Jerry Springer: The Opera

Music by Richard Thomas

Book and Lyrics by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas

June 26-August 3, 2008

June 26-28, July 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26, 31, & August 1-2 @ 8pm

June 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27, & August 3 @ 3pm

Content Advisory: Potentially Offensive Themes and Extensive Language - Ages 17 and up

Sponsored by Richard Oberacker

Directed by NSC Producing Artistic Director Alan Patrick Kenny

Watch Opening Night Protest Video on YouTube

Reviews:
CityBeat
Music in Cincinnati
Enquirer

Production Photo Gallery

Press:
KISS 107: Travelog Audio Interviews with audience and cast members
Fox19: Springer Returns to Cincinnati - with music
Channel 12 WKRC: Jerry Springer the Opera opens to protests
YouTube: Opening Night protest footage
Enquirer: Good vs. evil? That's 'Springer'
CinWeekly: Local icon the subject of controversial play
Dayton Daily News: Interview with Nick Rose
CityBeat: Springer the Lightning Rod
CET Connect: Video Interview with Alan Patrick Kenny and Nick Rose
Channel 5 WLWT: Jerry Springer Opera Courting Controversy
CityBeat: Hot Issue Pick - Hot Trash on Stage
Pulse: Catholic group to protest Jerry Springer: The Opera
Casting Announcement via Playbill.com

Watch Rehearsal video: WARNING ADULT LANGUAGE!  

NSC is thrilled to present the regional premiere of the sensational, award-winning musical Jerry Springer: The Opera. The only work in British history to win Best Musical in all of their major awards: Olivier Awards, Critic's Choice, Evening Standard, and What's On Stage - along with many other awards, Jerry Springer: The Opera is a fascinating mix of the highest form of art and the lowest form of culture - opera and daytime television.  By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Jerry Springer: The Opera presents a series of unusual characters that each are desperate for their “Jerry Springer moment."  In Act 1, we attend a particularly dramatic taping of Springer’s show. In Act 2, we find Jerry hosting in a very different place as he is forced to experience the worst day of his life, and his guests take the level of debate to operatic heights.

“I remain convinced that this is a musical with a touch of genius about it.  It’s filthy, it’s funny, it’s brilliantly original and, taken all in all, about as much fun as you are likely to have with your clothes on.  A unexpectedly moving, thrilling, truly ground-breaking hit.”

-The Daily Telegraph

“Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee’s rhapsodic look at talk-show trashiness has the power to exhilarate that you associate with old-style Broadway musicals.  Caricaturing or condemning reality television is easy; finding the emotional hunger behind the same phenomenon and translating it into witty, oddly moving music is genius.”

-The New York Times

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