well, That's Show Biz, 03-03-2024 2-49 Women's History Month

Women’s History Month

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

03-03-2024

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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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• March is Women’s History Month so today’s show will showcase an eclectic mix of notable women in history.

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• We are going to open with the opening number of a show that turned the six wives of Henry VIII into hip hop queens. The cast album was recorded on opening night of the show. Then we will hear “The New Century Walk” from a show about Eleanor Roosevelt called Eleanor: An American Love Story. And we will conclude this set with Adrienne Warren singing “(Simply) The Best” from the jukebox musical Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. Here’s “Six” from Six.

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• It’s the start of Women’s History Month and you just heard “Six” from Six, the opening number from the show about the six wives of Henry VIII. Then we heard “The New Century Walk” from Eleanor: An American Love Story, a show about Eleanor Roosevelt. And we closed with “(Simply) The Best” from Tina: The Tine Turner Musical.

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• We are celebrating the start of Women’s History Month with an eclectic mix of songs from shows about famous women even if some of the shows are fictionalized. We are going to open the second set with Julie Andrews, as Maria Von Trapp, and the Von Trapp children singing “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound Of Music. Then we are going to hear the song “Daughters Of” from an odd show called First Daughter Suite about the daughters of Presidents Nixon, Carter, Ford, Reagan, and Bush. And we will close with Barbra Streisand as entertainer Fanny Brice singing “People” from Funny Girl. Here’s “Do-Re-Mi”.

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• You just heard “Do-Re-Mi” from The Sound Of Music, “Daughters Of” from First Daughter Suite, and “People” from Funny Girl as we showcase shows about famous women for Women’s History Month today 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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• This is the start of Women’s History Month and on today’s show we are showcasing musicals about famous women.

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• To start the third set, we have Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley singing “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun. Next, we have Patti LuPone singing “Back on Top” from the show War Paint which told the story of the rivalry between female entrepreneurs Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubenstein. Then Audra McDonald received her record-setting 6th Tony Award playing Billie Holiday in the jukebox musical Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill. Here she is singing the song “Strange Fruit” which was about the lynching of Black Americans. And we will close this set with Patti Lupone again this time as Eva Peron singing “Buenos Aires” from Evita. Here’s “Anything You Can Do”.

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• You just heard “Anything You Can Do” from Annie Get Your Gun, “Back on Top” from War Paint, “Strange Fruit” from Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, and “Buenos Aires” from Evita as we showcase famous women today for Women’s History Month.

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• If you would like to help out 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, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to conclude our show for Women's History Month, we are going to start with Debbie Reynolds as The Unsinkable Molly Brown, who survived the Titanic, singing “Belly Up to the Bar, Boys”. Then, I wouldn’t think that the Diary of Anne Frank would make for a good musical but we are going to hear the opening number “Dear Kitty (I Am Thirteen Years Old)” from the Off-Broadway musical Yours, Anne. Kitty was her name for her diary. And we are going to close with Ariana DeBose and the cast of Summer:The Donna Summer Musical singing “MacArthur Park”. Here’s Debbie Reynolds as Molly Brown.

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• You just heard “Belly Up to the Bar, Boys” from The Unsinkable Molly Brown, “Dear Kitty (I Am Thirteen Years Old)” from Yours, Anne about Anne Frank, and “MacArthur Park” from Summer: The Donna Summer Musical as we close out our showcase of famous women for Women’s History Month.

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• If you would like to assist 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. And don’t forget to get your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm at 107.5 FM in Savannah or streaming on-line at WRUU.org. See you next week.