Dave's Gone By

Here is the 355th episode–our annual Broadway Tony Awards special–of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, June 11, 2011. info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: Jonathan Abarbanel (theater critic, WBEZ Radio), John Ekeberg (programming & operations director, Denver Center Attractions), Leslie (Hoban) Blake (vice president, Drama Desk), Rosalind Friedman (theater critic, WMNR adio), Eric Grode (critic, New York Times), Brian Scott Lipton (editor, TheaterMania.com), Michael Portantiere (columnist, BroadwayStars.com), Michael Riedel (columnist, New York Post), Simon Saltzman (president, Outer Critics Circle), Richmond Shepard (producer), David Sheward (editor, BackStage). Bonus Guest: Paul Williams (composer, recorded June 2010).

Featuring: Dave celebrates the Tony Awards with NYC theater critics making picks and predictions on the 7th Annual TotalTheater Tony show. Plus: Chicago critic Jonathan Abarbanel, The Denver Center’s John Ekeberg, Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the Tonys, and a chat with composer Paul Williams.

Note: Technical difficulties added slight audio hiccups and truncated the recorded versions of interviews with Leslie (Hoban) Blake and Jeff Goodman. Apologies!

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:03:00 GUEST: Michael Riedel

00:34:00 GUEST: Eric Grode

00:52:30 DAVE: Sponsors & Quiz, part one

00:57:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton

01:18:00 GUEST: John Ekeberg

01:39:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman

01:52:30 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman

02:05:00 GUEST: Jonathan Abarbanel

02:21:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere

02:36:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard

02:51:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the 2011 Tony Awards

02:59:00 GUEST: David Sheward

03:20:00 Quiz, part two

03:26:30 Dave – post-show message

03:30:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake

03:42:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman

03:49:00 Quiz, part three

00:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT

03:56:30 BONUS GUEST: Paul Williams (2010)

June 11, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Overture” (00:00:02) & “The Company Way” (02:03:00) & “Exit Music” (03:54:30; How to Succeed in Business…, 2010 Bway cast), “Southern Days” (00:30:00) & “It’s Gonna Take Time” (02:08:30; The Scottsboro Boys, 2010 off-Bway cast); “Hello” (00:46:30) & “Turn it Off” (03:23:30; The Book of Mormon, 2011 Bway cast), “Finishing the Hat” (00:50:00; Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 Bway cast), “Thoroughly Modern Millie” (01:14:30; Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2002 Bway cast). “Mad Tea Party” (01:32:00) & “Home” (02:47:30; Wonderland, 2011 Bway cast); “Tonight’s the Night” (01:33:00; Crazy for You, 1992 Bway cast); “Now I Have Everything” (01:34:30; Fiddler on the Roof, 1964 Bway cast); “Someday” (01:36:30; Memphis, 2010 Bway cast); “By the Sea” (01:48:30; Sweeney Todd, 1979 Bway cast); “If This isn’t Love” (02:19:00; Finian’s Rainbow, 1947 Bway cast); “It’s De-lovely” (02:33:00; Anything Goes, 1962 off-Bway cast); “The Song that Goes Like This” (03:16:00; Spamalot, 2005 Bway cast).

Here is the 354th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 14, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: political satirist Mark Russell

Featuring: Dave chats with satirist Mark Russell. Plus: Inside Broadway (The Book of Mormon, Tony nominees), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Italy), Saturday Segue (Italians), Etta James get-well tribute, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Israel’s birthday.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:20:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Italy

00:33:00 GUEST: Mark Russell

01:31:30 Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later: Italy

02:01:30 Items in the news

02:05:00 INSIDE BROADWAY (Tony nominees (02:05:00), The Book of Mormon (02:09:00) & news (02:16:30))

