Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Michall Jeffers
Topics include: Tony Awards, Choreography, An American in Paris.
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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Here is the 512th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 6, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: A look at the 2014-2015 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway 101, a Wretched Pun, and a theatrical Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon. Guests: Entertainer Richard Skipper, Musical Director Richard Shore, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, Dave’s wife Joyce, and critics: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), David Finkle (Huffington Post), Isa Goldberg (Go magazine), Jesse Green (New York Magazine), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Brian Scott Lipton (In New York magazine), Andy McGibbon (TheAndyGram.com), Ellis Nassour (Broadwaystars.com), Michael Portantiere (Broadwaystars.com), Richmond Shepard (TotalTheater.com), Elisabeth Vincentelli (New York Post).
00:00:01 Pre-show Warmup (excerpt) w/ Joyce 00:04:00 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce 00:11:00 BROADWAY STATS 00:13:00 GUEST: Ellis Nassour 00:28:00 TRIVIA 1 w/ Ellis Nassour 00:43:30 Sponsors 00:46:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers 01:05:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 1 01:24:00 GUEST: Jesse Green 01:36:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 2 01:42:00 GUEST: David Finkle 01:54:00 TRIVIA 2 01:57:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 3 02:05:30 Sponsors 02:09:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 4 02:16:30 GUEST: Isa Goldberg 02:28:30 TRIVIA 3 02:32:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 5 02:41:30 GUEST: Andy McGibbon 02:55:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #39 – Soprano 02:57:00 GUEST: Richmond Shepard 03:07:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 6 03:20:00 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli 03:29:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 7 03:33:30 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz 03:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #126 – 2015 Tony Nominees 03:54:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere 04:06:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce 04:10:00 BROADWAY 101 – Part 8 04:22:00 GUEST: Charles Gross 04:34:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 9 04:46:30 GUEST: Richard Skipper 05:05:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 10 05:10:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton 05:20:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 11 05:22:30 GUEST: Richard Shore 05:27:30 NAME THAT (SHOW)TUNE w/ Richard Shore 05:46:30 The Miracle of Long Johns 05:56:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake 06:08:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 12 06:19:30 OTHER AWARDS 06:23:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 13 06:35:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann 06:46:00 TRIVIA 4 06:48:30 BROADWAY 101 – Part 14 06:58:00 NEXT SEASON 07:03:00 Sponsors & Thanks w/ Joyce 07:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT
June 6, 2015 Playlist: “Overture” (00:04:00), “When You Say Vegas” (02:38:00) & “You Made the Wait Worthwhile” (07:28:30; Honeymoon in Vegas 2014 Bway cast). “Foolish to Think” (00:59:00; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder 2014 Broadway cast w/ Bryce Pinkham). “Holler if Ya Hear Me” (01:08:00; Holler if Ya Hear Me 2014 Bway cast w/ Saul Williams). “Lucky to Be Me” (01:21:00; On the Town 2014 Bway cast w/ Tony Yazbeck. “Underground River” (01:39:30; The Last Ship 2014 Bway cast w/ Jimmy Nail). “Who Will Love Me as I Am?” (Side Show 2014 Bway cast w/ Erin Davie & Emily Padgett). “Get Ready” (02:15:00; The Temptations). “I’d Do it Again” (02:50:30; Baker Street (1965 Bway cast w/ Inga Swensen). “I’ve Got it All” (03:15:30; On the Twentieth Century 1978 Bway cast w/ Madeline Kahn & John Cullum). Wendy Wasserstein interview clip (03:32:00). “May Your Heart Stay Young” (03:40:30; The Zulu and the Zayda 1965 Bway cast w/ Menasha Skulnick). Hand to God excerpt (2015 Bway cast). “Gigi” (04:32:00; Gigi 2015 Bway cast). “I Got Rhythm” (04:41:30; An American in Paris 2015 Bway cast). It Shoulda Been You excerpts (05:07:30). Finding Neverland excerpt (05:19:00). “Something Wonderful” (06:06:30; The King and I 2015 Bway cast w/ Ruthie Ann Miles). “Ring of Keys” (06:15:30; Fun Home 2015 Bway cast w/ Sydney Lucas). “Lara Says Goodbye to Yuri” (“Dr. Zhivago” 1965 soundtrack by Maurice Jarre). “Welcome to the Renaissance” (06:32:00; Something Rotten! 2015 Bway cast). “Love and Love Alone” (06:52:00; The Visit w/ promo w/ Chita Rivera).
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews singer Jessica Molaskey
Topics include: John Pizzarelli, Joni Mitchell, Broadway, Cats, Dream.
Segment scheduled to air May 30, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews musician Karl Wallinger of World Party
Topics include: World Party, aneurysm.
Segment scheduled to air May 30, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Karl Wallinger, who passed March 12, 2024.
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Here is the 511th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired May 30, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with songstress Jessica Molaskey and musician Karl Wallinger. Plus: Greeley Crimes & Old Times, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Havel), My Sick Mind (Miley), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Groovy), Saturday Segue (Wesley Willis).
