It's a show that I always find myself coming back to: it's a fantastic score, a pretty flawless structure, and with the right performances it can be fantastic night in the theatre.
I understand why the show never made it to Broadway back in 2004: it bashes American culture pretty harshly, not to mention the protests over the sacrilegious Act 3. However, with the recent success of "Mormon", could "Jerry Springer The Opera" come out of musical theatre obscurity (the cast album and DVD are LONG out of print) and actually succeed on Broadway?
I so wish this would be produced on Broadway! I absolutely LOVED the West End production and very much enjoyed the Carnegie concert...even from the last row of the balcony.
That said, I don't know how much of a popular cultural reference Jerry is anymore. I don't think the sacralig would be as much of an issue, but a lack of interest in "Jerry Springer" (mixed with "Opera" in the title) would probably doom any chance for commercial success.
I love Jerry Springer The Opera as well, (saw the production in DC) but it's not B'way. Critics would kill it, and there will still be protests if the show was given Broadway "legitimacy".
"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"
"I love Jerry Springer The Opera as well, but it's not B'way."
Agreed. I think the whole show might have fared better if they had got a different director (rather than letting the author direct his own work) and stopped trying to pretend it was an opera rather than a musical.
The London production was filmed for broadcast for television for the BBC. The same broadcast was then sold on DVD in the UK.
"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear"
Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll
(The guy playing the transsexual character has, you'll be unsurprised to hear, been playing Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys in the West End for the last three years or so: http://youtu.be/fqgi_jUM1is)