Dave’s Gone By #662 (8/11/2018): SWEENY ODD

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Here is the 662nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Aug. 11, 2018. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guest: director Ethan McSweeny

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews theatrical director Ethan McSweeny, Inside Broadway, Dave’s Big Dictionary (periodic table), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel finale!), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bethune).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN (robo-calls, CSU Mountain Campus, hail drones and other inventions, youtube wedding, denizens)
00:59:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:34:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Ethan McSweeny
02:27:30 Sponsors
02:31:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Bethune
02:33:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:43:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 20 (finale!)
03:10:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #156 – Joke Time
03:21:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – periodic table
03:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Aug. 11, 2018 Playlist: The Shape of Things” (01:32:30; Charlotte Rae). “The Elements” (03:33:30; Tom Lehrer). “I Shall Sing – Take 13” (03:46:00; Van Morrison).

(pictured: American Shakespeare Center (top), Ethan McSweeny, Rabbi Sol Solomon, CSU Mountain Campus, Bethune, Colorado; A Cow for Hansel, The Periodic Table) 

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (8/11/2018): ETHAN McSWEENY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with theatrical director Ethan McSweeny

Topics include: American Shakespeare Conservatory, Staunton, Virginia, William Shakespeare, theater, Columbia University.
Segment airs Aug. 11, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #659 (7/14/2018): SHUMTHING HYMAN THIS WAY COMES

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Here is the 659th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook July 14, 2018. More info: davesgoneby.com. 

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: pianist Dick Hyman, spiritual teacher Susan Shumsky, Dave’s wife Joyce

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews pianist Dick Hyman and author Susan Shmusky. Plus: Inside Broadway, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bedrock), Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (interview milestone, zayin, pu poster, cornholing)
00:16:00 Sponsors
00:23:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Susan Shumsky
01:08:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:38:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Dick Hyman
02:16:00 Contest
02:19:30 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Bedrock
02:21:30 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 17
02:39:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:49:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
02:27:00 DAVE GOES OUT

July 14, 2018 Playlist: “Time is Tight” (00:18:30), “Fingerbuster” (01:36:30), “The Maple Leaf Rag” (02:12:00) & “Musetta’s Waltz” (03:35:30; Dick Hyman). “Hello Spring” (01:35:00; “Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates” 1958 TV cast w/ Tab Hunter). “Cave Man” (02:50:00; Chris Smither). “The Judge Said” (02:53:30; Malvina Reynolds). “Conspiracy” (03:10:00; Paramore). “London’s Burning” (03:15:30; The Clash). “Springtime for Hitler” (03:20:00; The Producers 1968 film cast).


(pictured: Dick Hyman, Susan Shumsky, A Cow for Hansel, Bedrock)
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Dave’s Gone By #658 (7/7/2018): FRESNESHIP

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Here is the 658th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, July 7, 2018. More info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Life coach Tony Dufresne, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews podcaster Tony Dufresne. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel), Potato News, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Bayfield).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (hullabaloo, scrabble, cornholing, Joey Chestnut is God!, coins of the realm)
00:43:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:13:00 Sponsors
01:18:00 POTATO NEWS
01:34:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:55:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tony Dufresne
02:41:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Bayfield
02:44:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 16
02:59:30 Friends
03:10:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:37:30 DAVE GOES OUT

July 7, 2018 Playlist: “Gillian Lynne (Ted Talk excerpt)” (01:51:30; Ken Robinson). “Money & Corruption” (03:10:00; The Kinks). “Dark was the Night” (03:14:30; Ry Cooder). “Spider-Man” (03:20:00; Ramones). “Hot Dog” (03:30:00; The Four Shells). “Sexy Panda Bear” (03:43:00; Steve Ibsen).


