well, That's Show Biz, 08-06-2023 2-19 School Musicals

School Musicals

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

08-06-2023

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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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• Schools are starting again for the 2023-2024 school year and I recently came across a list of the most popular High School Musicals that were produced during the last school year. I thought it might be fun to look at the top 10. So let’s get started with number 10 and counting down.

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• Starting at number 10, we have a musical with a book by Tina Fey based on her comedy movie. We are going to hear the song “Someone Gets Hurt” from Mean Girls: The Musical. Next, at number 9, we have another musical based on a movie about a California girl getting into Harvard Law. From the show, Legally Blond: The Musical, we are going to hear “So Much Better”. Then at number 8, we have the teen edition of the longest running American musical on Broadway. From the musical Chicago, we are going to hear “My Own Best Friend”. And finally in this first set, we are going to hear from a musical that includes songs written by David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Sara Bareilles, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, John Legend and many other famous musicians. At number 7 on the list of Most Popular High School Musicals, we are going to hear “(Just a) Simple Sponge”, written by Panic! At the Disco, from SpongeBob SquarePants, the New Musical. Here’s Mean Girls.

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• We are looking at the Most Popular High School Musicals that were produced last year and you just heard “Someone Gets Hurt” from number 10, Mean Girls: The Musical, “So Much Better” from number 9, Legally Blonde: The Musical, “My Own Best Friend” from number 8, Chicago, and “(Just a) Simple Sponge” from number 7, SpongeBob SquarePants, the New Musical.

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• We are counting down the Most Popular High School Musicals produced during the last school year today and there is no number 6 as there is a tie for the number 5 spot on the list. Tied for number 5 are two Disney inspired musicals. First we are going to hear “Part of Your World” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid. And then we will hear “Belle” from Disney’s Beauty and The Beast. And we are going to close out this set with number 4 on the list, a show based on Roger Corman’s campy horror movie Little Shop of Horrors. We will hear “Suddenly Seymour”. Here’s The Little Mermaid.

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• We just heard “Part of Your World” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid and “Belle” from Disney’s Beauty and The Beast both tied for number 5 on the list of Most Popular High School Musicals, as well as “Suddenly Seymour” from number 4’s Little Shop of Horrors.

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• We are counting down the top 10 Most Popular High School Musicals in the past year and before we get to the top three, there is also a list of Short Musicals that have been popular in schools. Here are samples from the top 4 shortened musicals. At number 4, we are going to hear “It Must Be Believed to Be Seen”  from Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr.. Next we have “King of New York” from number 3’s Disney’s Newsies Jr.. Then at number 2, we will hear “Naughty” from Roald Dahl’s Matilda: The Musical Jr.. And finally, from the top most popular Short Musical, Disney’s Frozen Jr., “Let It Go”. Here’s “It Must Be Believed to Be Seen” from Willy Wonka Jr.

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• We just heard “It Must Be Believed to Be Seen” from Willy Wonka Jr., “King of New York” from Newsies Jr., “Naughty” from Matilda The Musical Jr., and “Let It Go” from Frozen Jr. as we count down the Most Popular High School Musicals of the past year today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• If you would like to assist with a future show, you can send me your theme and song suggestions 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 for the top 3 Most Popular High School Musicals of the past year. At number 3 is a musical that combines several fairy tales with an original fairy tale as a metaphor on life. At number 3, From Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” here’s “Agony”.

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• That was “Agony” from the #3 most popular high school musical Into The Woods.

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• At #2 is a juke box musical based on songs by the popular Swedish group ABBA. Here’s “Dancing Queen” from Mamma Mia!.

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• You just heard ‘Dancing Queen” from Mamma Mia!, the number 2 Most popular High School Musical of the past year. Before we get to the Number One most popular high school musical, lets” review the countdown. At number 10, Mean Girls: The high School Version, number 9, Legally Blonde: The Musical, number 8, Chicago: Teen Edition, number 7, SpongeBob SquarePants, the New Musical, tied for fifth place, The Little Mermaid and  Beauty and The Beast, number 4, Little Shop Of Horrors, number 3, Into The Woods, and number 2, Mamma Mia!.

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• And now, the number 1 Most Popular High School Musical of the past year. This musical started out as individual single-panel comics originally published in The New Yorker magazine beginning in 1938. Since its inception, the characters have been adapted to television, movies, video games, and comic books. From the #1 most popular high school musical, here’s “When You’re an Addams” from The Addams Family.

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• You just heard “When You’re an Addams from  The Addams Family, the number 1 Most Popular High School Musical from the past school year.

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• And that concludes this week’s show. If you would like to help out with a future show, send me your theme and song suggestion to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.  See you next week,