well, That's Show Biz, 07-10-2022 15 Travel

Well, That's Show Biz!
Jeremy F.
1:00pm, 7-10-2022

    Travel

    “Well, That’s Show Biz!”

    7-10-2022


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    • Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman and each week I showcase music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers based on a theme along with some anecdotes, information, and Commentary. Summertime is vacation time for most Americans so this week’s theme is Travel, Modes of Travel and places to Travel to.


    • The first you will hear is the song “Travel” from the musical review Starting Here, Starting now. The show On the Twentieth Century takes place almost entirely on a train called The 20th Century on its trip from Chicago to New York City in the 1930s as bankrupt Theater Producer, Oscar Jaffe, tries to slink away from another theatrical disaster. The opening number is a Medley of songs leading up to the title song all describing this initial event.And finally, we are going to listen to Patti LuPone sing of her destination city, “Buenos Aires” from Evita.  Here’s the cast of Starting Here, Starting Now with this week’s theme, “Travel”.


    • You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz” on WRUU, 107.5 FM, and you just heard “Travel” from Starting Here, Starting Now, the opening Medley and title song from “On The 20th Century”, and Patti LuPone singing “Buenos Aires”.


    • The two guys from the pop group ABBA along with lyricist Tim Rice, wrote the musically eclectic show, Chess. As with two of Tim Rice’s previous shows, Jesus Christ Supertar and Evita, a concept album was produced prior to the show, One song from the album, “One Night In Bangkok” reached #3 on the US Billboard 100 chart. From there we go to a failed Jerry Herman musical called The Grand Tour. No one knows why the show failed as the critics liked the production, score, book, and star Joel Grey as a Jewish man trying to escape Nazi Germany. The song “We’re Almost There” fits with our travel theme as does the show.  And finally in this set, the song “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” from the musical 42nd Street. But first, here’s “One Night in Bangkok” from Chess.


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    • You just heard “One Night in Bangkok” from Chess, “We’re Almost There” from Jerry Herman’s The Grand Tour, and “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” on this travel edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID].


    • New York City is a prime travel destination for people from all over the world. A trio of New York songs is up next. First up, it’s fleet week in New York city as a trio of sailors have a day to see as much of the city as they can in the song “New York, New York” from the broadway production of On The Town. Then from the original production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company we have the song “Another Hundred People”. And the third song of our New York City trio is the Theme song from the movie New York, New York. But first, here’s “New York, New York” from On The Town.


    • You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU, 107.5 FM, and you just heard a trio of New York songs on this week’s travel themed show, “New York, New York” from On The Town, “Another Hundred People” from Company, and Liza Minnelli with “The Theme from New York, New York”.


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    • My name is Jeremy Freedman and if you would like to send me ideas for themes you can email me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoy the show, please send an email to the station at wruu.org.


    • And now for our final travel themed set, we are going to start with the song that I sang to myself as my plane lifted off the first time I ever traveled by plane, “I’m Flying” from Peter Pan. By the way, I was flying to Morocco on a concert tour with The Rutgers University Glee Club. Next, whenever somebody asks me, “Where ya going?”, I reply, “Barcelona” and get confused looks from my questioner. You will understand when you hear the song “Barcelona” from the 2006 revival of Sondheim’s Company. Then we are going to go to the South Pacific to hear about the magical island “Bali Ha’i”. And finally, we are going to hear Hugh Jackman and the cast of The Boy From Oz with the finale, “I Go To Rio”. Here’s Mary Martin with “I’m Flying” from Peter Pan.


    • You just heard Mary Martin singing “I’m Flying” from Peter Pan, “Barcelona” from Company, “Bali Ha’i” from South Pacific, and Hugh Jackman and Company with the finale, “I Go To Rio”, from The Boy From Oz. And that’s it for this week’s Travel themed edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. You can email me, Jeremy Freedman, with your song or theme recommendations at wruushowbiz@gmail.com and you can contact the station at WRUU.org and tell them how much you like the show. See you next week at 1.

    • 1:02pm Travel by David Shire, Robert Preston, Richard Davis, John Loehrke, Hank Jaramillo, Gene Bertoncini & Starting Here, Starting Now Original Cast Company on Starting Here, Starting Now (Original Cast Recording) (Sony Music Entertainment)
    • 1:02pm On the Twentieth Century: Medley: Stranded Again / Saddle Uo The Horse / On the Twentieth Century by On the Twentieth Century Ensemble on On the Twentieth Century (Original Broadway Cast Recording) (Sony Music Entertainment)
    • 1:05pm Buenos Aires by Patti LuPone, Mark Syers & Original Broadway Cast Of Evita on Evita (Original Cast Recording) (Universal Music Classical)
    • 1:09pm Bangkok / One Night In Bangkok by Murray Head on Chess (The Original Recording / Remastered / Deluxe Edition) (Polar Music International AB)
    • 1:15pm We're Almost There by Florence Lacey, Stephen Vinovich, Joel Grey, Ronald Holgate, Travis Hudson, Gene Varrone & Passengers on The Grand Tour (Soundtrack) (SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)
    • 1:20pm Shuffle Off To Buffalo by 42nd Street Ensemble, Joseph Bova, Carole Cook & Karen Prunczik on 42nd Street - Original Broadway Cast Recording (BMG)
    • 1:25pm New York, New York by Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson & Clyde Alves on On The Town (New Broadway Cast Recording) (PS Classics)
    • 1:31pm Another Hundred People by Pamela Myers on Company (Original Broadway Cast) [Bonus Track] (SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)
    • 1:35pm Theme from New York, New York by Liza Minnelli on New York, New York (Original Motion Picture Score) (MGM)
    • 1:38pm I'm Flying by Mary Martin, Kathy Nolan, Robert Harrington And Joseph Stafford on Peter Pan (Original 1954 Broadway Cast Recording) (BMG Music)
    • 1:44pm Barcelona by 2006 Broadway Revival Cast on Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) (Nonesuch Records)
    • 1:47pm Bali Ha'i by Muriel Smith & The Ken Darby Singers on South Pacific (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (BMG Entertainment)
    • 1:51pm Finale: I Go to Rio by Hugh Jackman, Patrick Vaccariello & Varios Artists on The Boy from Oz (Original Broadway Cast) (Universal Classics Group)
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