Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/11/2014): GREG KOTIS & Rabbi Sol Solomon

click above to listen (audio only)

Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews playwright Greg Kotis

Topics include: Give the People What They Want, Urinetown, NeoFuturists, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.

Segment scheduled to air Jan. 11, 2014 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Please Note: Segments extracted from “Dave’s Gone By” may have music and other elements removed for timing and media re-posting considerations. For the full interview with all elements, please visit the audio of the complete original broadcast.

All content (c)2014 TotalTheater Productions.

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

More information about Rabbi Sol Solomon: http://www.shalomdammit.com

Dave’s Gone By #453 (1/11/2014):URINENATION

click above to listen to the episode (audio only)

Here is the 453rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, Jan. 11, 2014. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with playwright Greg Kotis (Urinetown). Plus: Dave chats with UNC sports radio host Thomas Hoffman, Inside Broadway, Saturday Segues (Jill Sobule, Captain Beefheart), Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on “Duck Dynasty’s” Phil Robertson

Guests: playwright Greg Kotis, broadcaster Thomas Hoffman

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:02:00 GUEST: Thomas Hoffman
00:48:00 SATURDAY SEGUE – Jill Sobule
01:09:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
01:34:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Greg Kotis
02:32:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (trio)
03:02:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #87 – Duck Amuck
03:11:00 Weather
03:13:00 Friends
03:29:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Captain Beefheart
03:53:30 Upcoming
03:57:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 11, 2014 Playlist: “A Good Life” (00:48:30), “Jetpack” (00:51:00), “Supermodel” (00:54:30), “Mexican Wrestler” (00:57:30), “Don’t Let Us Get Sick” (04:00:00; Jill Sobule). “Rebel of the Underground” (01:30:00; Tupac Shakur). “Urinetown” (01:33:00) & “I See a River” (02:16:00; Urinetown, 2001 Broadway cast). “The Times They Are a-Changin'” (02:36:00), “Simple Twist of Fate” (02:39:30), “One Too Many Mornings” (02:44:00), “On a Night Like This” (02:46:30), “Shelter from the Storm” (02:49:00) & “Going Going Gone” (02:54:00; Bob Dylan). “Full Moon Hot Sun” (03:34:00), “Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles” ({live at My Father’s Place version; 03:36:00), “Bill’s Corpse” (03:40:00), “Observatory Crest” (03:41:30), “I Want a Woman to Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go” (03:45:00), & “Moonlight on Vermont” (03:47:00; Captain Beefheart).

Jeff McCarthy (Officer Lockstock) and Spencer Kayden (Little Sally) in “Urinetown.”
Thomas Hoffman
Jill Sobule
Captain Beefheart
Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty

Dave’s Gone By #389 (6/9/2012): THE 8th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

click above to listen to the episode (audio only)

Here is the 389th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 9, 2012. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Dave celebrates Broadway and the Tony Awards with theater experts, a Tony nominee and lots of showtunes.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Tony nominated actress Spencer Kayden, University of Northern Colorado theater school musical director Richard Shore, Denver Center President Randy Weeks. Critics & Journalists: Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Vice President of the Drama Desk), Joe Dziemianowicz (NY Daily News), Peter Filichia (Kritzerland.com), Rosalind Friedman (WMNR-FM radio), Isa Goldberg (Drama Desk), Michael Portantiere (Broadwaystars.com), Michael Riedel (NY Post), Simon Saltzman (Drama Desk), Richmond Shepard (TotalTheater.com), Anne Siegel (TotalTheater.com), Rabbi Sol Solomon (Shalom Dammit!), Elisabeth Vincentelli (NY Post).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:07:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:21:00 GUEST: Peter Filichia
00:39:30 GUEST: Simon Saltzman
00:55:30 GUEST: Spencer Kayden
01:12:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
01:26:00 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman
01:39:00 GUEST: Annie Siegel
01:50:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – 2012 Tony Awards
02:03:00 GUEST: Isa Goldberg
02:14:00 GUEST: Michael Riedel
02:34:00 GUEST: Richmond Shepard
02:47:30 GUEST: Richard Shore
02:59:00 GUEST: Elisabeth Vincentelli
03:13:30 GUEST: Randy Weeks
03:26:30 Trivia
03:35:00 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
03:53:00 Thank Yous
03:57:00 More Trivia
04:03:00 DAVE GOES OUT

June 9, 2012 Playlist: “Overture” (00:00:01; Follies, 2011 Bway cast). “Zing Went the Strings of My Heart” (00:18:00; End of the Rainbow, 2011 Bway cast w/ Tracie Bennett). “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (00:36:30; Porgy & Bess, 2011 Bway cast w/ David Alan Grier). “Broadway Baby” (00:49:30; Follies, 2011 Bway cast w/ Jayne Houdyshell). (01:08:00; Urinetown, 2011 Bway cast w/ Spencer Kayden). “I am Here for You” (01:35:00; The Book of Mormon, 2010 Bway cast w/ Josh Gad). “You Can’t Succeed on Broadway” (01:56:00; Spamalot (2004 Bway cast w/ David Hyde Pierce). “Just My Luck” (02:12:30; One Man, Two Guvnors, 2011 Bway cast). “Gold” (02:29:00; Once 2012 Bway cast w/ Steve Kazee). “Hold On” (03:07:00; Lysistrata Jones 2011 Bway cast). “Didn’t I See this Movie? (03:33:00; Next to Normal (2009 Bway cast w/ Alice Ripley). “Rise Above” (03:48:00; Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark; 2011 Bway cast w/ Reeve Carney). “More” (Ghost 2012 Bway cast). “Someday” (04:05:30; Memphis; 2009 Bway cast).

Joe Dziemianowicz
Peter Filichia
Rosalind Friedman
Isa Goldberg
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Michael Portantiere
Michael Riedel
Richmond Shepard
Richard Shore
Anne Siegel
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Elisabeth Vincentelli
Randy Weeks
Tony Award

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/9/2012): SPENCER KAYDEN

click above to listen (audio only)

Dave Lefkowitz chats with actress Spencer Kayden.

Topics include: 2012 Tony Award nominations, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Urinetown, Broadway, theater.

Segment originally aired June 9, 2012 on the annual Tony Awards Special of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Interview segments extracted from “Dave’s Gone By” may have music and other elements removed for timing and media re-posting considerations. For the full interview with all elements, please visit the audio of the complete original broadcast.

Complete Original Broadcast: http://www.totaltheater.com/?q=node/4531

All content (c)2012 TotalTheater Productions.

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