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 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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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater journalist Ellis Nassour
Topics include: Tony Awards, Finding Neverland.
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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The 39th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired June 6, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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* 39. 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?’”
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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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The 38th Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired May 30, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.
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38. Before he became president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel ran a small theater out of a convent in Prague. They had no money, so everything they needed, he had to swap for. If they required furniture for a set, Havel would trade eggs and homegrown produce for the loan of a couch and chairs. If a show needed stagehands, Havel and the sisters would offer to do housecleaning in kind.
Havel became so good at these arrangements, the theater company came out way ahead on every deal. This left him plenty of time not only to write and direct shows, but even create the costumes.
One time, during rehearsals for a Greek tragedy, Havel is backstage fitting the women for masks when in storm the government police to harass him for his political views.
“You can’t arrest him,” cries the Mother Superior. “We need him to run our theater.”
“You’ll just have find someone else,” says the cop.
“There is no one else! He’s the only one.”
“Really?” says the policeman. “The only theater director in Prague. What’s so special about him?”
“Can’t you see?” the woman replies. “He’s a Czech of all trades, and a masker of nuns.”
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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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