Dave’s Gone By #1000 (9/20/2025): BATTING 1000

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Here is the milestone 1000th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Sept. 20, 2025.

Featuring: Dave and his wife offer a marathon celebration featuring clips, songs, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection (1000 Daves), Colorado Limericks of the Damned (Mack, Milliken), Bunion Watch, Dave’s Big Dictionary (hair), StoryTime (“Engineer Ari”), and four dozen alumni guests.

Guests: directors Suzanne Bachner, Charles Messina, Lorca Peress, Vicki Quade, Shyaporn Theerakulstit; actor Bob Brader, Andrew Goffman, Brandon Maggart, Chuck Muckle, Ronald Rand, Stuart Zagnit; comedians Dylan Brody, Stevie GB, Sandy Hackett; podcaster Mike Chimeri; friends Fred Cleaver, Wendy Highby, Ozer Teitelbaum; lyricist Michael Colby; conservationist Dyan DeNapoli; musicians Moshe Denburg, Steve Herbst, Eddie Hug, Jon Soda James, Vincent James, Art Paul Schlosser, Richard Shore, Jane Siberry; theater critics David Finkle, Eva Heinemann, Michall Jeffers, David Sheward, Raven Snook; business strategist Elliot Gluskin; Tater Tot advocate Leslie Grigg; songwriters Susan Horowitz (aka Dr. Sue), Tom Toce; arts administrator Leonard Jacobs; comedy expert Steve Kaplan; broadcaster David Kenney; playwrights William S. Leavengood, Gary Morgenstein, Bill Rogers, Wendy A. Schmidt, Ned Van Zandt; publicist Beck Lee; Dave’s mom Brenda Lefkowitz; singers Maude Maggart, Karen Mason, Carolyn Montgomery, Lisa Faith Phillips; adoption expert Pat O’Brien; music educator Joann Pierdomenico; Dave’s aunt Bonnie Pinkow; arts writers Carey Purcell, Steve Stoliar; record producer Paul Rolnick; cousin Stacey Shub; storyboard artist Mark Simon; entertainer Richard Skipper; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon; rock manager David Spero.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: the Daverwheel, gifts, episode 1
00:39:30 SONG: “Thumb in My Bum” (first aired 7/12/2025)
00:46:00 GUESTS: Suzanne Bachner & Bob Brader
00:52:30 GUEST: Dylan Brody
01:01:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Mack, CO
01:06:00 GUEST: Mike Chimeri
01:14:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
01:21:00 SONG: “The Pervert’s Song (As Rears Go By)” (first aired 7/19/2025)
01:25:00 GUEST: Michael Colby
01:31:00 GUEST: Dyan DeNapoli
01:38:30 GUEST: Moshe Denburg
01:50:00 GUEST: David Finkle
01:56:30 GUEST: Stevie GB
02:06:30 GUEST: Elliot Gluskin
02:13:00 GUEST: Andrew Goffman and Charles Messina
02:27:00 GUEST: Leslie Grigg
02:32:00 GUEST: Sandy Hackett
02:40:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:46:00 GUEST: Steve “Herbst” (“The Whistler”)
02:55:00 GUEST: Susan Horowitz
03:05:00 GUEST: Eddie Hug
03:29:30 GUEST: Leonard Jacobs
03:36:30 GUESTS: Vincent James & Joann Pierdomenico
03:43:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
03:50:30 GUEST: Steve Kaplan
03:58:30 GUEST: David Kenney
04:07:30 GUEST: William S. Leavengood
04:14:00 GUEST: Beck Lee
04:24:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Pierce, CO
04:26:00 GUEST: Brenda Lefkowitz
04:30:30 GUEST: Brandon Maggart
04:35:30 GUEST: Maude Maggart
04:44:00 GUESTS: Karen Mason & Paul Rolnick
04:53:00 GUEST: Carolyn Montgomery
04:58:30 GUEST: playwright Gary Mortenstein
05:04:00 GUEST: Chuck Muckle
05:14:30 GUEST: Pat O’Brien
05:21:00 GUEST: Lorca Peress
05:30:00 SKIT: Groundhogs w/ Jeff Goodman (first aired 2/2/2003)
05:39:00 GUEST: Lisa Faith Phillips
05:45:00 GUEST: Bonnie Pinkow
05:49:30 GUEST: Carey Purcell
05:57:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: hair
06:03:30 GUEST: Vicki Quade
06:09:30 GUEST: Ronald Rand
06:16:30 GUEST: Bill Rogers
06:30:00 GUEST: Art Paul Schlosser
06:38:00 GUEST: Wendy A. Schmidt
06:45:30 GUEST: COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Milliken, CO
06:52:00 GUEST: David Sheward
06:57:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride” (Deborah Bodin Cohen)
07:11:30 GUEST: Richard Shore
07:18:00 BUNION WATCH
07:24:30 GUESTS: Stacey Shub & Shyaporn Theerakulstit
07:33:30 GUEST: Jane Siberry
07:40:30 GUEST: Mark Simon
07:48:00 GUEST: Richard Skipper
07:55:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
08:01:30 GUEST: Jon Soda James
08:12:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #198: 1000 Daves
08:19:30 VINTAGE CLIP: Episode #36
08:25:30 GUEST: David Spero
08:35:30 GUEST: Steve Stoliar
08:43:00 GUEST: Tom Toce
08:52:30 GUEST: Ned Van Zandt
09:03:00 GUEST: Stuart Zagnit
09:10:30 Thank Yous
09:21:30 GUEST: Ozer Teitelbaum
09:26:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Sept. 20, 2025 Playlist: “Thumb in My Bum” (00:39:30) & “The Pervert’s Song (As Rears Go By” (01:21:00; Dave). “I Met her at Wendy’s” (06:33:00; Art Paul Schlosser).

