well, That's Show Biz, 01-15-2023 42 Empowerment/MLK jr.

Empowerment / MLK jr.

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

01-15-2023

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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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• Tomorrow is Martin Luther King jr. Day and so to honor him, our theme today is EMPOWERMENT. There was more to Martin Luther King jr. than simply Civil Rights and we are going to touch on some of the issues that he fought for and later on in the hour we will hear the last 5 minutes of his “I Have A Dream Speech”.

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• We are going to open our first set with the song “Freedom” from Shenandoah, a musical which takes place during the Civil War. Next, the musical Urinetown is a satirical look at capitalism and social irresponsibility among other concepts. During a 20 yr drought, to protect the water supply, the townspeople are legally only allowed to urinate in public toilets and must pay a fee to pee. Those who fail to adhere to this law disappear and are never seen again.  From Urinetown, we will hear the song “Run, Freedom. Run!”. Then, Martin Luther King was a strong supporter of labor unions calling them “America’s first anti-poverty program”. The musical Newsies is about a strike by newsboys in the late 1800s. As they go on strike, the newsboys sing “Seize the Day”. And finally, we are going to hear Lea Michele from the new Broadway cast recording of Funny Girl sing “Don’t Rain On My Parade”.  Here’s “Freedom” from Shenandoah as we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King jr.

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• Our theme today on “well, That’s Show Biz!” is Empowerment in honor of Martin Luther King jr. and you just heard “Freedom” from Shenandoah, “Run, Freedom, Run!” from Urinetown, “Seize the Day” from Newsies, and “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from the new Broadway revival of Funny Girl.

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• We are honoring Martin Luther King jr. today by celebrating EMPOWERMENT. We open the second set with Brian Stokes Mitchell singing “Make Them Hear You” from Ragtime as his character sings of using the power of words instead of violence.  Then in the song “I’m Here” from the musical The Color Purple, Celie finally realizes her inner strength and love. And finally in this set, we will hear Idina Menzel from Wicked singing about “Defying Gravity”. Here’s Brian Stokes Mitchell with “Make Them Hear You” from Ragtime.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [station ID]. Today’s theme is EMPOWERMENT in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King jr. and in the previous set you heard Brian Stokes Mitchell with “Make Them Hear You” from Ragtime, “I’m Here” from the 2015 revival cast of The Color Purple, and “Defying Gravity” from Wicked.

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• Next up for Empowerment, we have Andrew Garfield and the cast of tick, tick…BOOM! with the empowering song “Louder Than Words”. Then we are going to Les Miserables for “Do You Hear the People Sing?”. After that, George Hearns with the empowering song, “I Am What I Am” from La Cage Aux Folles. And finally in the set, Betty Buckley and cast with the finale, “The Writing On the Wall” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Here’s “Louder Than Words” from tick, tick…Boom!

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• You just heard “Louder Than Words” from tick, tick…Boom!, “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from Les Miserables, “I Am What I Am” from La Cage Aux Folles, and the finale, “The Writing On the Wall” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King with songs of EMPOWERMENT on this edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU 107.5 FM in Savannah. If you would like to contribute to future shows, you can send 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.

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• To conclude today’s show honoring Dr. Martin Luther King jr., we are going to hear the concluding 5 minutes of his “I Have A Dream” speech followed by Queen Latifah with “I Know Where I’ve Been” from Hairspray as her Baltimore community in the 60s marches for civil rights and integration. I hope you find the next 10 minutes as stirring as I do. Here’s Dr. Martin Luther King jr.

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• You just heard the concluding 5 minutes of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech followed by Queen Latifah singing “I Know Where I’ve Been” from the movie version of the musical Hairspray. And that concludes our show on EMPOWERMENT in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King jr. on “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to contribute to future shows, send your theme and song suggestions to me, Jeremy Freedman, at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.  See you next week.