Dave’s Gone By #698 (6/1/19): THE 15th ANNUAL TOTALTHEATER TONY SHOW

This is the 698th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave's Gone By. It's our annual special devoted to Broadway theater and the Tony Awards. 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).