Dave's Gone By #355 (6/11/11): THE 7th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

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 LefkowitzGuests: 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 IN00:03:00 GUEST: Michael Riedel00:34:00 GUEST: Eric Grode00:52:30 DAVE: Sponsors & Quiz, part one00:57:30 GUEST: Brian Scott Lipton01:18:00 GUEST: John Ekeberg01:39:00 GUEST: Simon Saltzman01:52:30 GUEST: Rosalind Friedman02:05:00 GUEST: Jonathan Abarbanel02:21:30 GUEST: Michael Portantiere02:36:30 GUEST: Richmond Shepard02:51:30 Rabbi Sol Solomon’s Rabbinical Reflection on the 2011 Tony Awards02:59:00 GUEST: David Sheward03:20:00 Quiz, part two03:26:30 Dave – post-show message03:30:30 GUEST: Leslie (Hoban) Blake03:42:30 GUEST: Jeff Goodman03:49:00 Quiz, part three00:25:30 DAVE GOES OUT03:56:30 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).