well, That's Show Biz, 08-16-2026 5-20 Back to School 2026

Back to School 2026

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

8-16-2026

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and each week I bring you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.

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• You just heard “I Wish I Could Go Back to College” from Avenue Q which leads us into this week’s theme, Back To School for 2026. In fact, August happens to be American Back To School Month.

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• Beginning our first set, we have Ben Platt, as Evan, struggling with mental issues, starting off the school year singing “Waving Through a Window” from Dear Evan Hansen. Then we will hear the song “School Bus Driver” from the award winning children’s album, One Size Fits All, by Danny Adlerman and friends. Danny was my former music partner. And we will end this set with Kelli O’Hara, as Anna Leonowens, greeting her students with the song “Getting To Know You” from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s, The King and I. Here is “Waving Through a Window”.

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• Our theme this week is Back To School for 2026 and you just heard “Waving Through a Window” from Dear Evan Hansen, “School Bus Driver” from the award winning children’s album, One Size Fits All, and “Getting To Know You” from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s, The King and I.

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• August is American Back To School Month so for this set, we have songs that refer to colleges. First we have “The Harvard Variations” from Legally Blonde the Musical. Then Phil Silvers tells us that “Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers” from High Button Shoes. And we conclude this set with “The Aggie Song” from the film version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Here’s “The Harvard Variations” from Legally Blonde the Musical.

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• You just heard “The Harvard Variations” from Legally Blonde the Musical, “Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers” from High Button Shoes, and “The Aggie Song” from the film version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as we celebrate American Back To School Month today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID].

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• August is American Back to School Month so our theme this week is about schools.

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• For this set we have the Peanuts gang agonizing over writing a school “Book Report” from You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Then we have Harvard professor and musical satirist, Tom Lehrer, teaching us about the “New Math” from his album That Was The Year That Was. And finally libraries are the heart of a school, so we have Danny Adlerman and friends singing “The Library Song” from Danny’s award winning children’s album, One Size Fits All. Danny was my music partner. Here’s the “Book Report” from You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.

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• Our theme today is “Back To School” and you just heard “Book Report” from You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Tom Lehrer with his satirical song “New Math”, and Danny Adlerman performing “The Library Song”.

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• Our theme is Back To School and there will be one additional song after this two song set.

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• We begin with “Shine” from Billy Elliot: The Musical as Billy meets his dance teacher for the first time. Then we will hear “Dear Old Shiz” from Wicked. Remember we have one more song after this set. Here is “Shine” from Billy Elliot: The Musical.

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• You just heard “Shine” from Billy Elliot: The Musical and “Dear Old Shiz” from Wicked.

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• For our conclusion for our Back To School show, we are going to play the graduation performance by the graduates of the New York High School For The Performing Arts from the film musical, Fame. Here is “I Sing The Body Electric”.

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• You just heard “I Sing The Body Electric” from the film musical, Fame, which concludes today’s Back To School show.

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• And that concludes this week’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU-LP, Savannah, GA, 107.5FM and WRUU.org.  We are Savannah Soundings, Community Radio with Global Soul.

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• Please stay tuned for “Music At The Movies”, coming up next, hosted by Aiden Peck and I will see you next week. So long.

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