well, That's Show Biz, 11-26-2023 2-35 Sondheim Revisited

Sondheim Revisited

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

11-26-2023

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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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• <Play “Something’s Coming”>

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• You just heard a different version of “Something’s Coming” originally from West Side Story, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Stephen Sondheim passed away exactly two years ago today. There is a reason that there are so many revues and celebrations of his music and that entertainers are eager to sing his songs. They are full of emotion and angst, humor and joy, sorrow and sadness. Today’s show is a celebration of all that, focusing on some of these tributes, and we are also going to hear from the man himself.

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• We are going to start this set with Michael Jeter singing “Everybody Ought To Have A Maid” originally from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. Then Barbra Streisand will sing “Not While I’m Around” originally from Sweeney Todd. And we will conclude with a version of “Back In Business” originally from the movie Dick Tracy. Here’s Michael Jeter with “Everybody Ought To Have A Maid”.

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• You just heard Michael Jeter with “Everybody Ought To Have A Maid”, Barbra Streisand with “Not While I’m Around”, and “Back In Business”, as we revisit the master, Stephen Sondheim who passed away exactly two years ago today.

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• <PSA>

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• Stephen Sondheim passed away exactly two years ago today and we are celebrating his life by listening to his songs sung outside of his actual shows. We are going to start this next set with the Cassidy brothers, David, Patrick, and Shaun singing “You Could Drive A Person Crazy” originally from Company. Then we are going to hear Sondheim talk about writing a torch song followed by Vanessa Williams and Barbara Cook singing a medley of two of his best “Losing My Mind” from Follies and “Not a Day Goes By” from Merrily We Roll Along. And we close the set with Julie Andrews singing “Getting Married Today” originally from Company. Here are the Cassidy brothers, “You Can Drive A Person Crazy”.

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• We just heard the Cassidy brothers with “You Can Drive A Person Crazy”, Vanessa Williams and Barbara Cook with “Losing My Mind” and “Not a Day Goes By”, and Julie Andrews with “Getting Married Today” as we celebrate Stephen Sondheim on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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

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• There is a reason that Stephen Sondheim, who passed away exactly two years ago today, has so many tributes through revues and celebrations of his music and we are listening to examples of them today.

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• We are going to open this set with a different version of “Putting It Together” originally from Sunday In The Park With George. Sondheim was always rewriting his songs to fit different singers and situations. Next we are going to hear David Cassidy sing “Sooner Or Later” originally from the movie “Dick Tracy”. Then we will hear Betty Buckley sing “Every Day a Little Death” originally from A Little Night Music. And we will close with Bernadette Peters singing “Some People” originally from Gypsy. Here’s Julie Andrews and company “Putting It Together”.

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• You just heard “Putting It Together”, “Sooner or Later”, “Every Day a Little Death”, and “Some People” as we listen to Stephen Sondheim songs today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• <Other Show Promo>

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• If you would like to assist with a future show, send me your theme and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to complete our celebration of Stephen Sondheim, we are going to open with the title song from Anyone Can Whistle from the revue Side By Side By Sondheim. We are then going to hear from Sondheim before we hear the medley “Company / Old Friends” from Sondheim On Sondheim. And we will conclude with John Barrowman, best known as Captain Jack Harkness from the Dr. Who and Torchwood television series singing the medley “Marry Me a little / Being Alive”. Here’s “Anyone Can Whistle”.

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• You just heard “Anyone Can Whistle”, “Company / Old Friends”, and “Marry Me a Little / Being Alive” as we conclude our celebration of the master Stephen Sondheim.

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• If you would like to assist with a future show, send me your theme and song suggestions to wruushowbiz@gmail.com and if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. You can also make a tax deductible donation there as well. And don’t forget to tell your friends about the show. See you next week.