(pictured: Tony Dufresne, sexy panda bear, A Cow for Hansel, Bayfield, Potato News, coin wrappers, Joey Chestnut is God!)
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Dave’s Gone By #657 (6/30/2018): KICK OUT THE YAMS

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Here is the 657th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 30, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Performance artist Karen Finley, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Karen Finley. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel), Dave’s Big Dictionary (prance), Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Basalt).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (NEA Four, totaled, no pulse, rainy benefit)
00:38:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:04:00 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN w/ Joyce (sir kensington, a too-quiet passion, bananagrams)
01:21:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:41:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Karen Finley
02:37:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Basalt
02:40:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 15
02:55:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:03:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:39:30 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – prance
03:49:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 30, 2018 Playlist: (01:36:30 Grand Hotel 1992 Broadway cast w/ Liliane Montevecchi). “It’s My Body” (01:38:30) & “Tales of Taboo” (02:31:30; Karen Finley). “Shotgun” (03:05:00; Junior Walker & the All Stars). “Heather Heather” (03:12:00; The Magnetic Fields). “Please Mr. Kennedy” (03:19:00; “Inside Llewyn Davis” 2013 soundtrack). “Cortez the Killer” (03:31:00; Neil Young). “4th of July” (03:54:30; The Beach Boys).


(Pictured: Karen Finley, Basalt, prance, A Cow for Hansel, you win this round, Sir K,  but the battle has just begin!) 
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/30/2018): KAREN FINLEY & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with performance artist Karen Finley

Topics include: performance art, theater, politics, #MeToo, Grabbing Pussy.
Segment airs June 30, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #656 (6/23/2018): HERED-ITY

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Here is the 656th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired June 23, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Dave’s wife Joyce.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Tony-winning actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia. Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel), Dave’s Big Dictionary, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Avon).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (Runza cup, cuttlefish ink, hurty hip, hail damage, bad week and a bad winner)
00:41:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
01:23:00 Sponsors
01:25:30 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:41:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Wilson Jermaine Heredia
02:34:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED – Avon
02:36:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 14
02:53:30 Friends
03:01:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
03:32:00 DAVE’S BIG DICTIONARY – bluefish
03:42:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 23, 2018 Playlist: “Black or White” (01:41:00; Michael Jackson). “I’ll Cover You” (02:30:30) & “Seasons of Love” (03:49:30; Rent 1996 Broadway cast). “Mother and Child Reunion” (03:02:30; Paul Simon). “One Divine Hammper” (03:20:30; The Breeders). “Koko” (03:26:00; Goldfrapp).

(pictured: Wilson Jermaine Heredia, A Cow for Hansel, Avon, Colorado; bluefish)

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/16/2018): ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with performance artist Adrienne Truscott

Topics include: One Trick Pony, theater, rape, comedy, Andy Kaufman.
Segment airs June 16, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #655 (6/16/2018): A MATTER OF TRUS

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Here is the 655th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, June 16, 2018. Info: davesgoneby.com.
Host: Dave Lefkowitz
Guests: Performance artist Adrienne Truscott, Dave’s wife Joyce.
Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews comedian Adrienne Truscott.

Plus: Inside Broadway, Greeley Crimes & Old Times, Saturday Segue (in the news), StoryTime (A Cow for Hansel), Dave’s Big Dictionary, Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Aurora).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce (potato costume, Joyce’s birthday)
00:23:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
00:52:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:18:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Adrienne Truscott
02:03:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Aurora)
02:07:30 Friends of the Daverhood
02:16:00 STORYTIME – A Cow for Hansel, pt. 13
02:27:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – In the News
02:52:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 16, 2018 Playlist: “Waiting” (01:17:00; The Band’s Visit 2018 Broadway cast). “Singapore” (02:28:30; Tom Waits). “Protocol Says” (02:32:30; Murder for Two 2013 off-Broadway cast w/ Jeff Blumenkrantz). “The Disappointing Pancake” (02:36:00; Lisa Loeb). “The Sunny Side of Heaven” (02:40:30; Fleetwood Mac). “Justify My Love” (02:45:30; Madonna). “The Summer” (02:50:00; Yo La Tengo). “The Birthday Party” (02:56:00; Grandmaster Flash).

(pictured: Adrienne Truscott, A Cow for Hansel, Aurora)

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

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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)