well, That's Show Biz, 04-07-2024 3-1 Opening Numbers 2024

Opening Numbers 2024 (2nd Anniversary Show)

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

04-07-2024

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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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• I began this show 2 years ago, the first Sunday in April, with the theme of Opening Numbers. Last year, on the first anniversary of the show, the theme was Finales, as was last week’s theme. Today, for my second anniversary show, we are going to go back to that original theme of Opening Numbers.

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• We are going to open with the opening number from the original Broadway cast recording of The Lion King. As we hear the opening sounds from “Circle of Life” we see the entrance of the innovative and magical puppets that make up the biodiversity of the African savannah. Next we will hear Donny Osmond sing “Any Dream Will Do”, the opening number from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Then the original cast of West Side Story brings us the “Jet Song”. And we will close the set with Marissa Jaret Winokur singing “Good Morning Baltimore” from Hairspray. Here’s “Circle of Life” from The Lion King.

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• You just heard “Circle of Life” from The Lion King, “Any Dream Will Do” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, “Jet Song” from West Side Story, and “Good Morning Baltimore” from Hairspray as we listen to Opening Numbers today for the second anniversary of “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• We are listening to Opening Numbers today for my second anniversary show and we are going to begin Set 2 with a show and song that changed musical theater forever. Prior to this, shows usually opened with a chorus line.  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Was the first musical to blend comedy, drama, dance, and song where the songs were used to move the plot and not just be a break from the story. Imagine the first audiences to see a lone cowboy walking on to a cornfield set singing “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”. We are going to hear Alfred Drake from the original 1943 production of Oklahoma!. Then we are going to hear Zero Mostel with “Comedy Tonight”, the opening number from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum. We will follow that with another Rodgers & Hammerstein opening number, “Dites-moi” from South Pacific. And we will close out the set with the opening number from Hair, “Aquarius”. Here’s the opening number, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”, from Oklahoma!.

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• You just heard “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”, from Oklahoma!, “Comedy Tonight” from …Forum, “Dites-moi” from South Pacific, and “Aquarius” from Hair as we celebrate the 2nd anniversary of “well, That’s Show Biz!” today with Opening Numbers.

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

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• Opening Numbers is our theme for this 2nd anniversary show and we are going to open our third set with the cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood singing their opening number “There You Are”. Next we will hear Hugh Jackman singing “The Lives of Me”, the opening number to The Boy From Oz. Then Jeremy Jordan sings the beautiful opening number of Newsies, “Santa Fe”. And we will close this set with the opening to Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon. Here’s “There You Are” from …Edwin Drood.

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• We are listening to Opening Numbers and you just heard “There You Are” from The Mystery of Edwin Drood, “The Lives of Me” from The Boy From Oz, “Santa Fe” from Newsies, and the opening to Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon.

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• 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 are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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• And now to conclude our 2nd anniversary show with Opening Numbers, we are going to start with “Magic To Do” from Pippin. Then, we will hear the opening medley to On The Twentieth Century. It begins with the actors from producer Oscar Jaffe’s latest disaster lamenting that they are “Stranded Again” and segues into Oscar Jaffe’s two cronies trying to get out of town with Oscar on The Twentieth Century, the most lavish luxury train ever built. And we will conclude with the opening number and title song from Hamilton. Here’s “Magic To Do” from Pippin.

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• You just heard “Magic To Do” from Pippin, the opening Medley from On The Twentieth Century, and “Alexander Hamilton” from Hamilton as we conclude our 2nd Anniversary Show with Opening Numbers.

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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. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1 pm on WRUU-LP Savannah, Georgia, 107.5 FM or streaming at WRUU.org. See you next week.