well, That's Show Biz, 09-280-2026 5-25 Autumn Colors

Autumn Colors

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

9-20-2026

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and every 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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• It’s September and you just heard the song “September” from the movie Trolls sung by Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, and, of course, Earth, Wind, and Fire.

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• And on Tuesday the seasons turn from Summer to Fall. Today’s theme is Autumn Colors.

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• Our first set consists of songs for the season. First we have Kurt Weill’s “September Song” originally from Knickerbocker Holiday sung by his wife, Lotte Lenya. Then Rosemary Clooney sings the jazz standard “Autumn In New York” originally from the musical Thumb’s Up!. We follow that with Peter Allen singing his song “Six Thirty Sunday Morning” about the aftermath of an autumn night out partying in New York during the 1970s. And we will close the set with Nat King Cole singing Johnny Mercer’s “Autumn Leaves”. Here’s Lotte Lenya singing her husband’s “September Song”.

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• You just heard the Autumn songs “September Song” sung by Lotte Lenya, “Autumn In New York” sung by Rosemary Clooney,  “Six Thirty Sunday Morning” by Peter Alen, and Johnny Mercer’s “Autumn Leaves” sung by Nat King Cole.

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• For our next batch of autumn songs we have Jerry Orbach singing “Try to Remember” from The Fantasticks. Then the cast of Starting Here, Starting Now sings about “Autumn”. And we will end with “Another Autumn” from Paint Your Wagon. Here’s Jerry Orbach singing “Try to Remember”.

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• You just heard “Try to Remember” from The Fantasticks, “Autumn” from Starting Here, Starting Now, and “Another Autumn” from Paint Your Wagon as we listen to Autumn Colors today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• Tuesday, September 22nd, is the beginning of Autumn. Our theme today is Autumn Colors. This set is dedicated to the colors. 

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• We begin with Jim Dale singing “The Colors of My Life (Pt. I) from Barnum and we follow that with a before she was famous Glenn Close singing “The Colors of My Life (Pt. II). Then we will have dueling Outsiders. First we have Stevie Wonder singing “Stay Gold” from the film version of The Outsiders and we will close with “Stay Gold” from the Broadway musical, The Outsiders. Here’s “The Colors of My Life (Pts. I and II) from Barnum.

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• Autumn Colors is our theme and you just heard “The Colors of My Life (Pts. I and II) from Barnum, “Stay Gold” from the film version of The Outsiders ,and “Stay Gold” from the Broadway musical The Outsiders.

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• There will be one additional song after this set. We begin with “It Might As Well Rain Until September" from Beautiful: The Carol King Musical. Then we will hear “Autumn in Connecticut’ from Far From Heaven, and we will end the set with the first act Finale from the musical Titanic, “Autumn”. Remember, there is one additional song after this set. Here’s “It Might As Well Rain Until September" from Beautiful: The Carol King Musical.

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• You just heard “It Might As Well Rain Until September" from Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, “Autumn in Connecticut’ from Far From Heaven, and “Autumn” from Titanic.

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• And now, to close out our theme of Autumn Colors, here is “Wake Me Up When September Ends” from Green Day’s musical version of American Idiot. 

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• You just heard “Wake Me Up When September Ends” from American Idiot as we conclude today’s theme of August Colors.

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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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