02:19:00 Get Well – Etta James

02:32:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Israel’s birthday

02:59:00 DAVE – Friends & Sponsors

03:09:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 14, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore” (00:10:00; Walker Brothers); “Mambo Italiano” (00:22:00; Dean Martin); “Calypso Italiano” (00:24:00; Bobby Darin); “Be Italian” (00:27:00; Nine, 2009 film soundtrack); “We Open in Venice” (00:31:00; Kiss Me, Kate, 1949 Broadway cast); Excerpt from 1976 PBS special (01:22:00; Mark Russell, youtube clip); “Tangled Up in Blue” (01:31:30), “Down the Highway” (01:37:00), “Joey” (live w/ The Grateful Dead) (01:40:30), “House Carpenter” (01:49:30) & “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (01:54:00; Bob Dylan); “These Foolish Things” (02:21:30) & “Slow and Easy” (02:25:30; Etta James), “Let’s Get Away from it All” (02:39:00; Frank Sinatra); “Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day” (02:41:00; Sam Cooke); “Fly Me to the Moon” (02:43:30; Tony Bennett); “Young at Heart” (02:47:30; Jimmy Durante); “Opus I, No. 2, 2nd Movement – Minuetto Grazioso” (02:50:00; Frank Zappa); “The Vatican Rag” (02:52:30; Tom Lehrer).

Here is the 353rd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, May 7, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: editor Benjamin Welch (UNC Mirror) and author John Ruane, radio host Bob Cudmore

Featuring: Dave chats with college newspaper editor Benjamin Welch and political pundit John Ruane (“The Wizards of Spin”). Plus: Inside Broadway (news, nominations & reviews), Saturday Segue (mother songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (mothers), Dave’s appearance on WVTL’s “Coffee with Bob Cudmore,” and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the death of Osama bin Laden.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:08:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Osama

00:22:30 GUEST: Benjamin Welch

00:45:30 DAVE on “Coffee with Cudmore” w/ Bob Cudmore (WVTL-AM 1570, taped 5/3/11)

00:58:00 INSIDE BROADWAY, pt. 1 – Tony Nominations

01:14:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (mothers)

01:40:00 GUEST: John Ruane

02:30:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Dead! Dead! Dead!

02:40:00 INSIDE BROADWAY, pt. 2 – Obits (02:40:00) & Reviews (Potato Needs a Bath (02:52:00) & War Horse (02:55:30)

03:04:30 SATURDAY SEGUE: Mothers

03:17:30 Friends & Thank Yous

03:23:00 DAVE GOES OUT

May 7, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Gimme Some Truth” (00:18:00; John Lennon); “Ain’t That News” (00:43:30; Tom Paxton); “Tell Me, Momma” (01:14:30), “Mama, You Been on My Mind” (w/ Joan Baez; 01:19:30), “Shake Shake Mama” (01:22:30), “Tough Mama” (01:26:00); “Call Letter Blues” (01:30:00) & “Clothes Line Saga” (01:34:30; Bob Dylan); “Turn on the News” (02:26:00; Husker Du); “Small World” (02:37:00; Gypsy 1959 Bway cast w/ Ethel Merman); “A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing” (02:48:00; Promises, Promises, 1968 Bway cast w/ Jerry Orbach & Marian Mercer); “Your Mother Should Know” (03:04:30; rehearsal version); “Your Mother’s Here to Stay” (03:07:30; Allan Sherman); “Mother” (03:10:00; Tiny Tim); “Mother Dear” (03:12:30; The Divine Comedy); “What Would My Mama Say” (Roger Miller; 03:24:30).

