Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): ZACHARY STEWART

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/15/2024): ZACHARY STEWART

On the 19th annual special TotalTheater Broadway special, theater critic Zachary Stewart weighs in on the 2024 Best Score of a Musical Tony Award nominations.

Segment aired June 15, 2024 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #948 (6/15/2024): THE 19th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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Here is the 948th episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Saturday morning, June 15, 2024.

Featuring: Special Broadway edition! Dave chats with Tony-nominated sound designer Leah Gelpe and with theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Frank Burd, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart about the Broadway season. Plus: Trivia questions and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tony nominations.

Guests: sound designer Leah Gelpe; theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Frank Burd, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Carey Purcell, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:05:00 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:18:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #187: Tonys 2024
00:28:30 GUEST: Carey Purcell
00:44:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:59:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
01:14:30 GUEST: David Sheward
01:30:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
01:45:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
02:03:00 Broadway Season Facts
02:14:00 GUEST: Frank Burd
02:27:00 TRIVIA QUIZ #1
02:38:30 GUEST: Leah Gelpe
02:54:00 Passings from the Daverhood
02:58:00 Other Awards
03:02:30 TRIVIA QUIZ #2
03:10:30 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:27:00 TRIVIA QUIZ #3
03:37:00 Friends of the Daverhood
03:40:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Frank Burd
Leah Gelpe
Charles Gross
Eva Heinemann
Brian Scott Lipton
Carey Purcell
David Sheward
Raven Snook
Zachary Stewart
Rabbi Sol Solomon

Dave’s Gone By #853 (6/11/2022): THE 17th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER BROADWAY SPECIAL

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Here is the 853rd episode of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By — our annual celebration of Broadway and the Tony Awards — which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, June 11, 2022. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: Theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Robert Cashill, RobJoe Dziemianowicz, David Finkle, David Gordon, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, Brian Scott Lipton, Ed Rubin, David Sheward, Raven Snook, Zachary Stewart, set designer Adam Rigg

Featuring: host Dave Lefkowitz chats with theater critics and experts about their picks and predictions for the 2022 Tony Awards. Plus: Dave chats with set designer Adam Rigg, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and trivia fun!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:02:00 GUEST: Robert Cashill
00:13:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
00:24:00 TRIVIA (Part 1)
00:30:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
00:47:00 GUEST: David Gordon
01:05:00 GUEST: Ed Rubin
01:18:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
01:29:30 GUESTS: David Sheward & Leslie (Hoban) Blake
01:53:00 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:11:00 DAVE GOES OFF: Student Tickets / Subs & Understudies
02:23:30 GUEST: David Finkle
02:41:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #176 (2022 Tony Awards)
02:54:30 GUEST: Adam Rigg
03:04:00 GUEST: Raven Snook
03:16:30 TRIVIA (Part 2)
03:24:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
03:36:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Robert Cashill
Joe Dziemianowicz
Zachary Stewart
David Gordon
Ed Rubin
Charles Gross
David Sheward
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Eva Heinemann
David Finkle
Adam Rigg
Raven Snook
Brian Scott Lipton
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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/2022): ZACHARY STEWART

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/11/22): ZACHARY STEWART

On the 17th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Zachary Stewart (TheaterMania) weighs in on the 2022 Tony Award nominations, specifically Best Actress in a Play.

Segment aired June 11, 2022 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/6/2020): ZACHARY STEWART

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Dave Lefkowitz chats with TheaterMania theater critic, Zachary Stewart

Topics include: Tony Awards, COVID-19.  

Segment aired June 6, 2020 as part of the annual Broadway theater special edition of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio show/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By #698 (6/1/2019): THE 15th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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Here is the 698th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By. It’s the annual Tony Awards/Broadway special, and it aired live on Facebook, Sat, June 1, 2019.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Dave’s wife Joyce, spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon, and theater critics Leslie (Hoban) Blake (Two on the Aisle), Stuart Brown (Sounds of Broadway), Joe Dziemianowicz (Theater News Online), David Finkle (The Clyde Fitch Report), Charles Gross (Two on the Aisle), Eva Heinemann (Hi! Drama), Brian Scott Lipton (Cititour), Michael Portantiere (This Week on Broadway), Ed Rubin (TotalTheater), David Sheward (TheaterLife.com), Zachary Stewart (Theatermania).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:06:00 GUEST: Stuart Brown
00:17:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 1 (box office, Straight White Men, Head Over Heels)
00:25:00 GUEST: Charles Gross
00:29:00 GUEST: David Finkle
00:42:00 QUIZ – Part 1
00:49:00 GUEST: Joe Dziemianowicz
01:00:00 GUEST: David Sheward
01:11:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 2 (Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Pretty Woman, Bernhardt/Hamlet) 01:14:00
01:14:00 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton
01:33:30 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #159 – 2019 Tonys
01:41:30 GUEST: Ed Rubin
01:53:00 GUEST: Michael Portantiere
02:06:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake
02:19:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 3 (The Nap, Lifespan of a Fact, The Ferryman, The Waverly Gallery)
02:22:00 QUIZ – Part 2
02:29:30 GUEST: Zachary Stewart
02:43:30 GUEST: Eva Heinemann
02:51:00 BROADWAY TIMELINE, pt. 4 (Torch Song, American Son, King Kong, Mike Birbiglia-The New One, The Prom, The Illusionists, The Cher Show, Network, Ruben & Clay’s Christmas, To Kill a Mockingbird, Choir Boy, True West, Be More Chill, Kiss Me, Kate; Ain’t Too Proud, What the Constitution Means to Me, King Lear, Oklahoma!, Burn This, Hadestown, Hillary and Clinton, Gary, All My Sons, Tootsie, Ink, Beetlejuice)
03:29:00 QUIZ – Part 3
03:31:30 DAVE GOES OUT

June 1, 2019 Playlist: “Road to Hell” (00:00:30; Hadestown off-Broadway cast). “Way Down in Hadestown” (03:38:30; Hadestown Broadway cast). “We Got the Beat” (00:23:00; Head Over Heels cast). “The Lady’s Improving” (02:50:30; The Prom Broadway cast). “A Guy That I’d Kinda Be Into” (03:07:30; Be More Chill NJ cast).

Stuart Brown
Charles Gross
David Finkle
Joe Dziemianowicz
David Sheward
Brian Scott Lipton
Leslie (Hoban) Blake
Ed Rubin
Michael Portantiere
Eva Heinemann
Zachary Stewart

Dave’s Gone By Interview (6/1/2019): ZACHARY STEWART

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On the 15th annual special TotalTheater Tony show, theater critic Zachary Stewart of Theatermania weighs in on the 2019 Tony Awards.   His topic: Best Play.

Segment aired June 1, 2019 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz. 

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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 Interview (6/9/2018): ZACHARY STEWART

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Dave Lefkowitz interviews theater critic Zachary Stewart
Topics include: Tony Awards, TheaterMania, Angels in America, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Iceman Cometh, Travesties, director.

Segment airs June 9, 2018 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” 14th Annual TotalTheater Tony Special, hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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