well, That's Show Biz, 09-10-2023 2-24 Extremes & Superlatives

Extremes & Superlatives

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

09-10-2023

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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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• Today’s show is all about Extremes and Superlatives - From Everything to Nothing, Best and Worst, Top and Bottom, Never and Always, Heaven and Hell.

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• We are going to open our first set with “All Er Nuthin’” from Oklahoma! As Will Parker states his limits to Ado Annie. Then Madeline Kahn in the role of actress Lily Garland in the musical On The 20th Century sings “Never” as she contemplates starring in her former lover Oscar Jaffes’ new musical.  Next we will hear Diahann Caroll and Richard Kiley sing about “The Sweetest Sounds” from the musical No Strings. No Strings was the only score for which Richard Rodgers wrote both the lyrics and music and his first musical written after the death of his partner Oscar Hammerstein II. Diahann Caroll won the Tony Award for Best Actress which was a first for an African-American. And we are going to close out this first set with Sutton Foster as Reno Sweeney singing “You’re the Top” from Cole Porter’s Anything Goes.  Here’s “All Er Nuthin’”.

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• You just heard “All Er Nuthin’” from Oklahoma!, “Never” from On The 20th Century, “The Sweetest Sounds” from No Strings, and “You’re the Top” from Anything Goes as we focus on Extremes & Superlatives today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”

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• Extremes & Superlatives is the theme this week and we are starting off our second set  with “All for the Best” from Godspell.  Then we are going to hear Harry Guardino sing “Sometimes a Day Goes By” from Woman Of The Year. Now the word “Sometimes” is not an Extreme or a Superlative but if you listen to the lyrics of the song, you will realize that “Sometimes” is really never. And we will conclude this set with Bernadette Peters as Mable Normand singing “Wherever He Ain’t” from Jerry Herman’s Mack & Mabel. Here’s “All for the Best” from Godspell.

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• You just heard “All for the Best” from Godspell, “Sometimes a Day Goes By” from Woman Of The Year, and “Wherever He Ain’t” from Mack & Mabel as we continue with Extremes & Superlatives.

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• We are playing songs of Extremes & Superlatives today. We are going to open our third set with “God, I Hate Shakespeare” from Something Rotten!. Next we will hear Angela Lansburyas Mrs. Lovett declare “The Worst Pies in London” from  Sweeney Todd. Then, Joel Grey disappears as “Mr. Cellophane” from Chicago. And finally Irene Ryan, Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies gives advice to Pippin with “No Time At All”. Here’s “God, I Hate Shakespeare”.

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• You just heard “God, I Hate Shakespeare” from Something Rotten, “The Worst Pies in London” from Sweeney Todd, “Mister Cellophane” from Chicago, and “No Time At All” from Pippin.

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• If you would like to help out with a future show, 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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• And now for the final set of Extremes & Superlatives. We are going to start off with “I Want It All” from Baby. Then we are going to hear Kristin Chenoweth & Sean Hayes sing “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” from Promises, Promises. And we are going to conclude with Barbra Streisand declaring “I’m the Greatest Star” from Funny Girl.

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• You just heard “I Want It All” from Baby, “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”, from Promises, Promises, and “I’m the Greatest Star” from Funny Girl as we complete today’s look at Extremes & Superlatives. If you would like to help out with a future show, send 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.  See you next week.