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Article: Jerry Springer: The Opera - Carnegie Hall - Theater - New York Times
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- January 31, 2008
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Oh hear America singing, citizens of New York, as you never have heard it before. Hearken to your everyday sisters and brothers - the lost, the lonely, the fetishists, the freaks - as their voices swell and meld into one common chord of longing: to be seen, to be heard, to be (oh yes) famous. Will it turn out that the great American musical of the early 21st century is an opera born in Britain? A convincing case for the rights to that title was made by the celestial "Jerry Springer: The Opera," the notorious show from London about the transcendent within tabloid television, when it opened Tuesday night in a gorgeously sung concert version at Carnegie Hall for a sinfully short run of two ...
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Article: Curtains? Jerry Springer opera may face closure over defamation suit
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......suits, bad press, feuding producers _ "Jerry Springer: The Opera" has spawned a behind-the-scen...losing money. A huge critical hit, "Jerry Springer" is due to run until in London's West...newspaper apologized, acknowledging "Jerry Springer" was "hugely popular" and making a...
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