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Juice
A
Bebe McGarry project.
A rock soul opera on the OJ
Simpson trial
a trial watched by 2 billion
people worldwide
Book and Lyrics: Bebe McGarry
(attended the trial)Composer:
Gabe Greene and Gordy Haab
Consultant in Direction: Tom O’Horgan (Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar on
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Objective: Raise
$625,000 for a month long workshop and off Broadway Production.
A PPO is currently
available.
Agent: Mike Wise been in the business for
30 years and produced 3 Broadway shows with Roger Berlind.
Workshopped with 5 time Obie winner Shamsul Elam NYC April 3-9th,
2005.
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“The
idea is brilliant”
Tim
Rice-
(Writer, Jesus Christ Superstar).
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“This is
a very important piece of work”
Tom
O’Horgan
(Jesus
Christ Superstar, Hair, Lenny on Broadway).
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“This
show shows great promise” Vic Lownes Publishing Executive
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Mentioned on Jay Leno, New York Magazine (December).
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Mentioned on over 100 radio stations.
History: This is a rock
opera based on the OJ Simpson trial, which the author attended.
This mythical rock-soul musical, this combination of the Black Moor and the
White Desdemona, this division between racial lines, this story of power,
ego, and corruption is based on one of the most famous and polarizing trials
ever...that of the football great O.J. Simpson, accused of brutally
murdering his wife and her friend, Ron Goldman. Through humor and
seriousness the subject is presented giving the viewers resolution on a
trial that captured the world.
There was no resolution
on the OJ trial, but music can do that.
This piece has
been worked on with ANMT (Academy for New Musical Theatre,
Tom O’Horgan and Shamsul Elam.) A one-week workshop performance in April,
2005
was received very enthusiastically (DVD available). A longer workshop is
needed for working
on the musical before it is put into production.
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Like Jesus
Christ Superstar this is a controversial subject.
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Like the
Passion of the Christ shrewd marketing with a good product,
the profit is limitless.
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If 1%
of the 2 billion people who listened and watched the trial
worldwide bought
the album, or came to the musical, the sales would be 2,000,000
units or tickets.
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If 5%
of the 2 billion people who listened and watched the trial worldwide
bought
the album or came to the musical, the sales would be
100,000,000.
JuiceNote:
Bebe McGarry attended the trial and knew the drama inside and outside the
court room. This musical is based on her experiences
This
mythical rock-soul pop opera, this combination of the Black Moor and the
White Desdemona, this division between racial lines, this story of power,
ego, and corruption is based on one of the most famous and polarizing trials
ever...that of the football great O.J. Simpson, which mesmerized the nation
and the world for almost 1 year.
Filled
with humor, passion, and great conflict, the musical begins with the white
Bronco heading down the freeway. Helicopters, loudspeakers, search lights
all bombard the audience with the feeling of media overkill which would
continue for the duration of the trial. Throngs of people line the
overpasses and cheer as OJ heads down the freeway. OJ is arrested and taken
into custody.
And the
battle begins between the prosecution headed by Marcia Clark and Chris
Darden, and the defense headed by Johnnie Cochran and Carl Shapiro. Outside
the court house blacks and whites are divided, putting up their posters and
arguing, and the press awaits the grand “entrance” of the defense players
and their statements. Once inside Judge Ito’s court the defense lawyers and
prosecution bring in witnesses, charts, and use press conferences to argue
their side. Both accuse the other side of lying, cheating, and conspiring to
obstruct justice, and Marcia and Johnnie flirt and argue in a mad tango.
Even the witnesses get pulled into the “black hole” of the case as
everyone’s credibility and truth is questioned.
In
the midst of the trial, through flash backs and imaginary scenes, Nicole and
O.J.’s sensual, obsessive, and destructive love is played out. In the
search for justice everyone fudges the truth. Both sides give their version
of that fateful night to the jury. Nicole understands more than anyone the
futility of it all and what has truly been lost. When the verdicts are read
and both sides are as furious with one another as they were when it began,
Nicole and Ron appear as ghosts to console their families. Nicole tells O.J.:
“The help we should had
it never came, they let you off because of all your fame, and when the rage
it finally flew, all of our greatness it did undo”
OJ Trial
The Press Trial
E mail
for more info on this project.
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