well, That's Show Biz, 05-05-2024 3-5 Royalty

Royalty

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

05-5-2024

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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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• Welcome to the month of May.

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• <Play “The Lusty Month of May>

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• You just heard Julie Andrews, as Queen Guenevere, singing the “Lusty Month of May” from Camelot. And as a queen, she gets to open today’s show of songs that involve Royalty.

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• We are going to open our first set with Jonathan Groff, as King George III, singing “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton. After that, we will hear “Queen Lucy” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Then we will hear Richard Burton, as King Arthur, sing “I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight” from Camelot. And we will finish this set with Richard Kiley singing the beautiful title song to The Little Prince. Here’s King George and “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton.

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• You just heard “You’ll Be Back” from Hamilton, “Queen Lucy” from You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, “I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight” from Camelot, and the title song to The Little Prince as we listen to songs involving Royalty today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• <PSA>

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• We are listening to songs about or sung by royalty today and opening our second set we have Wilfrid Hyde-White and Rex Harrison singing “You Did It” from the film version of My Fair Lady as they brag about making their nemesis believe that Eliza Doolittle was a princess. Then we will hear Prince Charming and his brother prince sing about their respective romantic pursuits of Cinderella and Rapunzel in the comedic comical song “Agony” from Into The Woods. And then to affirm their character or lack of character, we will hear their reprise as they discover Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. The reprise was unfortunately left out of the movie version of Into The Woods. Here’s “You Did It” from My Fair Lady.

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• You just heard “You Did It” from My Fair Lady and “Agony” and its reprise from Into The Woods as we listen to songs about Royalty today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• <Underwriting>

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

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• Our theme today is Royalty, songs about royalty or sung by royal characters. We open set 3 with the song “Ex-Wives” the opening number from Six about the six wives of Henry VIII. Then we will hear “King of New York” from Newsies and we will close out the set with “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from the animated film The Lion King. Here’s “Ex-Wives” from Six.

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• We are listening to songs about Royalty today and you just heard “Ex-Wives” from Six, “King of New York” from Newsies, and “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from The Lion King.

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• <Other Show Promo>

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• <PSA>

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• 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 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 on Royalty, we open our last set with Julie Andrews singing “A Lovely Night” from Rodgers and Hamerstein’s Cinderella. Next, a different Cinderella sings “On the Steps of the Palace” from Into the Woods. Then we will hear the number one wife of the King of Siam sing “Something Wonderful” about the King from The King and I. And we will conclude with Kevin Kline singing “Oh, Better Far To Live and Die” better known as “I am The Pirate King” from The Pirates of Penzance. Here’s “A Lovely Night” from Cinderella.

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• You just heard “A Lovely Night” from Cinderella, “On the Steps of the Palace” from Into the Woods, “Something Wonderful” from The King and I, and “Oh, Better Far To Live and Die” from The Pirates of Penzance as we conclude today’s show about Royalty.

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

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