well, That's Show Biz, 03-17-2024 2-51 Spring 2024

Spring 2024

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

03-17-2024

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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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• The Vernal Equinox this year is on Tuesday, March 19th which means that that is the first day of Spring this year. We are going to celebrate the Vernal Equinox today with songs about Spring.

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• We are going to open with the song “Winter’s on the Wing” from The Secret Garden. Next the Broadway cast of Groundhog Day promises that “There Will Be Sun”. Then we will hear “Younger Than Springtime” from the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. And since the sun is warming the world and March winds are blowing, we will close out this set with the cast of the movie Mary Poppins insisting “Let’s Go Fly a Kite”. Here’s “Winter’s on the Wing” from The Secret Garden.

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• We are celebrating the start of Spring on Tuesday and you just heard “Winter’s on the Wing” from The Secret Garden, “There Will Be Sun” from Groundhog Day, “Younger Than Springtime” from South Pacific, and “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” from Mary Poppins.

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• We are celebrating the start of Spring on Tuesday and we are going to open our second set with the song “Spring” from the London Cast of The Wind in the Willows. Then, spring is the time when plants start growing and so next we have Mark Linn-Baker singing about “Seeds” from A Year with Frog and Toad. And we’ll conclude this set with Jonathan Groff and the cast of 2015’s New York City Center’s Encores presentation of A New Brain singing “I Feel so Much Spring”. Here’s “Spring” from The Wind in the Willows.

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• You just heard “Spring” from The Wind in the Willows, “Seeds” from A Year with Frog and Toad, and “I Feel so Much Spring” from A New Brain as we celebrate Tuesday’s start of Spring today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• Tuesday is the first day of Spring this year so today we are celebrating all things Spring.

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• On his final album, Singer/Songwriter Peter Allen recorded a terrific song, “See You In the Springtime”, which will open our third set. Next, baseball season starts in the Spring, so we are going to hear “Six Months Out of Every Year” from Damn Yankees. Then, Andrea McArdle will regale us with “It Might As Well Be Spring” from  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair. And finally, we will hear the cast of the original 1967 film version of Mel Brooks' The Producers singing the satirical “Springtime For Hitler”. Here’s Peter Allen with “See You In the Springtime”.

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• You just heard Peter Allen singing “See You In the Springtime”, “Six Months Out of Every Year” from Damn Yankees, “It Might As Well Be Spring” from State Fair, and the satirical “Springtime For Hitler” from the original 1967 film The Producers as we celebrate the coming of Spring on Tuesday.

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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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• To conclude our celebration of Spring, we are going to open with “Spring, Spring, Spring” from the movie Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. Next, we will hear Tom Lehrer’s satirical “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”. Then we will hear “Look to the Rainbow” from the 2010 revival of Finian’s Rainbow. And we will conclude with “Walking in the Rain” from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Here’s “Spring, Spring, Spring” from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.

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• You just heard “Spring, Spring, Spring” from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Tom Lehrer’s satirical song “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”, “Look to the Rainbow” from Finian’s Rainbow, and “Walking in the Rain” from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

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• And that concludes our celebration of Spring. If you would like to help out 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 the studio know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to listen as well every Sunday at 1 pm on WRUU, 107.5 FM in Savannah or streaming on-line at WRUU.org.  See you next week.

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