well, That's Show Biz, 10-12-2025 4-28 Act 1 Closers 2025

Act 1 Closers 2025 

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

10-12-2025

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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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• Today’s show was pre-recorded.

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• We are about half way through my 4th year here at WRUU, my year starting on the first Sunday in April, and so, the theme today is Act 1 closing songs. And because of that, almost every song today will be considerably dramatic as they are designed to make you want to come back after intermission to find out how the story ends.

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• To start off today’s show, we have Josh Gad and the cast of The Book of Mormon singing “Man Up”. Then, Bernadette Peters sings “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from Gypsy. And we will end the set with the cast of A Little Night Music going on “A Weekend in the Country”.  Here’s “Man Up” from The Book of Mormon.

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• We are listening to songs that conclude Act 1 today and you just heard “Man Up” from The Book of Mormon, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” from Gypsy, and “A Weekend in the Country” from A Little Night Music.

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• Act 1 ending songs is the theme today and to begin set 2 we have Bette Midler and company singing “Before the Parade Passes By” from the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!. Then we will hear Audra McDonald singing “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from The Sound of Music. And we will conclude this set with Mandy Patinkin and company singing about “Sunday” from Sunday in the Park with George as George Seurat’s most famous painting takes physical form. Here’s “Before the Parade Passes By” from Hello, Dolly!.

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• We just heard “Before the Parade Passes By” from the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!, “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” from The Sound of Music, and “Sunday” from Sunday in the Park with George as we listen to songs that conclude the first act of musicals today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• We are about half way through my fourth year as a host with WRUU, my year starting on the first Sunday in April, so we are listening to songs that close out the first acts of Broadway musicals.

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• Starting off our third set we have “Defying Gravity” from Wicked. We follow that with “Run Run Brother” from The Outsiders. And we close the set with Jennifer Holliday “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls. Here’s “Defying Gravity” from Wicked.

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• We are listening to Act 1 closing songs and you just heard “Defying Gravity” from Wicked, “Run Run Brother” from The Outsiders, and “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls.

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• And now for our final set of Act 1 Closers we begin with “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde. We will follow that with “The World Will Remember Us” from Bonnie & Clyde. And we will end with perhaps the most popular of all the Act 1 closing songs, “One More Day” from Les Miserables. Here’s “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde.

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• You just heard “So Much Better” from Legally Blonde, “The World Will Remember Us” from Bonnie & Clyde, and “One More Day” from Les Miserables which concludes our show on Act 1 closing songs.

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