NH Unscripted with host Ray Dudley for the NH Arts Community (and anyone else)!

My wife and I were at a local farmers market in Barnstead called the Little Red Hen and instantly fell in love when we saw Beefy’s Tallow Potato Chips sitting on a shelf! So today’s WKXL NH Unscripted guest is  Ethan Bender, owner and founder of Beefy’s Tallow Potato Chips in Derry, to chat up his young business and answer some questions about this delicious (and healthier version) of a classic snack. And mother of God  are they great!

There sure was a whole lotta dreaming taking place in the 60’s. Whether they were dreaming of California, daydreaming, dreaming a little dream of me or having impossible dreams, whatever it was, it definitely seemed to require entering some state of dreaming (man-made or not). And so we at WKXL's NH Unscripted present some Billboard Hot 100 hits about dreaming in the 60's! Our playlist:

1) California Dreamin’ - Mamas & Papas

2) Daydream - Lovin’ Spoonful

3) Daydream Believer - Monkees

4) Dream Baby - Roy Orbison

5) Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass

6) I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night - Electric Prunes

7) Dreamin’ - Johnny Burnette

😎 Dream on Little Dreamer - Perry Como

9) I Had a Dream - Paul Revere and the Raiders

10) Dream Come True - The Temptations

11) Dreams of the Everyday Housewife - Glen Campbell

12)  Dream Boy - Annette Funicello

(*NH Unscripted is recognized as one of the Top 100 Acting Podcasts on the web and also featured in the Top 50 New Hampshire Podcasts list by Millionpodcasts.com*

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Time for us WKXL NH Unscripted Broadway fans to get a 30,000 ft/macro/big picture look at the songs we love best. So we’re dishing things up a little differently today. We showcasing the top/most memorable song from each Broadway that was produced from 1955 – 1973, with a couple of exceptions. There are some songs, VERY well known, that we don’t want you to ever tire of hearing and so they have been held back. But, sit back and enjoy hits from “Guys and Dolls”, “The King and I”, “West Side Story”, “The Sound of Music”, “Sweet Charity” and many more. We proudly present our playlist:

Luck Be a Lady - Guys and Dolls

Getting to Know You - The King and I

There is Nothing Like a Dame - South Pacific

I Could Have Danced All Night - My Fair Lady

Ya Got Trouble - The Music Man

Somewhere - West Side Story

Maria - West Side Story

Do-Re-Mi The Sound of Music

Climb Every Mountain - The Sound of Music

Big Spender - Sweet Charity

Don’t Rain on My Parade - Funny Girl

Aquarius - Hair

Bonus track: Send in the Clowns - A Little Night Music

(*NH Unscripted is recognized as one of the Top 100 Acting Podcasts on the web and also featured in the Top 50 New Hampshire Podcasts list by Millionpodcasts.com*

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The Stone Arch Players in Hillsboro are a VERY unique theater company and Kimberly Damboise and John Hickey stop by WKXL's NH Unscripted to talk about their latest production of “Great Gatsby: The Golden Mirage”. Now what makes this particular show standout is that Kimberly wrote the script herself!! And that’s where we begin with our questioning. Why, how, what were the auditions like, you’re performing in a gym??????, etc. Let the intrigue begin…

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Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted guest was Ian Benjamin who is the star of the upcoming “The Billy Joel Legacy: A Tribute Experience” opening Sept 23rd at the Chubb Theater in Concord. This was a wonderful insight into what it’s like to do a tribute to such a well known artist as Billy Joel and what the show will entail. From the press release: “The Billy Joel Legacy: A Tribute Experience is more than a concert. Through live performances, cinematic multimedia, and captivating narration, the production traces Billy Joel’s singer-songwriter career from early beginnings to lasting acclaim.”

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Today on WKXL's NH Unscripted The Wayback the theme: is When You’re My Age They’re All Oldies! We have hits from Mac Davis, Ray Charles, Meatloaf, The Paris Sisters, and many more (we even toss in a few non-60's)! We present our playlist:

1) Mac Davis - Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me

2) Billy Paul - Thanks, For Saving My Life

3) Alicia Bridges - I Love the Night Life

4) Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee

5) Ray Charles - That Lucky Old Sun

6) O.C. Smith - Little Green Apples

7) Meatloaf - Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad

😎 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses

9) Jerry Butler - Only the Strong Survive

10) The Paris Sisters - I Love How You Love Me

11) Elvis Presley - Little Sister

12) Clarence Carter - Patches

Bonus track:

13) Dave Clark Five - You Got What it Takes

Think that we here at WKXL's NH Unscripted have come close to running out of show tunes from the 60's? Well, think again my friend! “C’est Moi”, “To Life”, “But Mr. Adams”, “That’s Your Funeral” and “The House of Marcus Lycus” are rolled into todays NH Unscripted Broadway shows from the 60’s episode. Hits from Mame, Funny Girl, Man of La Mancha and Hello Dolly make up the remaining slots and we are a movin” and a groovin’ baby! Our playlist:

1) Bye Bye Birdie - “A Healthy, Normal, American Boy”

2) Camelot - “C’est Moi”

3) Carnival - “Mira”

4) How to Succeed in Business - “A Secretary is Not a Toy”

5) A Funny Thing Happened - “The House of Marcus Lycus”

6) Oliver! - “That’s Your Funeral”

7) Fiddler - “To Life”

😎 Hello Dolly - “It Takes a Woman”

9) Funny Girl - “Who Taught Her Everything?”

10) Man of La Mancha - “I’m Only Thinking of Him”

11) Mame - “My Best Girl”

12) 1776 - "But Mr. Adams"

(*NH Unscripted is recognized as one of the Top 100 Acting Podcasts on the web and also featured in the Top 50 New Hampshire Podcasts list by Millionpodcasts.com*

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Well here at WKXL's NH Unscripted it’s always the “Hard Knock Life” during “Summer Nights” when people have too much “Heaven on Their Minds”. In case you didn’t know those are clues to the rest of today’s NH Unscripted 70’s Broadway episode! Annie, Pippin, 1776, Chorus Line, JC Superstar, Company, Grease and sooo much more.

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Man oh man were there a heck of a lot of musical artists using weather metaphors back in the 60’s!! Wind, rain, lightning, scorching heat were all used at some point and we at WKXL's NH Unscripted got ‘em right here for you. So many in fact that we may have to break this into two or three parts.  Here’s some of the artists featured: The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Cowsills, The Everly Brothers, The Ronettes, Donovan and many more!

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Today’s WKXL NH Unscripted's guests are Jean Ver Hoeven, Claudette Verville and Kath Butcher from the Concord Monitors “Talk of the Towns” column. We discuss who they are, what they do for the Monitor and our communities, what exactly is a “Town Crier” in 2026, what does the job entail and much more!! A great interview with some great volunteers.

(*NH Unscripted is recognized as one of the Top 100 Acting Podcasts on the web and also featured in the Top 50 New Hampshire Podcasts list by Millionpodcasts.com*

If you enjoy these episodes of oldies classics please take 30 seconds to leave a rating on Apple or Spotify—it helps other theater lovers find us.)