Here is the 352nd episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on UNC Radio, April 30, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: comedian Shecky Greene

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with legendary comedian Shecky Greene. Plus: Inside Broadway (NY musical reviews), Saturday Segue (green songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (green), Dave Says Bye to Phoebe Snow, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the royal wedding.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:15:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – green

00:31:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – Broadway news & reviews (Anything Goes (00:50:00) & How to Succeed in Business… (00:56:00))

01:02:00 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: green

01:30:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Shecky Greene

02:19:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Phoebe Snow

02:33:30 DAVE – Sponsors

02:42:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – royal wedding

02:57:30 DAVE GOES OUT

April 30, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Green Onions” (14:30:30; Booker T. & the MG’s), “Green Shirt” (00:17:30; Elvis Costello); “The Leaves that are Green” (00:19:30; Simon & Garfunkel); “Little Green” (00:22:00; Joni Mitchell); “Green Rocky Road” (00:25:30; Tim Hardin), “It’s De-Lovely” (00:47:00; “Anything Goes” 1962 off-Bway cast); “Wiggle Wiggle” (01:03:00), “House Carpenter” (01:05:00) “Let Me Die in My Footsteps” (01:09:00), “Baby, Where are You Tonight?” (01:12:30) & “Three Angels” (01:18:30) & “Copper Kettle” (01:21:00; Bob Dylan); “Shecky Greene at Italian Earthquake Benefit” (01:27:30; youtube excerpt), “Somewhere That’s Green” (02:14:00; Little Shop of Horrors, off-Bway cast), “Poetry Man” (02:20:30), “Every Night” (02:25:00) & “Majesty of Life” (02:28:30; Phoebe Snow), “Wedding Bells” (02:46:30; Benny Bell); “Bein’ Green” (02:57:30; Van Morrison).

Here is the 351st episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 23, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: filmmaker Ari Gold

Featuring: Dave chats with filmmaker Ari Gold (“The Adventures of Power”). Plus: Inside Broadway (NY reviews), Saturday Segue (NY songs), Bob Dylan – Sooner & Later (Bard on Bard) and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Easter.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:12:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – New York City

00:34:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Back in NY

00:59:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: “Bard on Bard”

01:32:00 GUEST: Ari Gold

02:24:30 DAVE – Sponsors & weather

02:37:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Easter

02:46:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (Arcadia (02:46:30), Jerusalem (02:49:00), Good People (02:52:30))

02:56:00 DAVE – Friends

02:59:30 DAVE SAYS BYE – Ross Higuchi

03:04:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 23, 2011 Playlist: “Dirty Boulevard” (12:30:30; Lou Reed), “Spring in New York” (00:16:00; Tony Bennett); “New York City” (00:18:30; Suzzy & Terre Roche); “New York, New York” (00:22:00; Tiny Tim); “Manhattan” (00:25:30; Jim Caruso); “The Only Living Boy in New York” (00:30:30; Simon & Garfunkel); “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” (live; 00:59:30), “Lone Pilgrim” (01:05:30), “Desolation Row” (alternate take; 01:08:00), “Floater” (01:19:30) & “Po’ Boy” (01:24:30; Bob Dylan); “New Jersey Nights” (01:28:30) & “We Are Power” (02:23:00; Ethan Gold).

Here is the 350th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 9, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: comedian Pat Cooper & singer-songwriter Gabrielle Louise.

Featuring: Dave chats with legendary comedian Pat Cooper and ecology-minded singer-songwriter Gabrielle Louise. Plus: Inside Broadway (naughty words), Dave Says Bye to Sidney Lumet, Saturday Segue birthday tribute to Tom Lehrer, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on killer whales.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:09:30 GUEST: Gabrielle Louise

00:53:00 DAVE – Sponors & Weather

01:01:00 INSIDE BROADWAY – News & Naughty Words

01:24:30 GUEST: Pat Cooper

01:58:30 DAVE – Coming Up

02:02:00 DAVE SAYS BYE – Sidney Lumet

02:09:30 DAVE – More Sponsors

02:18:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later – Master pieces

02:48:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection – Killer Whale

02:53:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Tom Lehrer 83rd birthday tribute

03:02:00 DAVE GOES OUT

April 9, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “Save the Arkansas” (00:09:30), “Make You Remember” (00:13:00) & “Journey” (00:49:00; Gabrielle Louise); Many Ways (01:21:30; Baxter Holvoe); “Friar’s Roast for Drew Carey” (excerpt, 01:23:00) & “On Italians” (youtube clip, 01:55:30, Pat Cooper); “When I Paint My Masterpiece” (02:19:00), “Lone Pilgrim” (02:22:00), “Masters of War” (demo version; 01:02:00), “Positively 4th Street” (02:29:00), “Slow Train” (live w/ Grateful Dead, 02:33:00) & “Every Grain of Sand” (02:38:00; Bob Dylan); “Bright College Days” (live; 02:53:30), “Who’s Next” (02:58:30) & “We Will All Go Together When We Go” (03:07:00; Tom Lehrer).

