well, That's Show Biz, 04-16-2023 2-3 Money

Money

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

04-16-2023

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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 along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.

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• Tax Day is Tuesday, April 18th, and so to recognize Tax Day, our theme today is Money. We are going to start off our first set with Alan Cummings and the cast of the 1998 revival of Cabaret singing about “Money”. Then Jonathan Pryce as Fagin sings “You’ve Got To Pick a Pocket Or Two” from Oliver! Next Ethel Merman asks “Can You Use Any Money Today” from Call Me Madam. And lastly, Dorothy Loudon, as Miss Hannigan, leads us down “Easy Street” from Annie. Here’s “Money” from Cabaret.

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• You just heard “Money” from Cabaret, “You’ve Got To Pick a Pocket Or Two” from Oliver!, “Can You Use Any Money Today” from Call me Madam, and “East Street” from Annie as we anticipate Tax Day on Tuesday with the theme of Money on today’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• We are listening to songs about Money today in anticipation of Tax Day on Tuesday and we start off Set 2 with Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski singing about “Money, Money, Money” from the soundtrack of Mamma Mia!. Next we will go to the Pajama Game where the pajama factory workers talk about their salary increase of “Seven-And-A-Half Cents”. Then we will hear about “Easy Money” from The Life. And finally the cast of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical will tell us that “She Works Hard for the Money”. Here’s “Money, Money, Money” from Mamma Mia!.

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

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• You just heard “Money, Money, Money” from Mamma Mia!, “Seven-And-A-Half-Cents” from The Pajama Game, “Easy Money” from The Life, and “She Works Hard for the Money” from Summer: The Donna Summer Musical as we listen to songs related to Money and Tax Day on Tuesday.

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• Starting off our third set, we have “We’re In the Money” from 42nd Street. Then, from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s third musical collaboration, “Money Isn’t Everything” from Allegro. Next, the song “Penny in My Pocket” was dropped from Hello, Dolly! But was restored and sung by David Hyde Price in the 2017 revival. And finally, we will hear “Big Spender” from the 2005 revival of Sweet Charity. Here’s “We’re In the Money” from 42nd Street.

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• We just heard “We’re In the Money” from 42nd Street, “Money Isn’t Everything” from Allegro, “Penny in My Pocket” from Hello, Dolly!, and “Big Spender” from Sweet Charity.

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• If you would like to help with future shows, you can send your theme and song suggestions to me at 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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• Money is our theme today in anticipation of Tax Day on Tuesday, and to start off our last set, we have Topol, from the movie version of Fiddler On The Roof, contemplating the thought, “If I Were a Rich Man”. Then Liza Minnelli sings about “The Money Tree” from Kander & Ebb’s The Act. And finally, Mandy Patinkin & the Company of Evita sing “And the Money Kept Rolling In”. Here’s “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler.

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• You just heard “If I Were a Rich Man” from Fiddler On The Roof, “The Money Tree” from The Act, and “And the Money Kept Rolling In” from Evita as we complete our Money themed show for Tax Day on Tuesday. If you would like to be a part of a future show you can send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com and please contact the station at WRUU.org and tell them how much you enjoy the show. See you next week.