well, That's Show Biz, 06-02-2024 3-9 Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration 2024

Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration 2024

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

06-02-2024

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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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• You just heard “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” from Carousel and that means it is time for our annual Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration. This year we are also going to include songs that one of them wrote without the other.

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• We are going to open our first set with “Kansas City” from the 2019 revival of Oklahoma!. Next we will hear “I Enjoy Being a Girl” from the original Broadway production of Flower Drum Song. Then, Oscar Hammerstein II revolutionized Broadway writing the lyrics for Show Boat, Jerome Kern wrote the music. We are going to hear the reprise of “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” from the 1993 Studio Cast Recording of the 1946 Version. By the way, the original 1927 version is in the public domain although the newer revised versions are not. And we are going to conclude with Mary Martin singing “A Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific. Here’s “Kansas City” from Oklahoma!.

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• It’s our annual Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration today and you just heard “Kansas City” from Oklahoma!, “I Enjoy Being a Girl” from Flower Drum Song, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man” from  Kern and Hammerstein’s Show Boat, and “A Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific.

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• This is our third annual Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration and we begin our second set with “We Kiss In a Shadow” from the 1996 Broadway revival of The King and I. Then, Billie Rose’s Jumbo” was the 1962 film based on his 1935 musical Jumbo. Both featured songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. This was also Doris Days last movie musical. We are going to hear her sing “Little Girl Blue”. And finally, from the 1945 film State Fair, we will hear the reprise of “It’s a Grand Night For Singing”. Here’s “We Kiss In a Shadow” from The King and I.

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• You just heard “We Kiss In a Shadow” from The King and I, “Little Girl Blue” from the Rodgers & Hart film musical Billy Rose’s Jumbo, and “It’s a Grand Night For Singing” from State Fair as we celebrate Rodgers & Hammerstein 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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• Today is our third annual Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration and this year we are including a song in each set that one wrote without the other.

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• We are going to start off the third set with the original Maria, Mary Martin, singing the title song to The Sound of Music. Next we will hear Lesley Ann Warren sing “In My Own Little Corner” from the 1965 Television Cast Recording of Cinderella. Then, Oscar Hammerstein wrote the lyrics to Sigmund Romberg’s 1928 operetta, The New Moon. We are going to hear “Stouthearted Men” from the 2004 Encores! Cast Recording. And we will close out this set with “It’s A Scandal! It’s A Outrage!” from the 1998 Royal National Theatre Recording of Oklahoma!. Here’s Mary Martin and “The Sound of Music”.

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• You just heard the title song to The Sound of Music, “In My Own Little Corner” from Cinderella, “Stouthearted Men” from The New Moon, and “It’s A Scandal! It’s A Outrage” from Oklahoma! as we celebrate all things Rodgers & Hammerstein today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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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 conclude our Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration, we open our last set with “Happy Talk” from South Pacific. Next we will hear Bernadette Peters singing “The Gentleman Is a Dope” originally from Allegro. Then Richard Rodgers wrote many shows with his first writing partner Lorenz Hart. We will hear the title song from Babes In Arms. And we will end with the show we started with, Carousel, and hear Shirley Jones and the cast sing the Finale, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Here’s “Happy Talk” from South Pacific.

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• You just heard “Happy Talk” from South Pacific, “The Gentleman Is a Dope” originally from Allegro, the title song from Babes In Arms, and the Finale, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”, from Carousel and that concludes our 2024 Rodgers & Hammerstein Celebration.

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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 [Station ID] or streaming on-line at WRUU.org. See you next week.