Just saw the Dress Rehersal for Jerry Springer!!!

[dave1606]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 12:46am

Oh boy do I feel lucky. At NYU tonight they did the dress rehearsal of Jerry Springer: The Opera and invited students for free!!!

I can honestly say it is the trashiest thing I have ever seen but I loved every minute of it!!
Harvey Keitel is great as the title character and I loved everyone in the cast! they all had fantastic voices! Overall, I can see this being a hit at carnegie hall, but not without offending many. The first act is a dead on satire of the show, and very entertaining. I loved every minute of it. The second act, while still funny is not quite the same as it takes place in hell with Jerry having to do a show for the devil. That is a funny circumstance, but this is done in such an obscene way that it may cause some to walk out. I wasn't offended, but didn't think the jokes worked as well here. Despite this, I still really enjoyed the show and the fantastic cast. I got chills when they all would sing together! This should be a fun time at carnegie hall(a hilarious choice of venue for such a crass show!)
Enjoy everyone!

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 12:55am

I've seen the featurette on here, looks really solid!
My friend has tickets for tomorrow (Wednesday) night's performance! Updated On: 1/29/08 at 12:55 AM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 12:57am

Why do you always ask the running time?

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 1:00am

*laughs*

I was writing and thinking two different things, ned.

What I meant was aside from the creative front where running time is 'key' when structuring a show, as a theatregoer myself, having to book around a certain timeframe (to head down and then home, etc.) running time interests me a lot of the time - that way, I know when and what to book around. Updated On: 1/29/08 at 01:00 AM

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 1:06am

it's a key component when strucuring a show... and from a creative perspective, as an artist with a schedule, that interests me

What?

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 1:08am

How was Max? and "I just want to Dance?"

Love that song!!

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:22am

I have the DVD, but I haven't watched much of it. I've never been able to get into it.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:27am

CATS, where'd you get it???

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:28am

Umm... amazon.co.uk. ?

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:32am

Do they ship to the states?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:36am

...yeah. otherwise I wouldn't have it.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:38am

Right on.

What does the purchase come to in USD?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:42am

About fourteen dollars including regular shipping.

[LimelightMike]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 2:45am

...and it'll be all worked out on my statement, if I use my VISA or whatever? 'cause that'd be awesome. (sorry if this is getting annoying, haha, I'm young yet) lol

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 3:34am

I still don't understand how it is a 'key' component when structuring a show.

[broadwayfan7]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 10:35am

Looking forward to seeing this show!

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 11:06am

How was Katrina's "I Just Wanna F'ing Dance"?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 11:08am

How was La Linda Balgord?

[dave1606]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 11:38am

AMazing. easily one of the highlights of the show! the audience went wild.

[Trailer Trash Jones]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 4:30pm

I saw it last night too. I thought HK was brilliant and Max von Essen & Patricia Phillips were highlights for me. I loved it, but I though some of the "ah ah ah" obligatos could be eliminated. Some of them were damn hard and not everyone could sing them, especially with less than 2 weeks of rehearsal. The characters were very well defined. That stage had amazing talent on it! I knew very little going in, but had a great time.

[DAME]

Posted: 1/29/08 at 9:17pm

I saw this in Londo and loved it. You lucky New Yorkers; GO!