Madge only hit NY Phily the MotorCity and San Juan Puerto Rico when the Girlie Show hit stateside in 1993. The rest of the country had to wait til November 13th to catch one of the highest rated music speicals on HBO "Madonna: the Girlie Show Live Down Under." It is also now out on video but now it appears Madonna is looking to move the show to Las Vegas full time.

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2005--Q Television Network, (Pink Sheets: QBID) announced today that Rodney A. Omanoff has joined Q Television Network as a consultant, bringing with him some major Hollywood celebrities to the Q Network family.


Rodney A. Omanoff gained recognition early on in his career as a talent agent when he founded, co-owned and served as President of one of the most renowned live performance booking agencies in the country, representing national comedy touring acts such as Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Paul Rodriguez, George Lopez, Pauly Shore, Damon Wayans, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Pollak, Richard Lewis, Tommy Chong, and many more.

Today Mr. Omanoff owns and operates Creative Management Group (CMG) and Creative Production Group (CPG) with offices in New York and Los Angeles. CMG represents celebrity clients including prominent talent such as Ms. Roseanne Barr.

CPG develops and produces projects for television, film, and live performance. Their film division develops and produces motion pictures to be set up and distributed by the major studios. Some high profile projects currently in development include, but are not limited to, a co-production with Madonna's Boy Toy Productions to develop and produce a permanently mounted live production show in Las Vegas called "Madonna's Girlie Show Live", with Madonna as Executive Producer, CPG as Producer, and Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone as Director; and motion picture rights to the hit 1970's television sitcom, "Good Times."

Commenting on his appointment, Omanoff stated, "I am thrilled with the opportunity to work with the Q Network family. With Q Television's focus on dedicating their resources to securing and producing the most powerful content, whether funny, touching, moving or exciting portraits of real-world happenings, I strongly feel this opens the door for many new programming opportunities."

"We are very pleased to have such a well established and well known producer and talent representative on our team. Considering Mr. Omanoff's creative expertise as a talent representative and producer, his strong clientele list, and the respect he has from the large pool of Hollywood's top talent, we at Q Television feel that great opportunities will arise for our programming and viewers," said Frank Olsen, President and CEO of Q Television Network.















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ahhh...my most favorite madonna era! i miss those days.

I don't get it. What exactly is the article saying ?

i consider madonna one of the most beautiful women ever, but, man she looked ugly on that tour

So it's basically a production with singers, dancers, and actots based on the Girlie Show but Madonna will be no where on stage ?

variety1317 said:

more or less... yeah

SassyBritches said:

mine too. loved this show. i stayed home from a wedding to watch it on HBO... and it was also the point i realized that the different feeling i had was that i was gay.

I was one of the lucky ones who saw this live. I had no idea at the time that it was such a limited run. God bless Detroit!

Very cool. I'm curious what the shows will actually consist of!

The Girlie Show

My favourite show of All Time!











And Prince is a genius!

Wow! This was my first M gig! I saw her at Wembley Stadium and I was fifteen.

I will never forget my father's face when that dancer slid down the pole in the g-string in the opening sequence. He nearly tore the binoculars off me... bless him.

This was an amazing show. She was so humbled by the crowd, she thanked us for standing by her when she had had such a shitty year with the "Sex" outcry and the media bashing.

Not sure you could ever recreate this though.

The Girlie Show f*ckin' rocked. That show was so tight--the costumes, the production, the choreography. One of my favorite shows ever. Those pictures make me wish I could relive the experience.
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JackieBlue said:

Did you see it live too?

Yes, in New York at MSG. Believe it or not, I sometimes forget.

fun facts about the Girlie Show.

It only played in 21 cities worldwide and all 41 shows soldout.
started on Sept 25 in London and ended on Dec 19 in Tokoyo.