your host
Suzanne Bachner & Bob Brader
Dylan Brody
Mike Chimeri
Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby
Michael Colby
Dyan DeNapoli
Moshe Denburg
David Finkle
Stevie GB
Elliot Gluskin
Andrew Goffman
Charles Messina
Leslie Grigg
Sandy Hackett
Eva Heinemann
Steve Herbst
Susan Horowitz (Dr. Sue)
Eddie Hug
Leonard Jacobs
Vincent James & Joann Pierdomenico
Michall Jeffers
Steve Kaplan
David Kenney
William S. Leavengood
Beck Lee
Brenda Lefkowitz
Brandon Maggart
Maude Maggart
Peter Rolnick & Karen Mason
Carolyn Montgomery
Gary Morgenstein
Chuck Muckle
Pat O’Brien
Lorca Peress
Lisa Faith Phillips
Bonnie Pinkow
Carey Purcell
Vicki Quade
Ronald Rand
Bill Rogers
Art Paul Schlosser
Wendy A. Schmidt
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Richard Shore
Stacey Shub & Shyaporn Theerakulstit
Jane Siberry
Mark Simon
Richard Skipper
Raven Snook
Jon Soda James
Dave Spero
Steve Stoliar
Tom Toce
Ned Van Zandt
Stuart Zagnit
Ozer Teitelbaum

Dave’s Gone By Interview (9/20/2025): RAVEN SNOOK

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critic RAVEN SNOOK

Topics include: Broadway, off-Broadway, Maybe Happy Ending

Segment aired Sept. 20, 2025 as part of the special 1000th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #986 (6/7/2025): THE 20th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SPECIAL

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Here is the 986th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 7, 2025.

Special Broadway edition! Featuring: Host Dave Lefkowitz chats with Muny artistic director and executive producer Mike Isaacson and with theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Finkle, Charles Gross, Brian Scott Lipton, Jonathan Mandell, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart about the Tony Award nominees; critics Robert Viagas, David Sheward, and Eva Heinemann play Tony Trivia; Rabbi Sol Solomon offers his Rabbinical Reflection on the Tony nominations; and Dave offers a quick season overview and Says Bye to theatrical friends of the Daverhood who have left us.

