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Dave’s Gone By #654 (6/9/2018): THE 14th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 654th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 9, 2018. More info: davegsoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Arvada Center artistic director of plays Lynne Collins, Dave’s wife Joyce, Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critic Leslie (Hoban) Blake & Charles Gross (“Two on the Aisle”), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Eva Heinemann (“Hi! Drama”), Michall Jeffers (TotalTheater.com), Simon Saltzman (Outer Critics Circle), Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania), Elisabeth Vincentelli (“Three on the Aisle”).

Featuring: A look at the 2017-2018 Broadway season and Tony Award nominees with interviews, trivia, showtunes, Broadway Timeline, a giveaway, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:10:00 BROADWAY
00:26:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
00:39:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – 1984, Marvin’s Room, Prince of Broadway, Springsteen
00:52:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:59:30 Sponsors – TotalTheater
01:03:00 GUEST: Michall Jeffers
01:15:00 BROADWAY TIME – Time and the Conways, M. Butterfly, Junk, The Band’s Visit, Latin History for Morons, Home for the Holidays
01:29:00 TRIVIA, part 1
01:34:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Meteor Shower, The Parisian Woman, Once on this Island, SpongeBob SquarePants
01:44:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
01:54:30 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli
02:06:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Farinelli and the King, Stories by Heart, Escape to Margaritaville
02:20:00 Other Awards, part 1
02:24:30 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Frozen, Angels in America, Lobby Hero, Rocktopia
02:38:30 Sponsors – Hewlett Minuteman Press
02:43:00 GUEST: Lynne Collins
02:58:30 Giveaway 1
03:03:00 Other Awards, part 2
03:07:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Three Tall Women, Mean Girls
03:17:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #155 – 2018 Tonys
03:27:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Children of a Lesser God, Carousel
03:35:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
03:50:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
04:04:00 Giveaway 2
04:07:00 Other Awards, part 3
04:09:30 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
04:20:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – The Terms of My Surrender, My Fair Lady, Harry Potter, Summer
04:40:30 TRIVIA, part 2
04:49:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
05:01:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE – Travesties, Saint Joan, The Iceman Cometh
05:09:00 NEXT SEASON!
05:15:30 Thank Yous
05:20:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 9, 2018 Playlist: “Sincerely Me” (00:22:30; Dear Evan Hansen 2016 Broadway cast). “You’ve Got Possibilities” (00:44:00; Prince of Broadway 2017 Broadway cast). “The Wish” (00:49:30; Bruce Springsteen). “It is What it Is” (01:23:30) & “Answer Me” (05:22:30; The Band’s Visit 2018 Broadway cast). “Some Girls” (01:38:00; Once on this Island 2018 Broadway cast). “SpongeBob SquarePants Theme” (01:44:00; SpongeBob SquarePants 2018 Broadway cast). “Tin Cup Chalice” (02:14:30; Escape to Margaritaville 2018 Broadway cast). “Let it Go” (“Frozen” 2013 film soundtrack). “Beethoven’s 9th” (02:36:00; “Rocktopia”). “I’d Rather Be Me” (03:13:30; Mean Girls 2018 Broadway cast). “If I Loved You” (03:32:00; Carousel 2018 Broadway cast). “Laura Benanti Explains the Plays” (03:47:00) & “Laura Benanti Explains the Musicals” (04:29:00; Laure Benanti). “A Hymn to Him” (04:26:00; My Fair Lady 1987 studio cast w/ Jeremy Irons). “On the Radio” (04:38:30; Donna Summer).

(pictured: Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Joe Dziemianowicz, Michall Jeffers, Zachary Stewart, Elizabeth Vincentelli, Lynne Collins, Charles Gross, Ed Rubin, Simon Saltzman, Eva Heinemann, Rabbi Sol Solomon)

Dave’s Gone By #617 (8/12/2017): AVENUE BRU

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Here is the 617th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Aug. 12, 2017. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: actress Stephanie D’Abruzzo (Avenue Q)

