jerry springer
jerry springer
#0jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:09pm
hey there
just wanted to know if jerry springer the opera has ever played in the states.As you prob know the show was huge here
its soooooooooo good
xx
#2re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:10pmWhy does America need this show?
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
#4re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:16pm
cool i hope you guys do get it coz its one hell of a show.
just get ready for the outcry from religious groups xx
#5re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:16pmIt's just trash come on.
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
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#6re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:17pmWhy would you judge a show you haven't seen or heard the music from?
What the puck?!
#7re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:18pmdont bash it so soon....i mean it may even be a hit....a very strange hit...or it could be anothor Carrie.....
#8re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:19pmha ha i thought our country was totally open to stuff like this but i swear you should have seen the scenes outside the theatres and the bbc when they put it on tv it was so strange
#9re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:19pmok summarize this to us...what exactly does it cover????
#11re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:21pm
It's a very good show...those who bash it bash it purely because they hear "Jerry Springer", and have taken zero time to listen to the music, or even go see it.
It's hysterical and smart.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#13re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:28pm
jerry is one of the most amazing shows ive ever seen (ive seen it 3 times now).When i first went to see it at the cambridge i diddnt know what to expect(i went coz i wanted to see what all the fuss was about)but i was blown away.Sure parts of the show are lude and crued but hey what would u expect.The show really does have point to make though (especially during act 2 what takes place in hell).
It really is something to rave about the critics here loved it and it was the only show to win best new musical at all 4 major west end theatre awards
#15re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:33pm
yeah HELL
Jerry is shot on tv at the end of act 1 and in act 2 he ends up in hell coz the devil wants him to do a special show with him and god so god can appologise to satan for chucking him out of heaven.I know,very strange
#16re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:33pm
love the music......if I recall it was supposed to come to Broadway a year or two ago, and didn't due to subject material.....which is pretty stupid considering what DOES get on Broadway.
I would love to see this show!
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#17re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:39pm
yeah i can see why (no offence meant here)but america(especially church groups etc) is a bit fussy where religion appears to be mocked or gays are shown in such a sexual way etc
Here in the uk we dont really care(except some of the church groups and we arent a very religious country so not many of them around)its just a free for all here hehe
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#18re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:46pmIt needs a vampire thrown in to succeed on Broadway
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#19re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:47pmI own the DVD and I love it.. I'm pretty sure it's not coming to New York though.
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#20re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:48pm
It wasn't subject matter as much as the outrageous cost of the show which explains why the US hasn't seen and probably will never see JERRY SPRINGER. Despite all those awards in Britain, the show barely ran a year and lost millions. Apparently it would cost some $15 million to mount here and after it flopped so badly in the West End, American producers lost interest in doing it here.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Updated On: 6/2/06 at 11:48 PM
#21re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:51pm
thats such a shame it wont play broadway
Though i think the bubble has burst on that show here in the uk as the recent tour really issnt doing very well (fri and sat night performances were playing to 500 people in 2000 capacity venues)
In some cases i think they were more people outside protesting than in the theatre.
I went to see it recently on the tour on a weds night and they were less than 300 people in the theatre.
#22re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:53pmthe shows budget wassnt that high at all and it ran for longer than a year as it played venues before it moved in to the cambridge
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#23re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:54pmIt's a shame it probably won't make it here, because I'd love to see it.
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#24re: jerry springer
Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:59pm
Is there a LEGAL video of it available for purchase?
I saw a commercial for it on their website and thought it seemed HYSTERICAL.
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