Here is the 349th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, April 2, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guests: singer-songwriter Melanie & syndicated columnist Alan Scherstuhl.

Featuring: Dave chats with syndicated columnist Alan Scherstuhl (“Studies in Crap”) and with singer-songwriter Melanie (“Brand New Key”). Plus: Inside Broadway (theater news) and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on circumcisions.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:13:30 SATURDAY SEGUE: Melanie

00:23:00 DAVE – Baseball’s Back

00:32:30 GUEST: Alan Scherstuhl

01:27:00 DAVE – Sponsors

00:00:01 INSIDE BROADWAY: Theater News

02:01:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection: circumcisions

00:21:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – More Melanie

02:18:00 GUEST: Melanie

01:22:00 Dave – Friends

03:07:30 DAVE GOES OUT

April 2, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “The Good Book” (00:13:30), “Carolina in My Mind” (00:16:00) & “Deep Down Low” (Melanie; 00:20:00); “Piece of Crap” (00:29:00; Neil Young); “San Francisco” (01:22:30; Jill Sobule); “The Baseball Game” (01:40:30; Falsettoland off-Bway cast); “Friendship” (01:55:30; Anything Goes 1962 off-Bway cast); “Look What They Done to My Song, Ma” (02:07:00), “Brand New Key” (02:11:00), “Beautiful People” (02:13:00), “Lay Lady Lay” (02:16:30, excerpt), “Leftover Wine” (03:05:00, excerpt) & “Lay Down” (03:16:00; Melanie).

Here is the 348th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 26, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: groundbreaking comedienne Rusty Warren

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with bawdy comedienne Rusty Warren. Also: the Saturday Segue (April songs), Inside Broadway (news), Bob Dylan: Sooner & Later (big ones) and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Japan.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:10:30 SATURDAY SEGUE: April songs

00:37:30 INSIDE BROADWAY: Theater News

01:03:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Big Ones

01:34:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Rusty Warren

02:29:30 DAVE – Sponsors & Weather

02:43:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection: Japan

01:21:30 Dave – Friends

01:27:30 DAVE GOES OUT

March 26, 2011 Playlist: (part one) “April Come She Will” (00:10:30; Simon & Garfunkel). “April Showers” (00:12:00; Al Jolson). “Intro/Hello Muddah/Love is Lovelier…” (00:15:00; Allan Sherman); “Pieces of April” (00:17:00; Three Dog Night). “April Fool’s Day Morn” (00:25:00; Loudon Wainwright III); “April” (00:29:00; PJ Harvey & John Paris). “April in Paris” (00:33:30; Billie Holiday). “Nowadays” (00:49:00; Chicago, 1996 Bway cast. “Arthur McBride” (01:04:30), “I Shall Be Free” (01:10:30), “Tangled Up in Blue” (01:15:00), “Girl from the North Country” (01:21:00) & “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (live 1975, 01:24:00; Bob Dylan). “Tonight is Gonna Be the Night” (01:31:30), “Knockers Up” (01:41:30), “PTA” (02:00:30), “Bounce Your Boobies” (02:26:30) & “Am I Getting Old?” (01:34:00, Rusty Warren); “Make it Go Away (Radiation Song)” (Sheryl Crow; 02:49:30).

Here is the 347th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 19, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: radio personality Dr. Demento.

