well, That's Show Biz, 12-11-2022 37 The Sky

The Sky

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

12-11-2022

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and this is the show that brings you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme. The last two shows were all about remembering Stephen Sondheim. We will get back to his legacy after the new year. Till then, we will get back to random themes. This week’s theme is all about The Sky.

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• We are going to start off with John Rubenstein singing “Corner of the Sky” from the original production of Pippin. Then Jenn Colella relates her flying obsession in “Me and the Sky” from the musical Come From Away which recounts the time directly after the twin towers were struck. We are going to follow that with Richard Kiley as the pilot singing “I Need Air” from Lerner and Loewe’s movie, The Little Prince. Concluding this first set will be Barbra Streisand singing “A Piece of Sky” from the movie Yentl. Here’s “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin.

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• Our theme today is The Sky and you just heard “Corner of the Sky” from Pippin, “Me and the Sky” from Come From Away, “I Need Air” from The Little Prince, and “A Piece of Sky” from Yentl.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” and out theme today is The Sky. There are stars in the sky and our first song in set 2 is going to be “Good Morning Starshine” from the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair. Next we will hear Terrence Mann sing about “Stars” from Les Miserables. And finally in this set of Stars, the finale, “I See Stars” from Mean Girls.  Here’s ”Good Morning Starshine”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [station ID] and you just heard “Good Morning Starshine” from Hair, “Stars” from Les Miserables, and “I See Stars” from Mean Girls.

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• We are looking up at The Sky today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” and you can’t miss the moon and all its phases. For our first set, we are going to start off with Uncle Fester and his female ancestors from The Addams Family singing “The Moon and Me”. Then Bea Arthur will treat us to “The Man in the Moon” from Mame. Next, we will hear the beautiful and haunting “Moonfall” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood. And finally in this set, Betty Hutton as Annie Oakley will serenade us with “I Got the Sun in the Morning” and the Moon at Night from the movie version of Annie Get Your Gun.  Here’s Uncle Fester with “The Moon and Me”.

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• You just heard “The Moon and Me” from The Addams Family, “The Man in the Moon” from Mame, “Moonfall” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and “I Got the Sun in the Morning” from Annie Get Your Gun.

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• We are looking up in The Sky on this edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist in the creation of the show you can send me your theme and song suggestion to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you are enjoying today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to conclude our SKY themed show, Starlight Express was an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about trains performed by actors on roller skates. It ran for 18 years in London and 2 years on Broadway. What I find most interesting is that a special theater was built in Bochum, Germany  in 1988 specifically for Starlight Express and was still running until 2021 before stopping due to COVID, that’s 33 yrs for this show. We are going to hear a version of “I Am the Starlight” by rock musicians Richie Havens and Peter Hewlett. Then the song “Tonight” from the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story. And finally, coming back to The Sky with Ben Platt singing “For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen. Here’s “I Am the Starlight” from Starlight Express.

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• You just heard “I Am the Starlight” from Starlight Express, Tonight” from west Side Story, and “For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen as we complete our look at The Sky on “well, That’s Show Biz!”. You can email me your theme and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com and please contact the station at WRUU.org and tell them how much you enjoyed today’s show.  See you next week at 1pm.