Jerry Springer - The Opera, a name that needs no explanation, had me in tears laughing from the moment it started to its melo-comedic ending. This play would never go over in America, and perhaps that's why we loved it. It was absolutely as shocking as the true Jerry Springer show, and we kept turning to each other wondering if we'd really just seen/heard that.
If you have ever seen the Jerry Springer show, this play should strike your funny bone, unless you're the type to go on the show. It skewers everything about middle America, from its obsession with religion to its doe-eyed belief in everything it sees on television. The waddling white-trash mammas, wannabe strippers, KKK members, and trannies are all represented in this comedic opera version of the show.
The songs are very catchy and take a note from famous Broadway songs. It was so great, we bought the soundtrack. Now we can sing along in the car to "Mama Gimme Smack on the A**hole" and "Talk to the Hand." We can play the CD in a desperate attempt to give our friends a taste of this awesome musical. Most of all, we can remember that we were there. Ha ha.
No, seriously, it's an amazingly funny show that you won't regret. It's fun, funny, and appropriate for the whole over-18 part of the family. However, you might have to suffer through a Shakespearean tragedy just to regain your sense of taste and culture afterwards.
The Cambridge Theater provides opera glasses for a pound, located at each seat. We were glad for this in our upper balcony seats.