It was the last time that Madonna toured Japan

It was the first and last time Madonna had ventured to Mexico, South America and Austrilia
It was her first visit to Isreal

Some venues forbade toplessness, so Carrie Inaba had to wear a halter top to
conceal her assets.

In Toronto Madonna held up traffic when she jogged through the streets.

Orthodox Jews staged protests to cancel Madonna's first-ever show in Israel.

In Puerto Rico, an uproar was caused when Madonna rubbed the Puerto Rican flag between her legs on stage.

Caught by reporters at the birthplace of Christ in Bethlem, Madonna called them "sons of whores" and hurled other vicious slurs in Hebrew and Arabic, then dodged a meeting with Mayor Teddy Koleck.

The Girlie Show required 1500 costumes for the cast, and a 24-hour set up time for the enormous stage.

The Monologue between Bye Bye Baby and I'm Going Bananas was changed to fit the vencular of the commmunity she was in

The Monologue after La Isla Bonita was normally just random thoughts from her Madgesty and thank yous

The Monologue in Holiday changed nitely sometime was used to Punish Cast and Crew and make them do pushups on stage, sometiems just a rant about what location she was in, and sometimes just a skip to the sing a long that changed nitely.

The performers said the worst part about the show was that on the Catwalk it was so loud they cound hear anything. The audience was so loud that it drowned out monitors.

In some cities Madonna was playing right after Michael Jackson left town, right before he got to town, or at the same time that MJ was performing.

songlist:
Girlie Show Theme
Erotica
Fever
Vogue
Rain/Just My Imagination/Singing In the Rain
Express Yourself
Deeper and Deeper
Why Is It So Hard
In This Life
The Beast Within- The Dancers reenacting the Life of Jesus as a gay man to show the passion and pain of gay relationships
Like A Virgin/Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)
Bye Bye Baby
I'm Going Bananas
La Isla Bonita
Holiday/Holiday for Calliope
Justify My Love
Everbody Is A Star
Everbody/After the Dance/Dance to the Music

Jai Winding, Michael Bearden - Keyboards
Paul Pesco - Guitar
Victor Bailey - Bass
Omar Hakim - Drums
Luis Conte - Percussion
Mike McKnight - Additional Keyboards
Niki Haris, Donna De Lory - Background Vocals
Ungela Brockman, Christopher Childers, Michael Gregory, Carrie Ann Inaba, Jill Nicklaus, Ruth Inchaustegui, Luca Tommassini, Carlton, Wilborn - Dancers

Costumes by Dolce and Gabbana

25/9/93 - Wembley Stadium, London, UK
26/9/93 - Wembley Stadium, London, UK
28/9/93 - Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
29/9/93 - Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
1/10/93 - Palais Omnisports, Paris, France
2/10/93 - Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany (cancelled)
4/10/93 - Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel
7/10/93 - Inonu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
11/10/93 - Toronto SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
12/10/93 - Toronto SkyDome, Toronto, Canada
14/10/93 - Madison Square Garden, New York
15/10/93 - Madison Square Garden, New York
17/10/93 - Madison Square Garden, New York
19/10/93 - The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
21/10/93 - The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan
23/10/93 - Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada
26/10/93 - Juan Ramon Lubriel Stadium, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
30/10/93 - River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
31/10/93 - River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3/11/93 - Estadio Do Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6/11/93 - Estadio Do Maracana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
10/11/93 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
12/11/93 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
13/11/93 - Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, Mexico City, Mexico
19/11/93 - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
20/11/93 - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia (resch. 12/4)
24/11/93 - Brisbane Anz Stadium, Brisbane, Australia
26/11/93 - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
27/11/93 - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
29/11/93 - Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
1/12/93 - Adelaid Oval, Adelaide, Australia
3/12/93 - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
4/12/93 - Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
7/12/93 - Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
8/12/93 - Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
9/12/93 - Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan
13/12/93 - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
14/12/93 - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
16/12/93 - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
17/12/93 - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
19/12/93 - Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan