well, That's Show Biz, 08-11-2024 3-19 Fan Favorites 4

Fan Favorites 4

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

08-11-2024

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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 asked fans to send me their lists of 5-10 favorite musicals which I would then create a show around. This is the fourth of these shows which I call Fan Favorites.

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• One problem that I have with creating a show like this is that some of these musicals are so popular that almost every song was a hit. Try choosing only one or two songs to showcase that musical.

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• Our first show on this list is a classic and one of the most produced musicals in history. The original 1950 Broadway production ran for 1,200 performances and won five Tony Awards including Best Musical. It is ranked as the 31st most popular musicals and has had many all-star revivals. From the musical, Guys and Dolls, we are going to hear the song “The Oldest Establishment”.

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• You just heard the song “The Oldest Establishment” from Fan Favorite musical Guys and Dolls.

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• The next show on their list is another popular choice with the original production running for 3,242 performances making it the longest running Broadway musical at the time and winning 9 Tony Awards including Best Musical. The story about a Jewish father conflicted between his cultural traditions and his daughter’s responses to a changing modern world resonated with cultures all over the world. From Fiddler On The Roof, we are going to hear “Sunrise, Sunset”.

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• You just heard “Sunrise, Sunset” from the Fan Favorite musical Fiddler On The Roof.

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• This next popular musical debuted on Broadway in 1934 running for 420 performances making it the fourth longest running musical of the 1930s. It is regularly produced by high schools and colleges and has had several Broadway revivals.  From the 1987 revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, we are going to hear Patti Lupon sing the title song.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” and you just heard Patti Lupon singing the title song to the Fan Favorite musical, Anything Goes.

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• I asked fans to send me their lists of 5-10 favorite musicals that I would turn into a show. This is the fourth of those shows which I call Fan Favorites.

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• The next show on their list began as an animated movie and its Broadway version has become the third longest running show and counting. It is also the highest grossing Broadway production of all time presently at around 1.9 billion. From Disney’s The Lion King, we are going to hear “They Live In You”.

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• You just heard “They Live In You” from Fan Favorite musical The Lion King.

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• The next show on their favorite’s list’s original Off-Broadway production ran for five years after totaling 2,209 performances. It used ground breaking puppetry to bring the plant, Audrey II, to life. From the Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, here’s the song “Skid Row (Downtown)”.

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• You just heard “Skid Row (Downtown)” from the Fan Favorite musical Little Shop of Horrors.

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• This next musical was considered the first impressionist Broadway musical as the lyrics, dialogue, plot, and character were often implied, suggested and abstract. It reflected the hippie counterculture and sexual revolution of the late 1960s. From Fan Favorite musical Hair, here are the songs “Easy to Be Hard” and “Hair”.

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• You just heard “Easy to Be Hard” and the title song from the Fan Favorite musical Hair.

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

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• I asked fans to send me their list of 5-10 favorite musicals and I would create a show tailored to that list. This is the 4th of these shows which I call Fan Favorites.

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• The next show on this Fan Favorite list is another popular show which premiered in 1946 and ran for 1,147 performances. It was produced by Rodgers and Hammerstein but the songs were by Irving Berlin. From the Fan Favorite original Broadway production of Annie Get Your Gun, here are the songs “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun”.

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• You just heard “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun” from the Fan Favorite musical Annie Get Your Gun.

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• The next musical on their list is another popular show especially around the 4th of July. Premiering in 1969 and running for 1,217 performances, from Fan Favorite musical 1776, we are going to hear “Sit Down, John” and “Yours, Yours, Yours”.

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• You just heard “Sit Down, John” and “Yours, Yours, Yours” from Fan Favorite musical, 1776.

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• If you would like to hear a show tailored around your Favorite musicals, Theater or Movie, send me your list of 5-10 musicals 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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• The next Fan Favorite show ran for 1,019 performances on Broadway opening in 1955 and was based on a 1954 best-selling novel titled The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. From the 1994 Broadway revival of Damn Yankees, we are going to hear the songs “Heart” and the beautiful “Near to You”.

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• You just heard the songs “Heart” and “Near to You” from the Fan Favorite musical Damn Yankees.

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• The last favorite musical on their list is by the same song writing duo that brought us Damn Yankees. Opening in 1954, one year before Damn Yankees, and running for 1000 performances, was the Fan Favorite Adler and Ross musical, The Pajama Game. Starring rocker Bonnie Raitt’s father, John Raitt, here is the song “Hey There”.

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• You just heard the song “Hey There” from the Fan Favorite musical The Pajama Game.

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• And that concludes our 4th show based on Fan Favorites. If you would like to hear a show tailored around your favorite musicals, send me your list of 5-10 musicals, theatrical or movie, to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.

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