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): ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews New York Post theater critic Elisabeth Vincentelli

Topics include: Actor, Tony Awards, Alex Sharp, Steven Boyer, Fun Home

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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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): RICHMOND SHEPARD

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Richmond Shepard

Topics include: It Shoulda Been You, The Heidi Chronicles

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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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): ANDY McGIBBON

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews Andygram.com theater critic Andy McGibbon

Topics include: Tony Awards, Lead Actor in a Play, Ken Watanabe, Michael Cerveris.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): ISA GOLDBERG

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Isa Goldberg

Topics include: Tony Awards, Featured Actress in a Musical, Fun Home, The King and I.

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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

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): JESSE GREEN

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews New York Magazine theater critic Jesse Green

Topics include: Actress, Tony Awards, Kelli O’Hara, Chita Rivera, Kristin Chenoweth

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): MICHALL JEFFERS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Michall Jeffers

Topics include: Tony Awards, Choreography, An American in Paris.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): ELLIS NASSOUR

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater journalist Ellis Nassour

Topics include: Tony Awards, Finding Neverland.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #039 (6/6/2015): SOPRANO

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A young singer is becoming the toast of the Metropolitan Opera for her beauty, her acting ability, and especially, her vocal range. She’s a contralto but almost as comfortable in soprano roles—a lucky thing, since she’s just taken on a new opera that makes her hit the D over high C in almost every aria.

After the first performance, however, she feels queasy and suffers cramps. After the second show, she’s nearly doubled over. There’s a two-week break before her next performance, and she feels fine, so she chalks it up to nerves. But as soon as she makes her next appearance, she suffers terrible stomach pain.

The next morning, she hurries to the doctor who takes an x-ray and discovers all these worm-like creatures in her abdomen. He frowns, “I’m afraid you have parasitic eels.”

“What? Eels in my stomach?”

“Yes,” says the MD.

“But I felt fine the last two weeks. It’s only when I’ve been singing . . .”

“Exactly,” says the doctor. “They’re born from vocal strain. And as long as you’re in that opera hitting those high notes, they’ll keep coming back. We call it `Wendy Wasserstein Syndrome.’”

“Really?” says the singer. “Did she have it, too?”

“No, she just inspired it. Haven’t you ever heard of `The High D Chronic Eels?’”