Jerry Springer-The Opera
Jerry Springer-The Opera
Joined: 12/31/69
JeanGeorge
Swing Joined: 11/3/15
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 3:50am
And YOU would be?
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JeanGeorge
Swing Joined: 11/3/15
#4Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 4:34am
dramamama611 said: "And YOU would be?
not Phillypinto?
ARTc3
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
#5Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 7:37am
Why would anyone want to bring this to Broadway? It was dreadful. Absolutely no redeeming value. I'd rather sit through a revival of, In My Life, the Tourette musical.
ARTc3 formerly ARTc. Actually been a poster since 2004. My name isn't Art. Drop the "3" and say the signature and you'll understand.
#6Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 7:58am
I liked it.
I thought the studio audience/chorus was hilarious.
It's far too dated to ever play Broadway.
But there is one stand out number (it starts at 2:15)
....but the world goes 'round
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 9:04am
LOVE Alison Jiear! She was just on Britain's Got talent and was also in the West End in Smokey Joe's Cafe and The Fabulous Singlettes. An underrated talent.
MarkBearSF
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/11
#8Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 10:45am
tazber said: "I liked it.
I thought the studio audience/chorus was hilarious.
It's far too dated to ever play Broadway."
I saw a production in SF by Ray of Light Theater about six years ago (with a production budget of about $2.95 I think) I really enjoyed it - but you may be right about it being dated by now.
#9Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 10:59am
I saw that same production and totally agree with you. Also, the guy who played Jerry Springer was also the first person I ever saw as Jack in Into the Woods, so that was kinda strange/fun...
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#10Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 11:17am
I find Alison Jiear to be the best thing about the show. Anytime she was onstage I could not keep my eyes off of her. She needs to be more famous then she is.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#11Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 11:26amI really enjoy this score, and I think it actually comes to a very poignant, philosophical conclusion. But taz is right that it is probably dated; Jerry Springer (and those type of shows) are so out of vogue now, and what was audaciously blasphemic about the material is sort of old-hat. I'm sure conservatives would still protest it, though...
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#12Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 1:13pm
"i dont give a **** no moreeeeeee
if people think i am a whoreeeeee"
AMAZING
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#13Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 1:16pm
I just wanna ****in' dance is a really great song.
#14Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 1:23pm
I agree with Kad - it's a fun show with a really good score, but the time for it to be on Broadway has passed. A lot of people probably don't even know who Jerry Springer is anymore. Besides, the brilliant original London production was filmed for TV and I think the entire thing can be found somewhere online.
ramsay15
Swing Joined: 5/5/12
#15Jerry Springer-The Opera
Posted: 11/4/15 at 2:18pm
I saw the show at the National Theatre in 2003 and then again twice in 2004/05 after it transferred to the West End. David Bedella delivered a great performance as the warm up man/Satan and well deserved the Olivier Award that year. Although I loved the show, I found the second act to be something of a letdown from the excellence of the first (similar to my experience with Something Rotten). I question whether it would appeal to a broad audience today.
