Jerry Springer Opera May Face Closure
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Defamation suits, bad press, feuding producers &#151; "Jerry Springer: The Opera" has spawned a behind-the-scenes soap opera to match its onstage melodramatics.
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Fans of "The Sopranos" are seizing on clues suggesting that the controversial blackout which abruptly ended the TV mob drama meant that Tony Soprano was rubbed out, and HBO said on Thursday they may be on to something.
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The BBC has defended its decision to air  "Jerry Springer-The Opera" uncut, despite outrage over a  libretto peppered with more than 3,000 swear words.
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The BBC defends its screening of hit musical Jerry Springer - The Opera as it receives 40,000 complaints.
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The BBC receives more than 15,000 complaints over its plan to screen Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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David Soul, star of hit musical Jerry Springer - The Opera, defends the BBC's decision to broadcast the show.
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A Berlin opera house condemned for  canceling performances of a Mozart work because of concern it  could provoke violence by Muslims said on Thursday it might  consider staging the production if it had security assurances.
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A Berlin opera house condemned for   canceling performances of a Mozart work because of concern it   might provoke violence by Muslims said on Thursday it might   consider staging the production if it had security assurances.
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By GRANT PECK  BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's new military-appointed government has threatened to shut down an operatic version of the Hindu epic Ramayana, ostensibly over fears one of its scenes may bring bad luck.
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By David Nicholson, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Mar. 9--NORFOLK -- Virginia Opera audiences have been paddling in unfamiliar waters in recent months with two productions -- Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah" and Handel's "Agrippina" -- never seen here before.
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A leading opera house has canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo," citing authorities' fears that it posed "incalculable" security risks because it featured the severed head of religious figures, including Muhammad.
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Austria's government and glitterati are in a quandary: Should next month's lavish Vienna Opera Ball be canceled out of respect for victims of the tsunami disaster? Or should the show go on, if only to help raise cash for survivors?
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Critics and fans are split on the end of the long-running US television drama The Sopranos.
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The Broadway show will stage its last performance on January 1.
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A leading opera house canceled a 3-year-old production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" that included a scene showing the severed head of the Prophet Muhammad, unleashing a furious debate over free speech.
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When the BBC recently announced it would air "Jerry Springer: The Opera," the West End hit famous for its vulgarity and a cast of characters including transsexuals and a man wearing a diaper, no one batted an ...
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When the New York State Theater closes next year for renovations, the homeless New York City Opera will probably put on four stripped-down productions at other locations.