Jerry Springer Opera
Jerry Springer Opera
Elphaba4
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/05
#0Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 11:23amWhat are your thoughts on the Jerry Springer Opera? I think it's plain B.S. I hate the show and I think it'll be totally lame!!
"There will always be women in rubber flirting with me"
~Maureen, RENT
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 11:36amWhat a great opinion you have. Seen it? Or even heard it? Or just decided to come out and judge it as being totally lame?
jczelyph
Broadway Star Joined: 10/21/04
#2re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 11:54amHey Elphaba4: Have you seen the show? Have you heard the recording? Are you able to form an objective and intelligent opinion on anything outside your Wicked, (Pre-)Teen Vogue?
"Jane, I've been dealt a blow - I've been dealt a blow, Jane."
#3re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 12:46pmAlmost as a rule, I hate people who use the word "lame" -- that's just so lame!
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Jwaa
Broadway Star Joined: 11/28/04
#4re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 1:45pm
I love it!
The recording is great, some beautiful voices on there!
The show to watch is awesome too, i love it all up!!!!
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 1:52pmI have seen the show and I have loved it. Love the music, I love its concept and I loved the staging.
#6re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 1:52pm
I tried to get tickets to it when I was in London---sold out. I saw "Mary Poppins" and "The Woman in White" instead.
Bought cast album recently---so funny.
NBC
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#7re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 2:00pm
Interesting that you say it was sold out...when I went last March it was so empty they upgraded my balcony ticket to the 7th row of the stalls. (However they did put out "House full" signs anyway!)
I thought much of the cast was good and there were some great voices, but I wasn't a fan of the show itself. I thought its premise grew a little tiresome for a two-hour plus show, it might have worked better for me as a shorter piece. I did enjoy the "commercials", though!
"I cried during the Frug." - MC
#8re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 2:02pm
I know.
I thought I would be able to get tickets very easily.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#9re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 2:08pmWhat's even more bizarre about the sold out Springer story (which has now posted closing notices due to poor ticket sales) is that MEF managed to get tickets to 2 of the hottest shows in London instead. Curiouser and curiouser.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#10re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 2:14pm
I bought those tickets prior to going to London. I didn't just pop in day-of.
BTW, is the "Grand Hotel" revival still playing in London?
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#11re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 2:17pmYes it is, but only until 12th Feb, and all performances are sold out. I am going on Thursday night to the extra late night show for the tsumani relief effort.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#12re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 2:22pmI'm dissapointed. I won't be in London again for a while. I bet Mary Elizabeth is perfect for the role. Loved her as Aldonza. Will they do a cast album, and if so, will it be released in the States?
#13re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/24/05 at 5:34pmI love the Jerry Springer recording. The score is simply amazing with incredible vocal performances all around. I'm really hoping the show comes over. I'm dying to see it. The video clip online looks wonderful.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#14re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/25/05 at 5:21am
Re: Grand Hotel recording - unlikely. The only Donmar shows that produce cast recordings are either new works (like The Fix) or ones that transfer (Company)
And I agree with NBC - it was just a little too thinly stretched for me. Entertaining enough, and makes an interesting point (which most of the Christian protesters failed to get) but I'm not going to shed any tears over it's departure
jczelyph
Broadway Star Joined: 10/21/04
#15re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/25/05 at 5:43am
Eastiwckian: "...it was just a little too thinly stretched for me. Entertaining enough, and makes an interesting point (which most of the Christian protesters failed to get) but I'm not going to shed any tears over it's departure."
That's exactly how I feel! Well done for summing it up in words.
"Jane, I've been dealt a blow - I've been dealt a blow, Jane."
Elphaba4
Featured Actor Joined: 1/5/05
#16re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/27/05 at 6:57pmThen why did you just use it BlueWizard?
"There will always be women in rubber flirting with me"
~Maureen, RENT
sipos
Broadway Star Joined: 6/2/04
#17re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/27/05 at 7:02pmgeez Louise, Elphie. I hope you're happy. I hope you're happy now.
#18re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/27/05 at 11:49pm
Then why did you just use it BlueWizard?
Dear God, it was tongue-in-cheek! Yeeeesh. I hate it when I have to explain humour.
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HEDWIG: "The road is my home. In reflecting upon the people whom I have come upon in my travels, I cannot help but think of the people who have come upon me."
#19re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/28/05 at 5:27pmjust have to add that i loved this show and i couldn't stop laughing!!! You have to go in thinking that it is based on a campy show and then you will have fun. Just my opinoin.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#20re: Jerry Springer Opera
Posted: 1/29/05 at 12:58pmI just got the CD, and it was fun for the first 15 minutes, but I found it tiring. White trash singing "the 'F' word"--kind of a funny idea--but it didn't really pan out as a whole for me.
It's eckspecially apropos
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