well, That's Show Biz, 07-24-2022 17 Duets

Duets

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

7-24-2022

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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 all based on a theme with some anecdotes, information, and Commentary thrown in.

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• This week we are going to look at duets.  And I have identified three basic types of duets. The first is two different people singing different verses of a song. Often they will harmonize at some point, often at the very end. This type of duet is easy to sing as a solo. The second type is a back and forth between two people and they often harmonize at some point as well. The third type of duet is polyphonic where the two people sing two different phrases or melodies at the same time. Often each sings their part first before overlapping their parts.  We are going to hear all three types of duets or variations on these types today. See if you can identify which type of duet it is.

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• We are going to start off the first set with Joanna Gleason & Chip Zien singing “It Takes Two” from Into The Woods as they realize that they will need to work together to lift the witch’s curse. Then Faith Prince & Josie de Guzman sing “Marry the Man Today” from Guys and Dolls. In the musical Oklahoma!, there is no true love duet. Instead there is a non-love love song sung by the leads called “People Will Say We’re in Love. This playful version from the 2019 revival is delivered with a coy sexiness that I never heard from previous versions.  And finally, Jesus and Judas square off in “All for the Best” from the original off-Broadway version of Godspell.  Here’s the duet “It Takes Two” from Sondheim’s Into The Woods”.

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• We are listening to duets today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” and you just heard “It Takes Two” from Into The Woods, “Marry the Man Today” from Guys and Dolls, “People Will Say We’re in Love” from Oklahoma!, and “All For the Best” from Godspell.

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• We are looking at three different types of duets today, The first, basic type, two people sing verses of a song often harmonizing at some point. The second type is a back and forth. And the third type where two people sing two different things at the same time. In this set we will hear Bernadette Peters and Tom Wopat singing “An Old Fashioned Wedding” from Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. Then “All I Ask of You” from the London cast recording of Phantom of The Opera. After that we will hear “Kiss Me” from Sweeny Todd.  And finally, the song “More and More / Less and Less” from Jerry Herman’s The Grand Tour. Here’s “An Old Fashioned Wedding”.

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• We are examining duets today and you just heard “An Old Fashioned Wedding” from Annie Get Your Gun, “All I Ask of You” from Phantom of The Opera, “Kiss Me” from Sweeney Todd, and “More and More / Less and Less” from The Grand Tour.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [station ID]. We are looking at duets today. In this next set, we are going to hear Lauren Bacall and Marilyn Cooper discussing whose life is better in “The Grass Is Always Greener” from Woman of The Year. After singing this comedic song and the applause died down, they went into an encore of the song with additional lyrics. Next Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera will sing “Nowadays” from the original Broadway cast of Chicago. After that, Dinah Shore and Russell Nype will sing “You’re Just In Love” from Call Me Madam. And finally in this set, we will hear “Two Lost Souls” from Damn Yankees. Here’s “The Grass Is Always Greener”.

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• You just heard “The Grass Is Always Greener” from Woman Of The Year, “Nowadays” from Chicago, “You’re Just In Love” from Call me Madam, and “Two Lost Souls” from Damn Yankees on this All-Duets edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”

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• You are listening to duets today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” For our final set, we begin with John Raitt and Janis Paige with “There Once Was a Man” from the Pajama Game. For you younger folks out there John Raitt was Bonnie Raitt’s father. We will then go to Julie Andrews and Richard Burton with “What Do the Simple Folk Do?” from Camelot. And then we will finish with “A Boy Like That / I Have a Love” from the 1961 movie version of West Side Story.  Here’s “There Once Was a Man” from The Pajama Game.

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• You just heard “There Once Was a Man” from The Pajama Game, “What Do the Simple Folk Do?” from Camelot, and “A Boy Like That / I Have a Love” from West Side Story”. Well that’s it for this week’s all-Duets edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!” If you would like to write to me and send theme and song suggestions, you can email me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you like the show, you can tell the studio at wruu.org.