well, That's Show Biz, 11-15-2026 5-33 (My Birthday Week 2026)

(My Birthday Week 2026)

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

11-15-2026

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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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• I was 10 years old when I first “entered into (his) imagination” and saw Don Quixote de La Mancha for the first time. This was a transformative event in my life. The themes in Man of La Mancha became a guiding force in my life. I believed that good would always triumph over evil as long as you followed a certain set of honorable principles. It also drew me into the wonder of live theater.

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• Today begins my birthday week and to celebrate I am playing songs that hold a special place in my life.

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• The first set represents my childhood and shows that affected me as a child. First up, I have Mary Martin performing “Never Never Land” from the 1954 production of Peter Pan. Peter Pan was then televised live in 1955, 1956, and 1960. The 1960 show was retelevised in 1963, 1966, and 1973. I remember seeing it at least twice. After that, we have Julie Andrews singing “A Spoonful of Sugar” from 1964’s Mary Poppins. I was 4 years old when my father took my brother and me to see it in Philadelphia. We loved it so much that my mother took us to see it the next weekend. We will follow that with Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon singing “Ten Minutes Ago” from the 1965 telecast of Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. And we will end the set with the song “Normandy” from Once Upon a Mattress. A production with original star Carol Burnett was televised in 1972 and I got to sing this song as a high school sophomore. Here’s “Never Never Land” from Peter Pan.

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• You just heard 4 songs from shows that were important during my childhood. “Never Never Land” from Peter Pan, “A Spoonful of Sugar” from 1964’s Mary Poppins, “Ten Minutes Ago” from Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, and “Normandy” from Once Upon a Mattress.

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• For my birthday week, I am playing songs from shows that were important in my life.

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• In this set, we are going to start with “The Heather on the Hill” from Brigadoon. This was my first lead role when I was a senior in high school. Then, I was always extremely self conscious about my acting until I had to play a role that was different from my own persona. That role was Richard Henry Lee from 1776. This is his song “The Lees of Old Virginia”. And finally, I got to play a role where I could really put my own imprint on the character. As the lion in The Wiz, I entered singing “I’m a Mean Ol’ Lion” but I did it with an Elvis impersonation. You see he’s “The King” of Beasts. We are going to hear from the original cast recording. Here’s “The Heather on the Hill” from Brigadoon.

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• You just heard “The Heather on the Hill” from Brigadoon, “The Lees of Old Virginia” from 1776, and “I’m a Mean Ol’ Lion” from The Wiz as we listen to songs that were important in my life to start off my birthday week 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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• Today starts my birthday week so I am celebrating by playing songs that have been important in my life.

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• Pets are wonderful. They love unconditionally and they trust you. But we mostly outlive them. We have to let them go, emotionally, physically, and mentally. And, of course, being a theater geek, when I had to say goodbye to a pet, I had to orchestrate it.

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• Here are four songs that I used to remember my pets with. First, Brent Spiner sings “Time After Time” from his album Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back. Next, Bernadette Peters sings “Not a Day Goes By” from Merrily We Roll Along. Then, “Goodbye, Old Girl” from Damn Yankees. And the final song, Colm Wilkinson sings “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables. In memoriam, here’s Brent Spiner with “Time After Time”. It’s all right to cry.

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• You just heard four songs I used to celebrate and remember my pets. Brent Spiner singing “Time After Time”, “Not a Day Goes By” from Merrily We Roll Along, “Goodbye, Old Girl” from Damn Yankees, and “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables.

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• There will be one additional song after this set.

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• Along with Broadway, movies have also made a huge impact on my life. To celebrate my birthday week, I am going to share three with you today.

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• One movie that I saw when I was young which always makes my list of top 5 movies is 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood. For me, it is the adventure/action movie that all others must compare to. We are going to hear the “Main Title”. I saw the next movie three times in the movie theater and cried, each time, from the opening scene through to the closing credits. From the 1986 Academy Award winning film Platoon, here is “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber. And finally, in 1977, I saw this movie 6 times in the theater and no, it wasn’t Star Wars. From my favorite movie, from my favorite year for movies, 1977, here is David Gates with the title song from The Goodbye Girl.

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• You just heard songs from three of my favorite movies, the “Main Title” from The Adventures of Robin Hood, “Adagio for Strings” from Platoon, and the title song from The Goodbye Girl.

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• I started today’s show with the opening number from my favorite show Man of La Mancha. It was a show that mesmerized a 10 year old me and instilled in me a code of honor. I’d like to end my birthday week show with that code of honor. Here is “The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha.

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• You just heard “The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha which concludes today’s show for my birthday week.

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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.

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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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