Tag: theater

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/31/2025): LESLIE (HOBAN) BLAKE

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critic LESLIE (HOBAN) BLAKE

Topics include: theater, New Year’s Eve

Segment aired Dec. 31, 2025 as part of episode #1014, our annual New Year’s Eve special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #1013 (12/27/2025): HAAS AFIRE

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Here is episode #1013 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 27, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor-singer Darius de Haas; Dave’s Big Dictionary (apropos); Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Chester); Bunion Watch; Greeley Times.

Guests: actor Darius de Haas; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: for the birds, wonderful life, Mount Washington
01:00:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:29:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Darius de Haas
02:22:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: New Year’s Eve
02:33:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #190: 2024 Farewell (repeat)
02:44:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: apropos
02:57:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:06:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Chester, CO
03:09:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Darius de Haas
Chester, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (12/20/2025): JEREMY KAREKEN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright JEREMY KAREKEN

Topics include: The Value of Names, Lifespan of a Fact, playwriting

Segment airs Dec. 20, 2025 as part of episode #1012 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #1011 (12/13/2025): SCHATZ CREEK

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Here is episode 1011 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Dec. 13, 2025.


Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews writer Matt Schatz, reads “Mendel’s Hanukkah Mess Up,” and offers a Rabbinical Reflection about Eurovision; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cherry Creek); The Dreidel Game.

Guests: playwright Matt Schatz; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN: Chanukah, yard animals, ear wax
00:35:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Matt Schatz
01:22:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:46:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce: Maryland life
02:02:00 THE DREIDEL GAME
02:24:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #199: Eurovision
02:31:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: Hanukkah Mess Up (Stiefels)
02:51:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:00:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Cherry Creek, CO
03:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Matt Schatz
your host
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Cherry Creek, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1008 (11/22/2025): BIG BEN

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Here is episode 1008 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Nov. 22, 2025.

Featuring: host Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Ben Brantley; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Carracas); StoryTime w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon (The Pout-Pout Fish).

Guests: theater critic Ben Brantley; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: desktop drumset, theater critics, washing machine, crochet potato
00:44:00 DAVE GOES AWAY: Boston
01:15:00 GUEST: Ben Brantley
02:15:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol Solomon: “The Pout-Pout Fish” (by Deborah Diesen)
02:33:00 GREELEY TIMES
02:48:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:54:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Carracas, CO
02:58:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Ben Brantley
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Newbury Street, Boston, MA
Carracas, CO

Dave’s Gone By Interview (11/22/2025): BEN BRANTLEY

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critic BEN BRANTLEY

Topics include: theater, Follies, Peppermint, Ivo van Hove, theater, Broadway, New York Times

Segment aired Nov. 22, 2025 as part of episode #1008 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #1007 (11/8/2025): MIND CONTROL

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Here is episode 1007 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Nov. 8, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews director Justin Ross Cohen and lyricist Bill Russell; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Cardinal); StoryTime (Sheep Stories); Dave’s Big Dictionary (bromide).

Guests: lyricist Bill Russell; director Justin Ross Cohen; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: AI loves DGB, craft fair, steroid, cat vs. fox
01:20:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:42:30 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Justin Ross Cohen & Bill Russell
02:30:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY: bromide
02:45:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:02:00 STORYTIME: Sheep Stories
03:10:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Cardinal, CO
03:14:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Justin Ross Cohen
Bill Russell
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Cardinal, CO

Dave’s Gone By #1005 (10/25/2025): PITCH PERFECT

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Here is episode 1005 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Oct. 25, 2025.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews performers Tom Alper, Christine Blackburn, Phil Hendrie and reads StoryTime (“A is for Activist”); Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Canton); My Old Phlegm.

Guests: podcaster Phil Hendrie; actors Tom Alper and Christine Blackburn; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: snacks, sheeps n’ owls;
00:37:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:07:30 GUESTS: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Phil Hendrie, Christine Blackburn, Tom Alper
01:45:00 STORYTIME w/ Rabbi Sol: “A is for Activist” (by Innosanto Nagara)
02:08:00 MY OLD PHLEGM: shoe
02:19:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Desktop Cornhole, rubber rat
02:29:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:46:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Canton, CO)
02:48:00 DAVE GOES OUT

L-R: Tom Alper, Phil Hendrie
Christine Blackburn
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/25/2025): TOM ALPER, PHIL HENDRIE, CHRISTINE BLACKBURN & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actors TOM ALPER, PHIL HENDRIE, and CHRISTINE BLACKBURN 

Topics include: The Pitch, podcasting, Larry King, Ed Asner, Story Smash, off-Broadway

Segment airs Oct. 25, 2025 as part of episode #1005 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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L-R: Tom Alper, Phil Hendrie
Christine Blackburn

Dave’s Gone By Interview (10/11/2025): MANUEL IGREJAS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with writer MANUEL IGREJAS

Topics include: Blue Man Group, playwriting, health

Segment airs Oct. 11, 2025 as part of episode #1003 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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More information on Dave’s Gone By: http://www.davesgoneby.com 

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: shalomdammit.com