Dave chats with radio legend Dr. Demento. Also: the Saturday Segue (novelties), Bob Dylan: Sooner & Later (funny ones), Inside Broadway (Spamalot in Greeley), Dave Says Bye to Joe Morello, and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on Purim.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:17:00 SATURDAY SEGUE: Novelties

00:30:00 GUEST: Dr. Demento

01:47:00 SATURDAY SEGUE, pt. 2 – More Novelties

01:57:30 DAVE – Sponsors

02:06:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later: Funny Ones

02:37:30 INSIDE BROADWAY (Spamalot)

02:54:00 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection: Purim jokes

03:00:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Joe Morello

03:04:30 DAVE – Weather & Friends

03:11:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 19, 2011 Playlist: “Fish Heads” (00:17:00; Barnes & Barnes); “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” (00:19:30; Tom Lehrer); “One Hippopotami” (00:21:30; Allan Sherman); “I’m My Own Grampaw” (00:25:00; Homer & Jethro); “Cocktails for Two” (00:27:30; Spike Jones). “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha” (01:47:00; Napoleon XIV); “One More Minute” (01:49:30; Weird Al Yankovic); “My Name is Larry” (01:53:30; Wild Man Fischer); “Mixed Up Confusion” (02:07:00), “Baby, I’m in the for You” (02:09:30), “The Ugliest Girl in the World” (02:12:30), “I Shall Be Free No. 10” (02:16:00), “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” (02:20:30), “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” (02:25:00), “All I Really Want to Do” (live, 02:29:00) & “Must Be Santa” (02:32:00; Bob Dylan). “You Can’t Succeed on Broadway” (02:38:00; Spamalot original 2005 Broadway cast), “Take Five” (Dave Brubeck Quartet; 02:59:00), “Knockers Up” (excerpt, 03:09:00; Rusty Warren); “Shaving Cream” (03:17:00; Paul Wynn/Benny Bell).

Here is the 346th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on UNC Radio, March 12, 2011. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with singer-songwriter Dan Bern. Also: Sponsors n’ weather, Inside Broadway (Footloose in Greeley), Dave Says Bye to Hugh Martin, Saturday Segue (Irish tunes), Bob Dylan: Sooner & Later (disaster songs), and Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on gas prices.

Host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest: Dan Bern

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN

00:09:30 MUSIC: Dan Bern

00:30:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with Dan Bern

01:09:30 DAVE – Sponsors, Bill Maher & Weather

01:34:30 INSIDE BROADWAY: Footloose

01:56:00 DAVE SAYS BYE: Hugh Martin

02:03:30 BOB DYLAN – Sooner & Later (disaster songs)

02:34:00 News from Japan

02:40:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection: gas prices

02:46:30 SATURDAY SEGUE – Irish tunes

03:01:30 DAVE SAYS HI – Friends of the show & upcoming guests

03:08:00 DAVE GOES OUT

March 12, 2011 Playlist: “Feel Like a Man” (00:09:30), “Revolution Begins in the Basement” (00:13:00), “Breathe” (00:17:00), “My Country II” (00:23:00), “Bush Must Be Defeated” (00:26:00) & “Remember Me” (01:05:30; Dan Bern). “I Can’t Stand Still” (01:32:30; Footloose, original Broadway cast), “The Song that Goes Like This” (01:52:00; Spamalot, original Broadway cast). “You Made Me Love You, For Me and My Gal, The Trolley Song” (01:57:00; Judy Garland); “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” (02:04:30), “Black Diamond Bay” (02:10:30), “I’d Hate to Be You on that Dreadful Day” (02:18:00), “Talking World War III Blues” (02:20:00), “Down in the Flood” (02:26:30) (Bob Dylan). “This Wheel’s on Fire” (02:29:00; The Byrds). “Celtic Ray” (02:46:30; Van Morrison & the Chieftains). “The Patriot Game” (02:50:00; The Clancy Brothers). “A Pair of Brown Eyes” (02:53:30; The Pogues); “Bounce Your Boobies” (excerpt, 03:06:30; Rusty Warren).