Guests: artistic director Mike Isaacson; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Finkle, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Jonathan Mandell, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart, Robert Viagas; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:09:00 Other Awards
00:18:00 GUEST: Jonathan Mandell
00:27:00 GUEST: Carey Purcell
00:43:30 GUEST: Mike Isaacson
01:01:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:15:00 GUEST: David Finkle
01:30:00 TONY TRIVIA w/ Eva Heinemann, David Sheward, Robert Viagas
02:19:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #193: Tony Awards 2025
02:29:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
02:39:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
02:52:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: in memorium
02:57:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:08:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:19:30 The Season Overview
03:30:00 DAVE GOES OFF

June 7, 2025 Playlist: “Blossom Time” (00:00:01; Joseph C. Smith); “Oh, Lady Be Good” (03:38:30; Carl Fenton)

Leslie (Hoban) Blake
David Finkle
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Muny artistic director Mike Isaacson
Brian Scott Lipton
Jonathan Mandell
David Sheward
Raven Snook
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Zachary Stewart
Robert Viagas
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2025): RAVEN SNOOK

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2025): RAVEN SNOOK

On the 20th annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic Raven Snook weighs in on the 2025 Tony Award nominations.

Segment airs June 7, 2025 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #948 (6/15/2024): THE 19th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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Here is the 948th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, June 15, 2024.

Featuring: Special Broadway edition! Dave chats with Tony-nominated sound designer Leah Gelpe and with theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Frank Burd, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart about the Broadway season. Plus: Trivia questions and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tony nominations.

Guests: sound designer Leah Gelpe; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Frank Burd, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:05:00 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:18:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #187: Tonys 2024
00:28:30 GUEST: Carey Purcell
00:44:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:59:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
01:14:30 GUEST: David Sheward
01:30:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
01:45:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
02:03:00 Broadway Season Facts
02:14:00 GUEST: Frank Burd
02:27:00 TRIVIA QUIZ #1
02:38:30 GUEST: Leah Gelpe
02:54:00 Passings from the Daverhood
02:58:00 Other Awards
03:02:30 TRIVIA QUIZ #2
03:10:30 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:27:00 TRIVIA QUIZ #3
03:37:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:40:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Frank Burd
Leah Gelpe
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Brian Scott Lipton
Carey Purcell
David Sheward
Raven Snook
Zachary Stewart
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2024): RAVEN SNOOK

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): RAVEN SNOOK

On the 19th annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic Raven Snook weighs in on the 2024 Tony Award nominations.

Segment aired June 15, 2024 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #853 (6/11/2022): THE 17th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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Here is the 853rd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By — our annual celebration of Broadway and the Tony Awards — which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 11, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: Theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Robert Cashill, RobJoe Dziemianowicz, David Finkle, David Gordon, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Ed Rubin, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart, set designer Adam Rigg

Featuring: host Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critics and experts about their picks and predictions for the 2022 Tony Awards. Plus: Dave chats with set designer Adam Rigg, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and trivia fun!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:02:00 GUEST: Robert Cashill
00:13:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:24:00 TRIVIA (Part 1)
00:30:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:47:00 GUEST: David Gordon
01:05:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
01:18:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
01:29:30 GUESTS: David Sheward & Leslie (Hoban) Blake
01:53:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:11:00 DAVE GOES OFF: Student Tickets / Subs & Understudies
02:23:30 GUEST: David Finkle
02:41:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #176 (2022 Tony Awards)
02:54:30 GUEST: Adam Rigg
03:04:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:16:30 TRIVIA (Part 2)
03:24:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
03:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Robert Cashill
Joe Dziemianowicz
Zachary Stewart
David Gordon
Ed Rubin
Charles Gross
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Eva Heinemann
David Finkle
Adam Rigg
Raven Snook
Brian Scott Lipton
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/2022): RAVEN SNOOK

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/22): RAVEN SNOOK

On the 17th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Raven Snook (TDF Stages) weighs in on the 2022 Tony Award nominations, specifically Best Featured Actor in a Play.

Segment airs June 11, 2022 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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