well, That's Show Biz, 03-05-2023 49 Divas

Divas

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

03-05-2023

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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.

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• March is Women’s History Month, and so to honor the month, today’s show is all about Broadway Divas. The term Divas is often used to mean any talented female performer but I don’t think anyone is going to argue with my choices. We are going to open the show with the queen of Broadway Diva’s, perhaps the woman most of us think of when we hear the term Broadway Diva. We are going to start off with Ethel Merman singing “You’re the Top” originally from Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. Next we are going to hear Patti LuPone From her new Live album, Don’t Monkey with Broadway, singing “Easy to Be Hard” from Hair. Then, when Angela Lansbury was given a copy of the song “Beauty and The Beast” and offered the role of voicing Mrs. Potts, she initially turned it down saying that the song was inappropriate for her voice.  They had inadvertently sent her the Celine Dion / Peabo Bryson version. We will hear the magical “Beauty and the Beast” by Angela Lansbury. And finally, we will hear Bernadette Peters with her version of “Broadway Baby” from Follies. Here’s Diva Ethel Merman, “You’re the Top”.

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• For Women’s History Month we are celebrating with Broadway Divas and you just heard Ethel Merman with “You’re the Top”, Patti LuPone with “Easy to Be Hard”, Angela Lansbury with “Beauty and the Beast” and Bernadette Peters with “Broadway Baby”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU 107.5 FM in Savannah and, for Women’s History Month, we are listening to Broadway Divas. Opening our second set, we have Liza Minnelli, singing from her Liza With A “Z” television concert, the Kander and Ebb song “Ring Them Bells”. We will follow that with Julie Andrews singing Henry Mancini’s “Le Jazz Hot” from Victor / Victoria. Then we will hear Gwen Verdon sing “A Little Brains – A Little Talent” from Damn Yankees. And our final Broadway Diva in this set is 6-time and counting Tony Award winning Audra McDonald with “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from The Sound of Music. Here’s Liza Minnelli with “Ring Them Bells”.

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• You are Listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [station ID].

• You just heard Liza Minelli with “Ring Them Bells”, Julie Andrews with “Le Jazz Hot” from Victor / Victoria, Gwen Verdon with “A Little Brains – A Little Talent” and Audra McDonald with “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” as we listen to Broadway Divas for Women’s History Month.

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• Our third set of Broadway Divas begins with Mary Martin. One of her roles was playing Peter Pan on Broadway and Television. We are going to hear “I’ve Gotta Crow” from Peter Pan. Then, Chita Rivera had many iconic roles in theater. Here she is as Rose from Bye Bye Birdie singing “Spanish Rose”. And finally, this Broadway Diva last performed on Broadway all the way back in 1963 before taking off as a movie and recording star. We are going to hear Barbra Streisand with “Stoney End”.  Here’s “I Gotta Crow” by Broadway legend Mary Martin.

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• You just heard Mary Martin with “I Gotta Crow” from Peter Pan, Chita Rivera with “Spanish Rose” from Bye Bye Birdie, and Barbra Streisand with “Stoney End” and we celebrate Women’s History Month with Broadway Divas on today’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”

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• If you would like to be a part of this show, I am always looking for theme and song suggestions. You can email your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• It’s Women’s History Month and we are looking at Broadway Divas today. We are going to open our last set with Betty Buckley singing “Memory” from Cats. We will follow that with Barbara Cook singing “Ice Cream” from She Loves Me. Then we will hear Elaine Stritch singing Company’s “The Ladies Who Lunch” from her Elaine Stritch At Liberty Concert. And finally, our last Broadway Diva, will be Dolly Levi herself, Carol Channing, with “Before the Parade Passes By” from Hello, Dolly! Here’s Betty Buckley and “Memory”.

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• You just heard Betty Buckley with “Memory” from Cats, Barbara Cook with “Ice Cream” from She Loves Me, Elaine Stritch with “The Ladies Who Lunch” and Carol Channing with “Before The Parade Passes By” from Hello, Dolly! as we complete our look at Broadway Divas in celebration of Women’s History Month.

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• If you would like to help out with future shows, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know how much you enjoyed the show.  See you next week.