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actress Stephanie D’Abruzzo and offers his Rabbinical Reflection on Trump n’ Trannies, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Jerry Herman, In the News), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (new plates, nixfinity, Avenue Q)
00:26:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
01:14:30 Sponsors
01:18:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:58:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Stephanie D’Abruzzo
02:55:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jerry Herman
03:14:00 Friends
03:23:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #148 (Trump n’ Trannies)
03:29:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later
04:06:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 12, 2017 Playlist: “Shake it Off” (00:28:30; Taylor Swift). “Google” (00:32:00; Ben Bailey). “Bang Bang Bang” (00:35:30; Big Bang). “White Boys” (00:39:30; Hair 2010 Broadway cast). “Gentle on My Mind” (00:41:30; Glen Campbell). “Move On” (01:50:30; Barbara Cook & Malcolm Gets). “The Internet is for Porn” (01:55:30), “There’s a Fine, Fine Line” (02:52:00) & “I Wish I were Back in College” (04:11:00; Avenue Q 2003 Broadway cast w/ Stephanie d’Abruzzo). “Time Heals Everything” (02:59:00; Georgia Brown). “Shalom” (03:03:30; Milk and Honey 1961 Broadway cast w/ Robert Weede). “I Don’t Want to Know” (03:06:30; Dear World 1969 Broadway cast w/ Angela Lansbury). “Waiting for the Morning Light” (03:33:00; Gene Simmons). “September on Jessore Road” (03:41:30; Allen Ginsberg). “Girl from the North Country” (03:55:00; Bob Dylan).

(pictured: Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Jerry Herman, Donald Trumpette)
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2015): RICHARD SHORE

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews musical director Richard Shore

Topics include: Name That (Show)Tune.

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 #450 (12/28/2013): PS I LOVE YOU

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Here is the 450th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Dec. 28, 2013. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon’s chat with singer and record producer Philip Chaffin. Plus: Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (13/14, Christine Lavin), Dylan – Sooner & Later (insurance), Rabbi Sol’s Rabbinical Reflection on the year gone by.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer Philip Chaffin, Dave’s wife Joyce.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (end of the year, numerical milestones, xmas food, cast recordings, pancake party)
01:00:00 SATURDAY SEGUE (13/14)
01:24:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (news & Top Stories of 2013)
01:56:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Philip Chaffin
03:02:30 Sponsors
03:08:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Insurance
03:30:00 Friends
03:37:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #86: New Year 2014
03:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Christine Lavin
03:59:30 Weather & Upcoming
04:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 28, 2013 Playlist: “Thirteen” (01:00:30; Big Star). “The 13th (Swing Version)” (01:03:00; The Cure). “Thirteenth Mountain” (01:07:00; Bruce Cockburn). “Fourteen Rivers, Fourteen Floods” (01:11:30; Beck). “14th Street Blues” (01:14:30; Leon Redbone). “14th Street” (01:17:30; Rufus Wainwright). “Finale” (01:51:00; Dear World, 1969 Broadway cast). “Diga Diga Doo” (01:53:00), “A Cow and a Plough and a Frau” (02:50:00) & “Somethin’ Real Special” (02:58:30; Philip Chaffin). “The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me Blues” (02:10:30; Follies 2011 Broadway cast w/ Danny Burstein). “Around the World” (02:35:30; Grey Gardens 2006 Bway cast w/ Christine Ebersole). “Folies Bergere” (02:41:30; Nine 2003 Bway cast w/ Chita Rivera). “It’s All Right Ma, I’m Only Bleeding” ({live “Before the Flood” version}; 03:10:00), “Clean Cut Kid” (03:15:30) & “Desolation Row” ({live MTV Unplugged version}; 03:19:30; Bob Dylan). “Nobody’s Fat in Aspen” (03:40:30), “Rockaway” (03:44:00), “If I Ruled the World” (03:48:00), “Gettin’ Used to Leavin’ (03:52:30) & “Scatter New Seeds” (04:07:00; Christine Lavin).

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/10/2011): DAVID KENNEY

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews New York radio host David Kenney

Topics include: Everything Old is New Again, WBAI, radio, cabaret.

Segment originally aired Dec. 10, 2011 on the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #136 (7/21/2005): SPENCER FOR HIGHER

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Here is the 136th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on NY’s WGBB-AM radio, July 21, 2005. Info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz
guest: musical-theater composer David Spencer (“The Musical Theater Writer’s Survival Guide”)

Featuring: Dave chats with musical-theater composer David Spencer. Plus: Dave gets trivial about MSUD.

00:00:00 DAVE GOES IN
00:08:00 GUEST: David Spencer
00:45:00 DAVE GETS TRIVIAL – MSUD
00:54:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 21, 2005 Playlist: “You Can Always Find a Fable” & “Epilogue: He Could Always Find a Fable” (“The Fabulist”); “Friday at Four” (“A Class Act”).