well, That's Show Biz, 04-06-2025 4-1 Opening Numbers 2025

Opening Numbers 2025

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

4-06-2025

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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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• Today’s show was pre-recorded as I am getting ready for a medical procedure.

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• Today is my 3rd Anniversary Show and the start of my 4th year as host of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU here in Savannah.

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• Last week, I ended my 3rd year, appropriately, with Finales, the final songs from 13 Broadway Musicals. Today, I celebrate once again with Opening Numbers but this time I will be mirroring the same shows from last week’s Finales episode.

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• The musical A Day In Hollywood / A Night In the Ukraine, is really two one act shows. The first act is a musical review with some songs contributed by composer Jerry Herman, that showcases the Golden Age of Hollywood. It is performed by actors playing ushers at Grouman’s Chinese Theater. They welcome you into the theater to watch a “new” Marx Brothers’ movie which comprises the second act. We are going to hear the opening number, “Just Go To The Movies”. We will follow that with the opening number from Les Miserables, Then, we will hear Robert Klein sing “Fallin’” the opening number from They’re Playing Our Song. And we will conclude this first set with “Hurry! It’s Lovely Up Here”, the opening number from the original production of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Here’s “Just Go To The Movies” from A Day In Hollywood / A Night In the Ukraine.

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• We are listening to Opening Numbers today and you just heard “Just Go To The Movies” from A Day In Hollywood / A Night In the Ukraine, the “Overture / Work Song” from Les Miserables, “Fallin’” from They’re Playing Our Song, and “Hurry! It’s Lovely Up Here”, from On A Clear Day You Can See Forever.

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• Starting off our second set of Opening Numbers, we have Dean Jones and the ensembles from Company with the title song. Then, Hugh Jackman opens The Boy From Oz, the jukebox musical about the life of Peter Allen, with the song “The Lives of Me”. And we will end the set with “Let Me Entertain You” from  Gypsy. Here’s the opening title song from Company.

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• You just heard the title song from Company, “The Lives of Me” from The Boy From Oz, and “Let Me Entertain You” from Gypsy as we listen to Opening Numbers for my 3rd Anniversary show 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 my 3rd Anniversary show and we are celebrating as is our custom with Opening Numbers. As we ended our third year last week with Finales, we are playing the Opening Numbers from the same shows that we featured last week.

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• Starting off our third set, is Lauren Bacall with the title song from Woman Of The Year, the musical based on the Tracy/Hepburn movie of the same name. Then Raul Esparza and company bring us “30/90” from tick, tick…Boom!. We will follow thar with Rex Harrison asking “Why Can’t the English?” from My Fair Lady. And we will complete this set with “Many Moons Ago”, the opening number from Once Upon a Mattress which was the song that I sang in my first ever acting role as a sophomore in high school. Here’s Woman Of the Year.

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• We are listening to Opening Numbers as I begin my fourth year as host of “well, That’s Show Biz!” and you just heard the title song from Woman Of The Year, “30/90” from tick, tick…Boom!, “Why Can’t the English?” from My Fair Lady, and “Many Moons Ago” from Once Upon a Mattress.

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• And now for our concluding set of Opening Numbers. We are going to start with “This Time of the Year” from Finian’s Rainbow and we will finish with the title song from Man of La Mancha. Here’s Finian’s Rainbow.

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• You just heard “This Time of the Year” from Finian’s Rainbow and the title song from Man of La Mancha. But there is time for one more opening song. This is from Kiss Me, Kate.

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• That was “Another Op’nin’, Another Show” from Kiss Me Kate that closes out our 3rd Anniversary show.

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• Next week’s show will be Guess The Musical. I will play songs and you have to guess the musical the songs come from.

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• And that concludes this week’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU-LP, Savannah, GA, 107.5FM and WRUU.org.  We are Savannah Soundings, Community Radio with Global Soul.

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• Please stay tuned in for “Music At The Movies”, coming up next, hosted by Aiden Peck and I will see you next week. So long.