Michael Crawford). “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead” (01:18:00; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1985 Broadway cast). “Caribbean Wind” (02:08:00), “Don’t Fall Apart on Me Tonight” (02:14:00), “Standing in the Doorway” (02:25:30) & “Floater” (02:33:00; Bob Dylan). “Gotta Serve Somebody” (02:19:30; Shirley Caesar). “Turning of the Tide” (02:45:00; Bob Mould). “Before the Parade Passes By” (03:03:00; Hello, Dolly!, 1964 Broadway cast w/ Carol Channing). “My Baby Just Cares for Me” (03:06:30) & “Makin’ Whoopee!” (03:11:00; Eddie Cantor). “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (03:08:00; Carol Channing). “Mad Rush” (Philip Glass).
Ray CooneyRun for Your WifeSarah McLachlanLucinda WilliamsMargo TimminsEddie CantorCarol Channing
Dave Lefkowitz interviews film director and “Steel Magnolias” playwright Robert Harling
Topics include: Steel Magnolias, theater.
This segment originally aired Dec. 1, 2012 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 402nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 1, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Dave chats with Steel Magnolias author Robert Harling, and Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews radio legend Joey Reynolds. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan – Sooner and Later (in search of…), and the News Gone By.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: radio personality Joey Reynolds, playwright Robert Harling
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:11:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – December 00:28:30 Sponsors 00:32:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Joey Reynolds 01:27:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (news (01:28:00) & Queen Lear (01:33:30)) 01:49:00 GUEST: Robert Harling 02:34:30 NEWS GONE BY 02:41:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (in search of…) 02:47:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Dec. 1, 2012 Playlist: “December” (00:12:00; Norah Jones). “Flowers in December” (00:15:00; Mazzy Star). “September Gurls” (00:19:30; Big Star). “A Long December” (00:22:30; Counting Crows). “Joey Reynolds Theme (00:31:00; The Four Seasons). “Rats in My Room” (01:25:00; Joey Reynolds & Danny Neaverth). “Sugar Magnolia” (02:33:30; Grateful Dead). “Oxford Town” (02:42:00), “Only a Pawn in their Game (02:43:30), “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” (02:48:00; Bob Dylan).
Joey ReynoldsRobert HarlingLucy Peacock as Queen Lear
Segment originally aired Dec. 3, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Sad Note: Our Friend of the Daverhood, Bruce Jay Friedman, passed June 3, 2020 at age 90.
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Here is the 340th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 22, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Guest: actress Vicki Lawrence
Featuring: Dave chats with actress Vicki Lawrence (“The Carol Burnett Show,” “Mama’s Family”). Also: Dave Goes Off on Keith Olbermann’s exit and Dave Says Bye to Romulus Linney and Don Kirshner. Plus: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Regis Philbin, and Bob Dylan: “Sooner & Later.”
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN 00:07:00 DAVE on Vicki Lawrence 00:23:00 DAVE SAYS BYE to Don Kirshner 00:40:30 DAVE SAYS BYE to Romulus Linney 00:47:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Dave’s Faves 01:08:00 GUEST: Vicki Lawrence 01:59:00 Sponsors 02:04:00 Bob Dylan: “Sooner & Later” (Dave’s Faves) 02:37:00 Contest 02:40:00 Rabbinical Reflections with Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Regis” 02:47:00 Dave’s Birthday, Weather, Sponsors & Friends 02:58:00 DAVE GOES OFF on Keith Olbermann’s exit 03:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT
Jan. 22, 2011 Playlist: “Homeless Mama” Skit (00:15:00), “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (01:05:00) & “Your Lies” (01:52:30; Vicki Lawrence), “Pretty Betty” (25:30:00; Bobby Darin), “Stairway to Heaven” (00:28:00; Neil Sedaka), “Take a Giant Step” (00:30:30) & “I’m a Believer” (00:36:30; The Monkees); “Sweet Caroline” (00:33:00; Neil Diamond); “Coming Up Close” (00:47:30; Til Tuesday); “On the Way Home” (00:52:00; Neil Young); “Take Me Home” (00:55:00; Tom Waits). “I Dig Rock n’ Roll Music” (01:49:00; Vicki Lawrence & Carol Burnett). “Tell Me, Momma” (live 1966, 02:05:30), “Positively 4th Street” (02:10:00), “One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)” (02:14:00), “Seven Days” (live, 02:19:00), “From a Buick 6” (02:23:00), “Mostly Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)” (live, 02:26:00), “Just Like a Woman” (02:29:00) & “Buckets of Rain” (03:07:30) (Bob Dylan). “Birthday Blues” (02:45:30; Bert Jansch).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
