Dave’s Gone By Interview (3/18/2023): DAVID KIRSHENBAUM & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with composer-lyricist DAVID KIRSHENBAUM

Topics include: Vanities, religion, Stephen Sondheim, Jack Heifner

Segment aired March 18, 2023 as part of the 886th episode of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #886 (3/18/2023): PUT A KIRSH ON YOU

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Here is the 886th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, March 18, 2023. Info: davesgoneby.com. 

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews composer-lyricist David Kirshenbaum; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (with David Kirshenbaum, Vicki Quade, Richard Vetere); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Westminster), Dave Goes Off on new birdseed.

Guests: composer David Kirshenbaum, playwright Richard Vetere, actress Vicki Quade.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (trigger warnings)
00:46:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews David Kirshenbaum
01:42:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Sir Kensington’s)
02:02:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
02:25:30 DAVE GOES OFF (new birdseed)
02:48:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:57:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Westminster, CO)
03:01:30 DAVE GOES OUT

David Kirshenbaum
Richard Vetere
Vicki Quade
Rabbi Sol Solomon
clockwise L-R: Dave, Vicki Quade, David Kirshenbaum, Richard Vetere
Westminster, CO

Dave’s Gone By #827 (12/4/2021): SPUN GOLD

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Here’s the 827th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, Dec. 4, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com

Guests: musician Marcus Goldhaber; theater critics David Sheward, Leslie (Hoban) Blake

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with musician Marcus Goldhaber; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Drake, CO); Today/Yesterday Trivia Quiz (Dec. 4 w/ Marcus Goldhaber, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward; My Sick Mind (Stephen Sondheim).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (hankie, Scrabble, Three Percent)
00:37:00 SKIT: THREE PERCENT (w/ Mischa Dani Goodman)
00:46:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Marcus Goldhaber
01:27:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Dec. 4, 2021 w/ Marcus Goldhaber, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward)
03:41:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:54:30 MY SICK MIND (Sondheim)
04:00:00 Friends of the Daverhood
04:09:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Drake)
04:11:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Dec. 4, 2021 Playlist: “When I’m Singin’ a Song” (00:45:30) & “Just One More Song” (01:26:00; Marcus Goldhaber)

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Dave’s Gone By #826 (11/27/2021): MISCHAMERICA

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Here’s the 826th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, November 27, 2021. Info: Davesgoneby.com.

Guests: actress Mischa Dani Goodman; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake and David Sheward

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Mischa Dani Goodman; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Glendevey, CO); Dave Goes Off on Sondheim.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:50:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Mischa Dani Goodman
01:32:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY Trivia Quiz (Nov. 27 w/ Mischa Dani Goodman, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, David Sheward
03:06:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN (Covid test)
03:16:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:34:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:44:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Glendevey, CO)
03:46:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Mischa Dani Goodman
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Glendevey, CO
Stephen Sondheim

Dave’s Gone By #748 (5/30/2020): ZAG ZIG

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Here is the 748th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday, May 30, 2020. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guest: actor Stuart Zagnit, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Stuart Zagnit; Inside Broadway; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Last Chance); Wretched Pun of Destiny (Mick Jagger); Today Yesterday (May 30).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Covid patience, plastic bags)
00:50:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:03:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Stuart Zagnit
02:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
02:36:30 TODAY YESTERDAY (May 30)
03:17:00 THE WRETCHED PUN OF DESTINY #71 (Mick Jagger)
03:21:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:29:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Last Chance)
03:32:30 DAVE GOES OUT

May 30, 2020 Playlist: “The Oldsie Profession” (01:02:00; Stuart Zagnit & Andy Richardson). “Grow for Me” (02:00:00; Stuart Zagnit).

Stuart Zagnit
Mick Jagger transferring files
Last Chance, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/8/2020): LONNY PRICE & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor-director LONNY PRICE

Topics include: Stephen Sondheim, Merrily We Roll Along, A Class Act, directing, The Louder We Get.

Segment aired Feb. 8, 2020 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Lonny Price

Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/7/2017): MARCY HEISLER, ZINA GOLDRICH, & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews theatrical composers Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich

Topics include: Dear Edwina, Junie B. Jones, Ever After, Stephen Sondheim.

Segment airs Jan. 7, 2017 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Wretched Pun of Destiny #031 (4/4/2015): CHESS MATCH

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The 31st Wretched Pun of Destiny segment aired April 4, 2015 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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During the Washington DC try-out for the original West Side Story, whenever Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein faced writers’ block, they’d play chess backstage. Actors, stagehands, and sometimes famous visitors were allowed to kibbitz or even sit in.

One night, playwright Edward Albee is in town, and during intermission, he agrees to a speed-chess game with Sondheim. Meanwhile, Bernstein sits nearby at a piano, trying desperately to come up with a love ballad for act one.

The chess match is even at first, but soon Sondheim gets the upper hand, with Albee swearing under his breath every time he loses a piece. At one point, while protecting his queen, the playwright loses a knight. “Damn,” he says. “Stupid horse.” Two plays later, Sondheim makes a bold move with his rook and takes the other knight. “Damn!” yells Albee. “I can’t believe I lost both of them.”

“That’s it!” shouts Leonard Bernstein at the piano. “Two Knights, Two Knights. Ed Albee Damned Two Knights.”

Dave’s Gone By Interview (7/19/2014): JOHN BUCCHINO & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews songwriter John Bucchino

Topics include: A Catered Affair, Urban Myths, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz.

Segment scheduled to air July 19, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/7/2014): MATTHEW DAVIS

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews sound engineer Matthew Davis

Topics include: Tony Awards, University of Northern Colorado, Sweeney Todd

Segment scheduled to air June 7, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 10th Anniversary TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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