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (nose kazoo, crushed cars, joni, dan crow, fortune cookie) 00:36:30 Weather 00:42:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:05:30 Sponsors 01:18:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Karl Wallinger 02:39:30 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #38 – Havel 02:41:30 Friends 02:52:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jessica Molaskey 03:55:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (groovy) 04:21:30 MY SICK MIND – Miley 04:24:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Wesley Willis 04:53:00 Thanks & Upcoming 04:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT
May 30, 2015 Playlist: “Gravy and Potatoes” (00:25:30; Dan Crow). “Take it Up” (01:18:00), “Ship of Fools” (01:32:30), “My Pretty One” (01:39:00), “All the Love That’s Wasted” (01:49:30), “Waiting Such a Long Time” (01:56:00), “All We Need is Everything (demo)” (02:02:30), “And I Fell Back Alone” (02:14:00), “Way Down Now” (02:22:30) & “She’s the One” (02:29:00; World Party. “Happy Habit” (02:52:00), “Isn’t He Something” (03:23:00), “Heart’s Desire” (03:50:00) & “Bye Bye Blues” (05:01:30). “Another Woman” (03:03:00; Weird Romance 1993 off-Broadway cast w/ Jonathan Hadary & Jessica Molaskey). “Tea for Two” (03:13:00) & “Perdido” (03:38:00; Jessica Molaskey & John Pizzarelli). “Shenandoah” (03:58:30), “Rank Strangers to Me” (04:02:00) & “Silvio” (04:05:00; Bob Dylan). “Pablow the Blowfish” (04:17:00). “Electric Eel” (04:30:00), “Chronic Schizophrenia” (04:32:30), “Steve Albini” (04:39:30) & “Shoot Me in the Ass” (04:42:30; Wesley Willis). “Simple” (04:36:00; Katy Perry).
Karl WallingerJessica MolaskeyWesley WillisDylan’s Down in the GrooveMiley Cyrusa blowfish (not Pablow)
Topics include: Golden Palominos, weddings, Pink Velour, Surprise.
Segment scheduled to air May 23, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the 510th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 23, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Syd Straw. Plus: Inside Broadway, The Wretched Pun of Destiny (Wang Chow), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (Harry Shearer), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Letterman), Saturday Segue (John Fogerty).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: singer-songwriter Syd Straw, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (coupon, The Madding Crowd, Straw, WKRP, kazoo) 00:31:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – John Fogerty 01:28:00 Sponsors 01:33:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #125 – Harry Shearer 01:38:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 01:59:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #37 – Wang Chow 02:02:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Syd Straw 03:29:00 Promo – The Miracle of Long Johns 03:38:30 DAVE GOES OFF – David Letterman 03:47:00 MY SICK MIND – David Letterman 03:49:30 Friends 03:59:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later 04:26:00 Thanks 04:29:30 Weather 04:32:00 DAVE GOES OUT
May 23, 2015 playlist: “Rain” (00:07:00; Terence Trent D’Arby). “Whole Lotta Love” (01:02:00; Temple City Kazoo Orchestra). “The Fragile Child” (01:15:00; The Golliwogs). “Down on the Corner” ({live}; 01:17:30) & “Who’ll Stop the Rain” (01:23:30; Creedence Clearwater Revival). “Long as I Can See the Light” (01:20:00; Ted Hawkins). “One Jump Ahead” (01:57:00; Aladdin 2014 Bway cast w/ Adam Jacobs). “The Toughest Woman in the World” (02:02:00) & “Angels” (02:14:30; The Golden Palominos w/ Syd Straw). “Kind of True” (02:23:00), “CBGB’s” (02:35:30), “Pink Velour” (02:52:30), “Marry Me” (03:11:30), “My Ship Comes In” (03:23:30) & “Golden Dreams” (04:34:30; Syd Straw). “7 1/2 Cents” (02:48:00; “The Pajama Game” {soundtrack} w/ Jack Straw). “Jokerman” ({live}, 04:04:00), “Like a Rolling Stone” ({live Isle of Wight version}, “Don’t Start Me Talking” (04:15:00) & “The Night We Called it a Day” (04:17:30; Bob Dylan).
Syd StrawJohn FogertyHarry Shearer & co.David LettermanBob Dylan & David Letterman–the night they called it a daykazoo
Shalom Dammit! This is Rabbi Sol Solomon with a Rabbinical Reflection for the week of May 17, 2015.
I’m just wild about Harry, but he’s not wild about us . . . anymore. Last week was a sad time for television viewers–not a tragic one, just sad–because the producers of The Simpsons announced that one of their main voices, a crucial shard of their audio mosaic, Harry Shearer, would not return for the last two seasons of this legendary program. I know, I know. The Simpsons without Harry Shearer is like The Dick Van Dyke show without Mel Cooley. It’s like an all-you-can-eat buffet without a salad bar. It’s like a rabbit vibrator without those extra ears on the bottom. Or sure, it still does a competent job, but your clitoris knows something’s missing.
Harry Shearer, a nice but strange Jewish boy, will always hold my allegiance, not just because of Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind, and The Simpsons, but because he was also a devoted fan of the early Chabad Lubavitch telethons. He would hold parties for friends and cheer for John Voigt, and presumably do a shot every time the Rabbis started dancing. That kind of mockery blended with admiration is something I aspire to every day.
I also aspire to make $7 million a year, something that will never happen unless I hit Lotto and get in Bill Gates’s will. Harry Shearer could make $7 million for the next two years. All he has to do is continue voicing characters on The Simpsons: Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Kent Brockman and the goyische Reverend Lovejoy. If a studio offered you $14 million to stand in front of a microphone and say funny things once a week, would you turn it down? My God, for $14 million, I would bite off the penis of a live goat three times a day and five on Shabbos.
But Harry Shearer is above all that. Negotiations may not completely be finished, but Shearer has so far turned down the opportunity to make a paycheck so astronomical, Stephen Hawking couldn’t count the zeroes. And Shearer turned it down on principal. Principal and interest. If you believe his tweets, Shearer is mad because his contract doesn’t allow him the leeway to do other projects. Which is weird considering he’s done bunches of small movie roles, a stage play on the West End, and a weekly podcast for NPR.
On their side, the Simpsons producers still hope for a change of heart. They say Shearer’s contract is the same as all the other major players, and there’s only so much they can bend before they start looking like Mr. Burns.
The weird news is that showrunner Al Jean has stated that instead of retiring characters, as they did when Phil Hartman kicked the bucket, The Simpsons will keep Shearer’s menagerie and just recast them with different voices. Really? Ask yourself, has Kermit really been Kermit post-Jim Henson? Don’t we still feel trauma about the two Darrens in Bewitched? And can you watch later episodes of Cold Case without wondering “Whatever happened to that pretty blonde actress who starred in the show?” before realizing, “Oh, it’s still her”?
I certainly hope Harry Shearer reconsiders and brings us two more seasons of “oodley doodleys” and “Smithers” and “Boo-urns.” But if he must be sprung from Springfield, leave his people be. It’s a big city. You can have new neighbors and school administrators and evil bosses—just as in real life. And all those fans who bitch on the internet, “Oh, The Simpsons has been in a rut since the third season” – now they’ll say, “Oh, The Simpsons has sucked since the third season, but at least they’re not in a rut.”
And you know, if they’re looking for new faces in Homer’s neighborhood, this does coincide with the last season of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. So there’s a meatball, a French fry and a shake that are busy house hunting. Just keep Lisa away from Carl. No good can come of that.
This has been a Rabbinical Reflection from Rabbi Sol Solomon, Temple Sons of Bitches in Great Neck, New York.
Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews the daughter of Spanky McFarland, Betsy McFarland
Topics include: Our Gang, The Little Rascals, Stymie, cancer, Michael Jackson
Segment scheduled to air May 16, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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Here is the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 16, 2015. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Betsy McFarland, Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection (Baby Names), The Wretched Pun of Destiny, My Sick Mind (Amtrak), Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (In the News, Jonathan Richman), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Dylan – Sooner & Later (Blonde on Blonde).
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: Betsy McFarland, Dave’s wife Joyce
00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (fat Dave, Long Johns, chock full) 00:31:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 00:58:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (new logo, critic v. critic, csc, crowd funding, trio album) 01:21:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jonathan Richman 01:37:30 Sponsors 01:46:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #124 – Baby Names 01:51:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:23:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Betsy McFarland 03:38:30 Friends 03:47:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (Blonde on Blonde) 04:14:30 MY SICK MIND – Amtrak 04:20:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #36 – Salk 04:22:00 Weather 04:26:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News 04:59:30 DAVE GOES OUT
May 16, 2015 Playlist: “I’m a Little Airplane” (01:24:00), “The Sea was Calling Me Home” (01:26:30), “She Cracked” (01:28:00), “Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow” (01:31:00) & “Buzz Buzz Buzz” (01:33:30; Jonathan Richman). “Welcome to the Renaissance” (02:18:30; Something Rotten! 2015 Broadway cast). “Pledging My Time” (03:52:30) & “Absolutely Sweet Marie” (03:56:30; Bob Dylan). “Just Like a Woman” (04:01:30; Nina Simone). “Electric Chair” (04:28:30; The Scottsboro Boys 2010 Bway cast). “Song for David” (04:32:30; Joan Baez). “Loco Man” (04:37:30; “A Mighty Wind” soundtrack w/ Harry Shearer). “Casey Jones” (04:39:30; The Grateful Dead). “There Must Be a Better World Somewhere” (04:44:00) & “I’m Movin’ On” (05:02:00; B.B. King).
Betsy McFarland
Jonathan RichmanDylan’s Blonde on BlondeJonathan SalkAmtrak
